No sale of Vizag steel

The Union Minister Gowda said that he had visited Vizag and assured the workers that their concerns.

Venugopal alleged that 4200 contract workers from the Vizag Steel plant had been unfairly terminated and that the plant was going to be sold, Union Minister of Heavy Industries H.D.Kumaraswamy rubbished the charge saying the employees had been reinstated. “Shri @kcvenugopalmpavare, 4,200 Visakhapatnam steel plant contract workers were reinstated on the 29 September within 48 hours of their termination as soon as it came to my notice.

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) has reinstated 4,200 contract workers who were terminated on September 27.

The reinstatement is effective from September 29,” Kumaraswamy said in a post x.