Sri HD Kumaraswamy Honourable Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries and Sri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma Honourable Union Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries visit Visakhapatnam steel plant My goal is to bring RINL to the Number one place in the country-Sri HD Kumaraswamy    30-Jan-2025     View PDF


In their visit to RINL on 30.01.2025, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam steel plant, Sri HD Kumaraswamy, Hon'ble Union Minister for Steel & Heavy Industries accompanied by Sri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries expressed confidence that RINL workforce has got the potential to bounce back and march towards profitability. Sri HD Kumaraswamy and Sri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma accompanied by Members of Parliament Sri M SriBharat, Sri CM Ramesh, Sri Palla Srinivasa Rao, MLA-Gazuwaka and state president, TDP, Sri Sandeep Poundrik, IAS, Secretary, Steel, Govt. Of India, Dr. Sanjay Roy, Jt. Secy, Ministry of Steel, Sri Y Satya Kumar Yadav, Hon'ble Minister for Health, Family welfare & Medical Education, Govt. of AP, Sri Vishnukumar raju, MLA-North, vizag, Former MP(Rajya Sabha) Sri GVL Narasimha rao, Sri AK Saxena, CMD(additional charge), RINL, Sri K Appalanaidu, Hon'ble MP, Vijanayanagaram, Dr SC Pandey, Director (Personnel), Sri Ch SRVGK Ganesh, Director (Finance), Sri GVN Prasad, Director(Commercial), Dr. S. Karuna Raju, IAS, Chief Vigilance Officer, RINL inaugurated Resurgence Park at Blast Furnace -2 area. Later, addressing the RINL collective at Tenetti Viswanadham auditorium of RINL, Sri HD Kumaraswamy congratulated the RINL for their struggle, hard work and commitment towards achieving steady progress in the last 3 months on the production front. Sri HD Kumaraswamy thanked Hon'ble PM Sri Narendra Modi for his great concern and help towards reviving the RINL by sanctioning Rs. 11,440 crores package which is unheard of in the Indian steel industry. Sri HD Kumaraswamy also thanked his cabinet colleague Sri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, Sri Nara Chandra babu naidu, Hon'ble CM of AP, Sri M. Sribharat, MP, Visakhapatnam, Sri CM Ramesh, MP, Visakhapatnam and Sri Palla Srinivasa rao, gazuwaka MLA and other peoples representatives for their constant efforts in seeking the help of the steel ministry and the Government of India for the revival of RINL. Sri HD Kumaraswamy said that he offered prayers to Lord Venkateswara Swamy this morning at Tirumala to give the required strength to the workforce of RINL and also to him in taking RINL to greater heights of excellence and efficiency. 'Strength is within you and with your hard work, I would like to bring this plant (RINL) to number one position in the country' said Sri HD Kumaraswamy amidst thunderous applause. Sri HD Kumaraswamy expressed confidence that RINL will play a major role towards achieving the 300 million tons production target as part of Viksit Bharat- Atma Nirbhar Bharat. In his address, Sri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, Hon'ble Minister of state for steel and heavy industries, Govt of India profusely thanked the Union Minister Sri HD Kumaraswamy and Hon'ble PM of India for their concern in reviving RINL. Sri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma urged all the employees to put in much hard work to regain the past glory. Members of Parliament Sri M SriBharat, Sri CM Ramesh, Sri Palla Srinivasa Rao, MLA-Gazuwaka and state president, TDP, Sri Sandeep Poundrik, IAS, Secretary, Steel, Govt. Of India, Sri Y Satya Kumar Yadav, Hon'ble Minister for Health, Family welfare & Medical Education, Govt. of AP, Sri Vishnukumar raju, MLA-North, vizag, Sri K Appalanaidu, Hon'ble MP, Vijanayanagaram also addressed the gathering and expressed confidence in the RINL collective and exhorted them to put in their best efforts towards excellence. Sri AK Saxena, CMD (additional charge), RINL, in his welcome address, profusely thanked Sri HD Kumaraswamy, Hon'ble Union Minister for Steel & Heavy Industries and Sri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries and Hon'ble CM of Andhra Pradesh, MLAs and MPs for their great support towards the revival of RINL. Later, Hon'ble Union Ministers Sri HD Kumaraswamy and Sri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma along interacted with the representatives of various trade unions, SC/ST associations, OBC association, WIPS, Steel Executive association in the conference hall of management development centre, Ukkunagaram of Visakhapatnam steel plant. Sri Sanjay Roy, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Sri M. Sribharat, Hon'ble MP, Visakhapatnam, Sri Palla Srinivas, MLA- Gazuwaka and State President, Telugu Desam, Andhra Pradesh, Sri Sagi Kasi viswanadha raju, Independent director, SAIL, Sri Vishnu Kumar raju, MLA, Sri GVL Narasimha Rao, former MP(Rajya Sabha), Sri AK Bagchi, Director ( Projects) and additional charge Director( Operations), Dr SC Pandey, Director (Personnel), Sri Ch SRVGK Ganesh, Director (finance), Sri GVN Prasad, Director(Commercial), Dr. S. Karuna Raju, IAS, Chief Vigilance Officer, RINL, CGMs, senior officials were also present on the occasion.