Newly-appointed Chairman of Steel Authority of India limited (SAIl) Prakash Kumar Singh, accompanied by G Vishwakarma, Director (Projects & Business Planning) was on a maiden visit to the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) on Saturday since taking over as Chairman of the public sector Navratna here.
Earlier, upon his arrival at Swami Viveknanada Airport in Raipur from New Delhi, Singh was accorded a warm welcome by Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), S Chandrasekaran.
In the first leg of his visit, the SAIl Chairman had a courtesy meeting with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh in Raipur. Upon his arrival at Bhilai Niwas in Bhilai Township later, he was accorded a warm welcome by senior members of BSP Management team.
He later reviewed a Guard of Honour by CISF personnel on the occasion.
Accompanied by BSP CEO S Chandrasekaran and Executive Directors lT Sherpa, ED (P&A), PK Sinha, ED (Mines-Rowghat), SK Saha, ED (Mines), PS Bhadauria, ED (MM), RK Rathi, ED (W) and RS Chaturvedi, ED (Projects) PK Singhand , Vishwakarma , the CMD visited the project sites of Blast Furnace-8, Steel Melting Shop-III, Bar & Rod Mill, Power & Blowing Station-II, Universal Rail Mill & Rail Welding line.
He followed the visit by holding discussion on production issues with the senior management of BSP. Thereafter, a presentation on the progress of MODEX was made before him by the officials of the company.
In the evening Singh interacted with a cross-section of employees at the Human Resources Development Centre, Bhilai.
He appealed to the Collective to tighten the belt for increasing production and timely commissioning of MODEX units. Entire SAIl, he said, is expecting a lot from Bhilai Steel Plant.