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New Delhi : Union Steel, Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan chaired a video conferencing with officials from Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Railways, Institute For Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG), SAIL and steel fabricators from Bhilai here on June 2, 2020, to work out a detailed plan for developing a steel fabrication cluster around the Bhilai Steel Plant. The problems facing the bridge fabricators in meeting their steel requirements were also discussed.
The steel fabrication cluster envisaged will give boost to the MSME sector in the region, facilitate employment generation and give impetus to the local economy. This is in line with the spirit of the Prime Minister’s call for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Pradhan directed the CEO, Bhilai Steel Plant, to ensure that the steel plate requirement of the steel fabricators in the Durg district is fully met and any restrictive conditions coming in the way of such procurement be removed, according to a PIB release.
The minister also discussed a strategy of enhancing steel usage in the bridges constructed by MoRTH on lines with Railways which is using steel bridges on a very largescale.