Agitation against move to privatise Vizag steel plant completes 100 days
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Ever because the Union Government proposed 100% strategic sale of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), workers, members of assorted commerce unions, and political events stood against the choice and launched an agitation, which entered the a centesimal day on Saturday.
One vital improvement throughout the interval was that the State authorities had handed a decision throughout the Budget session of the Legislative Assembly opposing the Centre’s choice and asking it to consider different options to revive the steel plant.
The motion for the primary shore-based built-in steel plant in Visakhapatnam had begun in 1963 and reached a feverish pitch in 1966 after 32 individuals had been killed in police firing throughout the State, together with 12 in Visakhapatnam. The agitation beneath the banner ‘Visakha Ukku – Andhrula Hakku’ reverberated throughout the nation.
In 1966, the State authorities had handed a decision demanding the organising of the plant in Visakhapatnam. Finally, in 1971, the inspiration stone for the plant was laid by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
“Though the government has decided to privatise a number of PSUs, the case of the VSP is different, as it comes wrapped in emotions, sentiments, and history. That is why people across the nation are supporting our agitation,” mentioned CITU State president Ch. Narasinga Rao.
As a symbolic protest, the workers and commerce unions led by CITU unveiled a 100-foot banner, and protests have been organised throughout all districts within the State, mentioned Mr. Narasinga Rao.
Protests have been additionally staged throughout all of the 11 PSU steel vegetation and mines throughout the nation, mentioned Mr. Ganga Rao of the CPI(M).
Members of the Steel Executives’ Association mentioned the agitation would choose up within the days to come if the Union authorities didn’t shelve the thought of strategic sale.
They mentioned that VSP had made income earlier, and will simply be revived by making a couple of coverage adjustments, reminiscent of allotting captive iron ore mines to it.
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