Union Steel Secretary G Mohan Kumar along with Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand on Thursday jointly asked the steel units to prepare proposals regarding their requirements including water supply and other facilities to submit the same with the State Government.
Both the officers reviewed the project-wise status of steel units and problems faced by them during a meeting with the representatives of steel manufacturers at the Mantralaya here. In the meeting, Kumar issued directives for preparation of an action plan for infrastructure development in rural pockets of Dantewada and Jagdalpur in Bastar under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of the steel units.
He said that the action plan prepared for CSR should include Education, Health, Skill Development, livelihood College and Scholarship for students besides provision of facilities such as drinking water, electricity and roads in rural areas. Kumar informed that a workshop of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) will soon be held in Bastar.
Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand provided detailed information on the steel units of the State. Present in the meeting were — Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, DS Mishra, Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Transport Department, NK Aswal, Principal Secretary (Forest) RP Mandal, Secretary to the Chief Minister and Mineral Resources Department Subodh Kumar Singh, Director General of Police (DGP) AN Upadhyay besides other senior officials and representatives of a large number of steel units.