Maruti Suzuki India will lift the month-long lockout at its violence-hit Manesar plant and resume operations on August 21, the company said today. The country’s largest car-maker has also issued termination notices to 500 regular workers, who were allegedly involved in the July 18 violence in which one senior executive was killed and nearly 100 others were injured.

The Chairman of the company R C

Bhargava told reporters in New Delhithat the unit is at present guarded by the Haryana Police. The Police had last week said it would continue to provide security and station a full battalion, comprising 500-600 policemen, inside the facility where some of the popular car models were made.

The plant, while on full operations before the violence,

employed around 3,000 workers, of which around 1,600 were permanent employees. Besides, about 700 managerial people were also working at the plant. The Manesar plant, which has an annual capacity of 5.5 lakh units, rolls out the company’s popular car models.