SAIL, Chairman Soma Mondal reached Bokaro on her two-day visit on Thursday. Harinand Rai, Director (Technical, Projects and Raw Materials) of SAIL also accompanied her during the visit. Mondal was welcomed at Bokaro Airport by Amarendu Prakash, Director-in-charge of BSL, Executive Directors and other senior officials, and then the she was given the Guard of Honour by the Bokaro unit of CISF at the Bokaro residence.
The SAIL Chairman visited various units of the plant and got information from the officials after observing the coke ovens and BPP, RMHP, blast furnace-2, SMS new, hot strip mill and CRM-3 etc. Encouraging officers and personnel, she said that safety at the workplace is paramount and gave a message of maintenance of equipment as per rules, focus on cost control, to take maximum advantage of the present favourable opportunities in the steel market and to work with full enthusiasm. The SAIL chairman and Rai also appreciated the better housekeeping of various BSL shops.
In the afternoon, she held a meeting with the senior officials of Bokaro Steel Plant at Bokaro Niwas to review the progress in the operations of the plant, projects, medical services and township etc. Directors of SAIL (Technical, Projects and Raw Materials), Director-in-charge of BSL, Executive Directors, Chief General Managers and other senior officers were present in the meeting. Mondal gave necessary guidelines in the meeting on cost-control, improvement in techno-economic parameters and various aspects related to production and projects.
On the second day of the Bokaro tour on 12 February before departure, SAIL chairman will visit Jagarnath Temple and the 'Surabhi' center run by the Bokaro Mahila Samiti . Also, she will attend various meetings along with meeting the trade union representatives of BSL, representatives of Bokaro Steel Officers Association, representatives of Bokaro Chamber of Commerce, representatives of Biada, representatives of SC / ST Federation, etc. at Bokaro Niwas.