Facing chain wheel shortag , bicycle makers form panel to resolve problem

Ludhiana: City based manufacturers of kids bicycles are passing through a bad phase as they are experiencing a huge shortage of parts for assembling the bicycles, especially chain wheel. Many of these manufacturers on Monday met the president of United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association (UCPMA) DS Chawla to discuss about the situation due to which they were facing losses as they were unable to complete the orders.
Giving more information about the problem, Chawla said, “The issue of shortage of chain wheels for kids bicycles is getting serious day by day and more than 50 manufacturers have complained about the same to me. After holding a meeting with them and our analysis, it has turned out to be that the shortage is man-made and has not been caused by any other reason. Since the unavailability of part like chain wheel leads to disruption of the entire production of the bicycle, therefore, the businesses of the kids bicycle manufacturers have been affected very badly.”
Chawla added that, “Keeping in view the urgency of the matter we have formed a nine-member committee of the UCPMA, which will resolve this issue by taking it up with the chain wheel manufacturers of Ludhiana. The committee is being headed by Surinder Singh Chauhan and comprises Gurcharan Singh, Satnam Singh Makkar, Harsimranjit Singh Lucky, Gopal Gupta, Rakesh Kumar, Variner Kumar, Raj Kumar and myself as members. The next meeting of this committee will be held soon with chain wheel manufacturers and later a joint meeting will be organised with both parties, kids bicycle manufacturers and chain wheel manufacturers, so that an amicable solution can be found out to resolve this problem.”
He further said, “Our committee will also do a complete study of this problem and we will also find out a possible and permanent solution to regulate the demand and supply of important components like this.”
Other businessmen who were part of Monday’s meeting included Joga Singh and Gurcharan Singh.