Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has decided to resume production at the Visvesaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISP) in Bhadravati, in Shivamogga district of Karnataka, cheering up employees who have been seeking revival of the unit.
In a press release on August 1, Shivamogga Lok Sabha member B.Y. Raghavendra informed mediapersons that the SAIL board met on August 1. The board decided to resume bar-mill operations on August 10. The primary mill would start functioning in due course.
According to Mr. Raghavendra, the SAIL arrived at this decision following instructions from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. “This happened because of repeated meetings with the Ministers and officials concerned. I thank the Union Government for the decision,” he said.
