Relay hunger strike against VSP privatisation to turn 100 on Saturday
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Committee plans to stage a protest with 100-foot banner
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Committee plans to stage a protest with 100-foot banner
The relay hunger strike, being observed by the workers of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), under the aegis of Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee, opposing privatisation of VSP continued for the 99th day at the Steel Plant arch at Kurmannapalem, here, on Friday.
The committee leaders from MMSM, STM and SBM departments and workers participated in the relay hunger strike. Porata Committee chairman D. Adinarayana welcomed the unanimous resolution adopted in the Assembly against the decision of the Centre to privatise the VSP. He sought that the Centre should revoke its decision at least now and honour the resolution against the privatisation. He also sought that the State government should not limit itself to passing the resolution but exert pressure on the Centr
‘Merger of VSP with SAIL plants can create a global conglomerate’
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SEA and SEFI demand steel industry be continued as a strategic sector
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SEA and SEFI demand steel industry be continued as a strategic sector
The Steel Executive’s Federation of India (SEFI) and RINL’s Steel Executive Association have demanded that the Centre’s plan to privatise the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) be dropped and that the RINL, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Neelanchal Ispat Nigam Limited, NMDC and Mecon under the Ministry of Steel be merged to form a huge conglomerate.
Both the bodies, at a meeting in New Delhi on Monday, passed a resolution to submit a representation to the government seeking that the steel industry be continued as a strategic sector.