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'జోన్ పేరుతో కేంద్రం మోసం చేసింది' - ram mohan naidu deeksha at sreekakulam
కేంద్ర ప్రభుత్వ తీరుకు నిరసనగా శ్రీకాకుళంలో ఎంపీ రామ్మోహన్ నాయుడు దీక్ష చేశారు. విశాఖకు రైల్వే జోన్ ఇచ్చినట్టే ఇచ్చి.. కేంద్రం మోసం చేసిందని ఆరోపించారు. వాల్తేర్ డివిజన్ రద్దు నిర్ణయం సరికాదని ఆగ్రహం వ్యక్తం చేశారు.
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Published : Mar 5, 2019, 11:13 PM IST
శ్రీకాకుళం జిల్లా ఇచ్ఛాపురం రైల్వే స్టేషన్ వద్ద ఎంపీ కింజారాపు రామ్మోహన్‌నాయుడు దీక్ష చేశారు. విశాఖ రైల్వే జోన్ ప్రకటించినా... ఉత్తరాంధ్ర జిల్లాలకు అన్యాయం చేశారని కేంద్రం తీరుపై మండిపడ్డారు.స్థానిక ఎమ్మెల్యే బెందాళం అశోక్ తో కలిసి పోరుబాట పట్టారు. వాల్తేరు డివిజన్‌ను రద్దు చేయడం సరికాదన్నారు. రేపు ఉదయం పది గంటల వరకు దీక్ష కొనసాగిస్తాన్నారు.
శ్రీకాకుళం జిల్లా ఇచ్ఛాపురం రైల్వే స్టేషన్ వద్ద ఎంపీ కింజారాపు రామ్మోహన్‌నాయుడు దీక్ష చేశారు. విశాఖ రైల్వే జోన్ ప్రకటించినా... ఉత్తరాంధ్ర జిల్లాలకు అన్యాయం చేశారని కేంద్రం తీరుపై మండిపడ్డారు.స్థానిక ఎమ్మెల్యే బెందాళం అశోక్ తో కలిసి పోరుబాట పట్టారు. వాల్తేరు డివిజన్‌ను రద్దు చేయడం సరికాదన్నారు. రేపు ఉదయం పది గంటల వరకు దీక్ష కొనసాగిస్తాన్నారు.
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Cannock – 18 February 2019
1. Pan right exterior of factory housing injection moulding business that supplies parts to the auto industry
2. Tilt down back of company truck reading (English) "Goodfish – Making it in Plastic" above list of cities the company is based in, including London and Cannock
3. Various of people on factory floor working on injection moulding machines making various plastic parts that are then sent on to customers who provide various car manufacturers
4. Gregory McDonald, owner and CEO of Goodfish, at computer looking at feeds from cameras at his various factories
5. Close-up McDonald
6. Close-up camera feeds from factories
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gregory McDonald, Owner and CEO of Goodfish:
"Well I am concerned that if Brexit sees us outside of a single market and a customs union, that there will be friction in trade, and we are part of international supply chains, particularly in automotive, and our customers won't want for the long term to be paying duties which have no value in the product."
8. Various of machines and worker in factory
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Gregory McDonald, Owner and CEO of Goodfish:
"I don't worry because I feel that opening it (the factory) within the eurozone will be a quick fix for many of the issues that they are worried about, and that is what will it be like operating a supply chain into the UK when it's uncertain what the tariff situation will be, even what delays could be possible in terms of movement of goods. So I feel relaxed about the future really. I really only need to sign a lease agreement and then six months later we can be manufacturing."
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Geneva – 5 March 2019
10. Wide of Nissan stand at motor show
11. Close-up of sign on car reading (English) "X-Trail" pulls out to show wide of car
12. Car interior
13. Writing reading (English) "X-Trail" on carpet
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ponz Pandikuthira, Vice President of Product and Planning at Nissan Europe:
"So we really think that this is going to work itself out. Frictionless trade is really what we want and I think that's the best for the British economy as well, the UK economy. So we do have contingency plans, things that we're looking at, but by and large, we really think that this is going to work itself out and we'll be able to continue building and producing cars in the UK."
15. Close-up of "Nissan" logo on car grille; tilts down to sign reading (English) "Qashqai"
16. Wide of Qashqai
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Ponz Pandikuthira, Vice President of Product and Planning at Nissan Europe:
"Like any other company we do have alternative plans, but there's no plans whatsoever to change our manufacturing locations or shut down the facility in the UK."
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Geneva – 4 March 2019
18. Wide of Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess during presentation
19. Close-up VW logo
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Herbert Diess, Volkswagen CEO:
"We have a big manufacturing site in the UK, Bentley, a big brand which is heavily depending on export opportunities, they have an emergency plan prepared and they would be probably hit hardest, but then also, as you say, for some of our premium brands, it's a significant market and we would probably perceive a slow-down in our markets. I hope that over time it could recover, but it's a not pleasant scenario for us."
