CHANDIGARH: Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) on Monday said it would invest around Rs 6,000 crore in Haryana as part of its expansion plans in the coming 2-3 years.

Addressing newspersons after signing an MoU for adoption of Industrial Training Institutes at Gurgaon and Karnal, MUL Managing Director Jagdish Khattar said the expansion plans include setting up a diesel car unit and an assembly plant at Gurgaon, expected to cost about Rs 3,200 crore.

He said the construction work was already on since June last year and the two units were expected to go into production by December-end.

The company had said early this month that it would invest about Rs 2,700 crore for new model launches, research and development and upgradation.

Khattar said that MUL has already manufactured 55 lakh cars over last two decades at its existing plants at Gurgaon.

Referring to the adoption of the ITIs, he said they would work as a group with the government and two senior technical managers would be deputed to form a committee with the members of the faculty.

"They would rewrite the courses and improve the management and technical inputs at the institutes," he added.

Khattar said Maruti has decided to adopt ITIs as it wanted to pay back the state for its continued support and cooperation.