Rourkela: Union Steel Minister H D Kumaraswamy Tuesday inaugurated the Rourkela Steel Plant’s state-of-the-art Caster-4.
The Union Minister of Steel, earlier in the day, arrived at Rourkela on a 2-day visit to SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). He was accompanied by his wife Anitha Kumaraswamy, SAIL CMD Amarendu Prakash. The Minister was received at the Rourkela Airport by Union Tribal Affairs Minister and local BJP MP Jual Oram, Raghunathpalli MLA Durga Charan Tanti, RSP Director Alok Verma, DIG CISF Ratan Kumar, Rourkela SP Nitesh Wadhwani, and RSP Executive Directors.
Soon after his arrival, Kumaraswamy proceeded to the Plant. The Plant visit commenced from the Model Room of Learning & Development Department. There he was appraised with the functioning of the entire Plan.
Thereafter the Ministers went to Steel Melting Shop-2 where he inaugurated the State-of-the-art Caster #4. Kumaraswamy watched the operations and the casting of slab in the Caster-4 and congratulated the RSP collective for the successful roll out of the project.
“The Government of India, under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is committed to providing all necessary support for the growth and development of Rourkela Steel Plant,” he added.
Union Minister Oram and SAIL CMD Amarendu Prakash spoke on the occasion and commended the RSP collective for their dedication and performance.
The Minister also visited the project sites of the Pellet Plant and Coke Oven Battery-7. The Plant visit concluded at Hot Strip Mill-2. Tarun Misra, ED (HR), B K Giri, ED (Mines Development-CMLO), Biswaranjan Palai, ED (Works), Anil Kumar, ED (MM), M P Singh, ED (Mines-CMLO), Sudip Pal Chowdhury, ED (Projects) were present during the visit of the visiting dignitaries.
