Chennai, June 2 (TIWN) For the fourth day in succession, the workers of Ford India Pvt Ltd continued their sit-in protest to demand a better severance package as the company has decided to shut down its Maraimalainagar plant near here, said a union official.

"Workers are continuing their protest inside and outside the factory. About 750 workers who had come in for the shift on Monday are inside the plant and about 1,200 workers are outside the factory gates," the union official told IANS, preferring anonymity.