Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Special Protection Group (SPG) Nl Darji lahatoo on Sunday reviewed the security situation ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Steel City on April 1. The DIG inspected two roads leading to the meeting venue. later, he also went to plant side to see the security situation. On Wednesday, Modi would inaugurate modernised and expanded units of the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). This is RSP’s second modernisation work and around Rs 12,000 crore was spent on the project, reports said.
The Prime Minister would also check various units such as blast furnace-5, coke oven and newly-built slab caster and plate mills during the visit. That apart, he is also scheduled to address a public meeting at a ground near to the airstrip during the day, the reports added. Ahead of the high-profile visit, Union Steel Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had visited the city to review the preparations.