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Visteon Team Works 24/7 to ReturnChennai Facilities to OperationsVisteon employees all over the world will have been aware of the serious rainfall thatimpacted colleagues in Chennai, India, during the month of December. In the space of just12 hours on December 1, the city recorded an unprecedented 272mm of rainfall, leaving
streets, offices and homes submerged in water and public transport links out of operation. Visteon’s teamsworked tirelessly to continue critical customer programs, while placing the highest priority on the safety andwelfare of employees.
Rain intensified to such an extent that thousands of people in the city were left stranded, with approximately 3,500 trapped at Chennaiairport for a short period.
Visteon’s Technical and Services Center (VTSC) and manufacturing plant (VASI) in Chennai were adversely affected by the floods,causing management to instruct employees to stay at home from December 2, with shuttle vehicles arranged to transport people tosafety away from the sites.
With rapidlyrising floodwater, the ground floor, lower and upper basement levels of the VTSC facility were filled with more than three feetof water, covering staff vehicles and forcing the precautionary shut down of electricity supplies and equipment like IT servers andnetworks, telephones and UPS. During this period of time, leadership maintained communication with local and global teams, providingregular updates regarding the situation at both facilities with the support of teams in Pune.
Flood waters damaged VTSC on the ground floor and basement levels
In the following days, floodwater on the ground level of VTSC was drained and highcapacity pumps began the process of removing waterfrom all basement areas.
By December 5, a business continuity plan had been established to maintain Visteon’s businesscritical operations and customerprograms in India. This included transporting employees based at VTSC to alternative locations around the country to continue working –including Pune, Bangalore and other, lessaffected areas in Chennai. In other cases, employees continued to support projects fromhome. Transport and temporary accommodation were arranged for VASI plant employees who successfully maintained the majority ofshifts throughout the floods.
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The emergency medical camp benefited Visteon employees on December 2223
On December 17, VTSC was finally deemed safe enough to return to operations and employees returned to the office to resume normaloperations. In the ensuing days all staff was encouraged to participate in a twoday medical screening camp to ensure their health andwellbeing had not been affected by the events of the previous fortnight – a scheme more than 230 employees took part in.
Pratap Simha, global software director, recognized the tremendous efforts by the VASI and VTSC teams in managing employee safety,operations and company assets during the floods, saying: “All our teams worked tirelessly around the clock, not only supporting therecovery of operations but also the relief efforts in our local community following the devastating flooding. Our thanks go out to everyemployee for their tremendous efforts and resilience which enabled us to keep all of our colleagues safe.”
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