Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to open the Rs12,300-crore first phase expansion project of RINl's Vizag Steel Plant in the first week of July. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam ltd (RINl) had initiated an expansion and modernisation plan at its Vizag facility to enhance its liquid steel capacity to 6.3 million tonne per annum (MTPA).
The project is complete and currently the plant is running tests and other necessary procedures, a source said. “The plant will be commissioned next month and the Prime Minister is expected to visit Vizag in the first week of July to inaugurate the project and formally commission it,” the source added.
Earlier this month, Steel and Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had told PTI: “RINl's expansion plan is over and trials has started. We have requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the plant in July.”