The Bisra Stone Lime Company Limited (BSLC) at Birmitrapur in Sundargarh district, a subsidiary of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), would resume operations, informed Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday.
A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting convened by Pradhan in New Delhi in the presence of \Union Minister of State for Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste, Sundargarh MP Jual Oram, Biramitrapur MLA Shankar Oram and senior officials of the Steel Ministry, SAIL and RINL.
The BSLC ceased operations this month due to cash crunch. “We took a serious note of the issue and called this meeting. SAIL and RINL have agreed to provide trade advance to BSLC and assured purchase of dolomite for immediate resumption of its mining activities,” said Pradhan.“This will ensure that workers and vendors of BSLC are not affected negatively. We shall work on taking relevant measures for ensuring long term revival and ceaseless operations in future,” he added. The BSLC has been mining and marketing limestone and dolomite since 1910. It has been an important source of economic activity and livelihood in the tribals-dominated region.