Tata Steel is ‘best integrated steel plant’
Jamshedpur: The Tata Steel has been adjudged the ‘Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant’ based on the recommendations made by a panel of judges that selected companies for the Prime Minister`s Trophy awards for the year 2011-12. Based on the recommendations, the Government of India has decided to award the Certificate of Excellence to Tata Steel as per the scheme for the Prime Minister’s Trophy for 2011-12. Tata Steel has scored maximum marks in overall performance for the fourth consecutive year. The date of the award function will be announced by the Union Ministry of Steel soon. DRS Chaudhary, Secretarys Ministry of Steel, Government of India, in a letter to the managing director of Tata Steel, HM Nerurkar, said,”I congratulate the management and employees of Tata Steel for the excellent work done. I am sure this award will greatly motivate the Tata Steel collective and... productivity which will serve as an inspiration to others”.
Rain throws life out of gear in Bermo, Bokaro
Bermo: Incessant rain in the past 36 hours has left most parts of the coal city, steel city and suburbs flooded on Wednesday. However, the rain has also rekindled the hopes of farmers in this agro-dominated region. The rain has provided much-sought after respite to the masses, the tillers in particular. The delayed monsoon had dried up the sown fields but the optimism too prevailed among the farmers about the overall prospects of farming here .With current rain, the tillers have started agricultural activities afresh in their fields since Monday. The farmers have sown paddy seeds on thousands acres in expectation of the usual monsoon. Others had to prepare for transplantation mode of farming. Meanwhile, the met department has warned of heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours. The coal and steel city has been receiving excessive rainfall since Monday throwing life out of gear in several parts of Bermo. Attendance in schools and colleges has gone down considerably. Bokaro Thermal and some other parts like Kithara, Gomia and Chanderpura have hilly terrain and water does not remain here for log.