let the year 2014-15 be a year of fulfilment, a year of achievement for the Rourkela Steel Plant,” exhorted SAIl Chairman CS Verma, while addressing about 500 employees of the plant drawn here. Among otjers were present RSP CEO GS Prasad, Director (Technical) SS Mohanty and Director (Projects and Business Planning) TS Suresh.
The fact that the biggest blast furnace of the country has been made operational at the RSP has earned accolades from all quarters. “You have to now quickly wrap up the remaining project jobs and ramp up the production. We have given very tough targets to the RSP for the current year and I am sure that you will make all out efforts to achieve them. We have plans to enhance the Hot Metal Production capacity to more than 10 Million Tonnes. You have to take care from the initial stages that the next phase of expansion comes up as per the schedule,” emphasised Verma.
Detailing about the vision of the Maharatna company SAIl and the challenges and opportunities besides the role to be played by the RSP in achieving the goals, Verma said that each employee, no matter in which area or which capacity he or she is working, has to take the ownership and responsibility to see that the targets are met.The SAIl Chairman also urged the RSP collective to make safety a way of life and make RSP a zero-accident plant. Other dignitaries Mohanty, Suresh and Prasad also spoke.