A total of 17 employees of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) have been selected for 3 awards under the 'Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar'(VRP) for 2014.
All three teams have been selected for the Category-C award that carries a cash prize of Rs25000 for each team. The members of these three teams hail from SMS-II, Blast Furnaces, Coke Ovens & Coal Chemical Department, EDD and PSD, a BSP press release informed.
Group-1 comprises of M Saibaba, Master Operator, Anil Kumar Pandey, Sr. Operative, Omkar Prasad, Technician (all from SMS-2) and Rewa lal, Head Draughtsman from EDD.
The group was instrumental in the design, development and erection of self-engaging hook block for auxiliary hook of Mixer Crane-4 of SMS-2. This initiative has led to large recurring savings for the Plant.
Group-2 comprises of Yuwaraj Kumar Sahu, Sr. Technician, Umendi Ram Churendra, Technician, Rekh Ram Dewangan, Technician, Sanjay George, Sr Technician, Pal Singh Thakur (all from Blast Furnaces) and Indra Kumar Shrivastava, Master Technician from PSD.
The team was responsible for substantial electric energy saving by effecting modification in line supply of ore transfer car by reducing voltage from 460 V DC to 245 V DC in Blast Furnaces.
Group-3 consists of Sunil Prasad Singh, Sr. Operative, Dharam Singh Rajput, Sr. Operative, Santosh Ingle, Sr. Operative, Sandeep R Bedpuria, Sr. Operative, Vipin Kumar, Technician and Juri Mahakud, Sr. Technician (all from Coke Ovens & Coal Chemical Department). The team’s innovative approach towards water conservation and containing pollution in recovering type Coke Oven battery is helping the plant in making substantial recurring savings.
Since the Rashtriya Vishwakarma Award was instituted in 1965, a total of 556 BSP employees have been honoured with this prestigious award.