To protect the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, the Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee has planned to stage active protests across the state. The schedule of their protests has been released today.
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The committee announced that they would besiege the Chief Minister’s office on August 22 and also called for statewide protests in September.
The committee stated that although Central Minister HD Kumaraswamy announced that the government would save the steel plant, conspiracies are being made to shut down the steel plant in a phased manner.
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It was stated that even though there are one lakh tonnes of raw material at the Gangavaram port, the central government is not sending the material out.
The committee stated that the central government is trying to shut down the steel plant in a phased manner by showcasing financial losses as a reason.
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The state government and the central government assured that the steel plant would not be shut down. However, the committee claims that there has been no progress in solving their issues even weeks after the central minister’s visit.
Reportedly, currently, there is a severe shortage of raw materials in the plant that are used for steel production.
The plant took Rs. 800 crores from Jindal Steel, Rs. 900 crores from Tata Steel, and the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and used all that money.
As per reports, the Vizag Steel Plant sold steel worth Rs 1,590 crore last month. Only Rs. 1,300 crores were received through this. The rest has been deposited under old arrears.