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Geneva – 5 March 2019
21. Wide of BMW stand
22. Close-up BMW logo
23. Wide Pieter Nota, BMW Sales and Brand Director, speaking with media
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Pieter Nota, BMW Sales and Brand Director:
"Well we have indeed taken precaution on logistics, for example, so really making sure that we have logistic alternatives, if there would be, say a disruption in the flow of goods, but ultimately that can only work for short periods of time. So what we are asking for is really politicians please end this period of uncertainty. We are committed to the UK market. Two of our brands are at home in the UK: Rolls Royce and Mini and we have many, many excited customers in the UK for our great BMW brand. So confident about the UK going forward, but we need an end of this period of uncertainly, please."
25. Close-up of Mercedes and BMW logos
26. Wide of motor show
STORYLINE:
Gregory McDonald strides across the spotless factory floor at his company, Goodfish, glowing with pride. He invested his life savings in the gleaming machinery that surrounds him, and he's ready to do anything to protect it.
Worryingly for McDonald, some 30 percent of the moulded plastic parts his company makes ultimately go to carmakers who say they will face a catastrophe if Britain leaves the European Union without an agreement on future trade.
So Goodfish, a nine-year-old company with three plants in England, is preparing to expand in Slovakia, an EU country where Volkswagen, Kia, Peugeot-Citroen and Jaguar Land Rover produce more than one million vehicles a year.
It's a pragmatic decision for McDonald, who says he'll do whatever is necessary to survive, including moving his business to Slovakia.
McDonald, a former hedge fund manager, has ploughed his savings over the years into the company, which employs 125 people at three sites in England.
The smell of melting plastic hangs in the air at the Cannock plant, where molten material is injected into moulds for products ranging from car components to sprinkler systems and disposable medical devices.
Behind his desk, McDonald has a picture of the Slovak plant he intends to buy. He has set up a company there and is ready to finalise the purchase when the time is right.
McDonald's decision illustrates the huge pressures facing Britain's auto industry while the government struggles to negotiate a divorce deal with the EU ahead of Brexit day on March 29.
As Prime Minister Theresa May tries to balance competing political interests and hammer out an agreement Parliament will support, people in the car business are making decisions based on production cycles, not politics.
At stake are 856,000 jobs, most of them at smaller companies like Goodfish that provide parts and services ultimately destined for the likes of Honda, Nissan and Ford.
Carmakers are being forced to weigh uncertainty about possible tariffs and border checks at a time when the industry faces a wholesale overhaul amid changing consumer habits, concerns about global warming and the shift to electric vehicles.
Investment in Britain's car industry fell 46 percent last year and is down 80 percent over the past three years, partly because of Brexit, according to industry figures.
Production dropped 9.1 percent last year to 1.52 million vehicles. Britain's carmakers have warned that two-thirds of the country's global trade could be affected by higher tariffs if the UK leaves the EU without an agreement, as Britain would also fall out of free trade deals the EU had in place with other countries, like Japan.
Recently Nissan cancelled plans to build a new diesel-powered X-Trail sports utility vehicle at its UK plant.
That reversed a decision announced two years ago after May's government offered some 60 million pounds in incentives to ensure the carmaker's ability to compete after Brexit.
Jaguar Land Rover has announced global cuts of 4,500 jobs, with most in Britain. Honda plans to close its U.K. assembly and engine plant, with a loss of 3,500 jobs. Dyson, a homegrown firm known for vacuum cleaners and hair dryers, has said it will build its new electric car in Singapore.
While businesses from banking to food services have demanded certainty about future trade rules, Britain's auto industry is particularly vulnerable to Brexit because cars are assembled, not forged in a single place.
Modern manufacturing techniques mean carmakers have plants in several locations - often in different countries - with each relying on the "just-in-time'' delivery of parts from others in their supply chains to make the most efficient use of workers and investment.
This means tariffs and border delays, which don't exist within the EU but could become a reality in a no-deal Brexit, are an oversized threat to carmakers because they could be applied each time components cross borders on their way, ultimately, to the showroom.
McDonald believes it's unlikely that the U.K. will get investment in manufacturing the way it did in the past, when it was appreciated as an English-speaking gateway to the EU.
Business leaders are getting ever more frustrated with delays in the Brexit talks, their fury spilling over in interviews as they express concerns about foreign investment, jobs and economic growth.
The frustration is shared by automotive industry executives at the Geneva Motor Show who pleaded for an end to the uncertainty. But unlike McDonald, they don't plan on leaving the UK.
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