Bhoomi Puja for Railway Project at NMDC.

Union minister for steel and mines Narendra Singh Tomar performed Bhoomi Puja for the Railway Siding Project at National Mineral Development Corporation’s (NMDC) upcoming Nagarnar steel plant in Chhattisgarh.

The Railway Siding Project is a critical component of the steel plant to bring in critical raw material like iron ore, coking coal, limestone and dolomite, etc. for production and for outward movement of finished steel and slag. NMDC’s Nagarnar Steel Plant is being built with an outlay of Rs. 15,525 crore and is slated to be completed in the next 18 months. It is built with Three Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) capacity.

Tomar inspected the construction work at the steel plant and expressed satisfaction at the progress of the work. Interacting with NMDC officials, he stressed the need to stick to stipulated time-frame and close monitoring.


THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS