NCR-based auto component makers bear brunt of CWG security

New Delhi, Sep 30 (India Report)
As the Capital gears up for the Commonwealth Games, auto parts makers in and around the National Capital Region are quietly bearing the brunt of tightened security measures, which have forced many of their casual workers to leave jobs for not having identity proofs.
"Yes there are problems. In certain companies absenteeism is as high as 25 per cent,"Auto Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) Executive Director Vinnie Mehta told media.
He said efforts are on by ACMA member firms to issue some sort of identity proof to contract labourers and daily wagers so that they can continue to work.
While none of the officials of companies that PTI spoke to agreed to come on record, they said in some cases even a third of their workers had to leave the NCR region as they didn&apost have valid identity proof.
"Most of the impact is on unskilled labour segment. Some companies have even asked relatives of existing workers to come for work, as it is easier to give them identification,"official of an auto maker said on condition of anonymity.
In some cases, work shifts have been extended beyond the regular eight hours duty with companies providing food and extra facilities, another official of a component firm said.
"We have even brought regular workers from our other facility to work at our factory in the NCR till the games are over,".
an official of a Gurgaon-based component maker said.
Asked about the impact of labour problems faced by component suppliers to its operations, Honda Motorcycle&Scooter India Operating Head (Sales and Marketing) N K Rattan said:"There were difficulties in getting some parts, as some of our vendors were having labour shortage."
As part of efforts to put in place a"fool-proof"system during the CWG to be held from October 3-14, Gurgaon Police had started verification drive as that region is an important transit zone to enter the National Capital.
Residents are required to provide identity proof to the police, and those who cannot are understood to have been asked to leave.