Tata Steel ushered into the New Year with a promise to continue to provide increased infrastructure facilities and improved living standards in the Steel City. T V Narendran, managing director, Tata Steel, while extending his warm wishes during the cake cutting ceremony on the occasion of New Year at Centre for Excellence, said that the company is committed towards all-round development the city and the company will continue to invest
“ The year 2021 has been a roller coaster ride. The year began on a positive note, however, the threat posed by Omicron proved to be challenging for the company. Thankfully it had little impact on the country. The company will continue to expand despite challenges of fresh occurrence of Covid in China. The employees of Tata Steel are working hard to ensure that the company is profitable and sustainable and we would also urge the citizens of Jamshedpur to play their part to help the city,” said Narendran.
He thanked the citizens of Jamshedpur and promised to keep the company's commitment for working together with the community, both during good and bad times. “Like every year this year too we are looking forward to citizens’ support for creating a positive environment, where all can work as partners in making the city a better place, " he said.
Meanwhile, throwing light on the path ahead for Tata Steel in the new calendar year, the managing director said that the steel major would continue to do its work to protect the environment and serve the community.
Answering queries of the media, the managing director said that the company provides job opportunities for and like in the past will make appointments of 500 to 2000 persons.
In his address to the senior citizens of Jamshedpur, he promised advanced infrastructure development with special focus on roads. He also stressed on the need for participation by one and all for all-around growth of the city. “With the cooperation of everyone we would like to take Jamshedpur to a different level and make it an attractive place," he said addressing the august gathering.
While delivering the welcome address, Chankaya Chaudhary, vice president, corporate services, Tata Steel, said that the company maintains around 500 to 600 Km of roads in the city. Around 4 to 5 kms of roads are being widened every year. He went on to add that the company has earmarked several roads where traffic flow is much higher, those roads are being widened to make it safer for the commuters.
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The much-anticipated flight service connecting Jamshedpur and Bhubaneswar is expected to be launched by the end of this month. During an interaction, Chankaya Chaudhary, vice president, corporate services, Tata Steel, said that under the government's Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) scheme efforts have been made to restart the air service. A meeting to this regard was held on December 29. The minutes of the meeting are awaited and the company is hopeful that the air services will return by the end of this month. The vice president reiterated that the company is keen to provide air services from Sonari aerodrome. Earlier, airlines, such as MDLR, Vayudoot and Deccan Airways, had launched flights to nearby cities such as Kolkata and Ranchi from Sonari aerodrome, with small aircraft, but had ultimately stopped services. The demand to re-establish air connectivity has been a long pending demand from businesses in the area as well as the state government.