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Visakhapatnam Steel Executives Association (VSEA) leaders, successful the beingness of Visakhapatnam MP M. Sribharat, met Union Steel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy successful New Delhi connected Wednesday, requesting him to ‘protect’ the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP).
SEA president Katam Chandra Rao, wide caput K.V.D. Prasad had a elaborate treatment connected the RINL-VSP issues with the Union Steel Minister.
In a release, Mr. Prasad said they requested Mr. Kumaraswamy to name a full-fledged Chairman and Directors for the VSP and to bring the absorption nether the power of Steel Authority of India (SAIL).
“The bundle for the VSP provided by the Central authorities has not been utilised properly. Right decisions person not been taken to summation the accumulation of the plant,” the SEA leaders claimed.
Policies person been implemented successful a mode that has weakened quality resources astatine the VSP, they alleged and informed the Union Minister astir the ‘unwarranted changes’ successful section heads of the cardinal sections, suspensions, show-cause notices, and intimidation and resignations, the merchandise said.
“We explained that salaries were paid successful December by linking them to the production, successful contrary to the Factories Act and Department of Public Enterprises guidelines, and the wage agreements made successful accordance with the laws,” Mr. Prasad said.
The SEA leaders said that hundreds of talented young employees person been leaving the institution owed to the withholding of promotions successful the past 5 years, helium said.
“Moreover, due attraction absorption successful cardinal sections has not been done for the past 4 years. The 3rd blast furnace was started without capable earthy materials. The outgo of earthy materials, which is already high, has accrued by 15% successful the past 5 months owed to the acquisition of pellets and blast furnace coke. At the aforesaid time, the RINL mislaid hundreds of crores owed to the opening of blast furnaces during the monsoon play erstwhile the alloy marketplace usually successful its low,” Mr. Prasad said.
