SEFI delegation visits RINL, backs merger with SAIL to script turnaround

VISAKHAPATNAM

High-level representatives from the Steel Executive Federation of India (SEFI) visited the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL) connected Wednesday to measure operational bottlenecks and reappraisal information parameters pursuing the June 8 concern mishap.

Led by president M.K. Banchhor, vice-chairman Ajay Pandey, and wide caput Sanjay Arya, the apex assemblage of alloy executives powerfully transportation for the plant’s merger with the SAIL arsenic a viable solution to the ongoing fiscal crisis.

The delegation carried retired tract inspections astatine captious accumulation areas, including the Coke Oven Department and the Steel Melt Shop (SMS-1) continuous casting unit, which precocious witnessed an accident. The squad held method discussions with elder works officials and experts from the Bhilai Steel Plant to code the operational challenges presently squeezing the plant’s output.

During a broad reappraisal meeting, RINL chairman-cum-managing manager M.N.V.S. Prabhakar acknowledged the resilience of the workforce. Drawing parallels to his erstwhile stint astatine NMDC’s Nagarnar Steel Plant, wherever a akin turnaround was achieved done stakeholder collaboration, Mr. Prabhakar expressed assurance that Vizag Steel would soon look from the red.

Finances and long-pending worker grievances took centre signifier during the discussions. The SEFI squad urged Director (Finance) Vinay Kumar to contiguous a transparent fiscal roadmap to the Ministry of Steel to expedite the merger process.

Meeting with the SEA aboriginal successful the evening, the federation assured executives that pending issues—including modular wage revisions, delayed promotions, and pension benefits – would beryllium aggressively pursued with Union Steel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Steel Secretary Sandeep Poundrik.

“Fluctuations are inherent to the alloy cycle, and some SAIL and RINL person successfully navigated specified storms successful the past,” Mr. Banchhor noted, portion reiterating SEFI’s Council solution to unit the Central Government done Members of Parliament successful the upcoming parliamentary session.

The delegation besides issued a stern reminder to the section management, emphasising that determination indispensable beryllium zero compromise connected workplace information standards and operational transparency.