Steel Secretary, Government of India Sanjay Singh reached Bokaro late in the evening of 7th October. He was accompanied by Arvind Kumar Singh, Director (Technical, Projects and Raw Materials) of SAIL and G Sarathi Raja, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Steel. On October 8, the steel secretary first planted trees in the organic garden and offered prayers at the Jagannath temple. Thereafter, he inquired about the layout of the plant in the model room located in the administrative building. During this, Director-in-Charge of BSL, Amarendu Prakash, Director (Technical, Projects and Raw Materials) of SAIL, Arvind Kumar Singh, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Shri G. Sarathi Raja and Executive Director of BSL were also present. During the plant visit, the Steel Secretary visited the major production units like Coke Oven, Blast Furnace, SMS-2 (CCS) and Hot Strip Mill and inquired about the production process.
In the afternoon, the Steel Secretary held a meeting with BSL officials at Bokaro residence. In the first meeting held with the young managers of the plant, he encouraged the young managers to prepare the steel industry for the challenges of the future and shape the prospects of the future through new technologies related to Industry 4.0. Later in another meeting held with the senior officers of BSL, the Steel Secretary reviewed the road map of BSL related to reducing carbon footprint, plan for use of renewable energy, digital transformation project of BSL etc.