Thursday, January 20, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Convener of All Odisha Steel Foundation (AOSF), PL Kandoi has identified “irrational pricing” of iron ore by the Odisha Mining Corporation, extortionist pricing by transport cartels, non-allocation of mines to the steel units as promised in the MoUs signed by the State Government in spite of most units meeting all the criteria, 50 times hike in water tax and the move of Gridco to raise the price of power as the factors that are pushing over 350 units to closure.
These units need urgent attention by the Government so that they are saved from shutdown, he said at a Press conference here on Tuesday. Kandoi said the commitment made by the Government in December last to sort out their ore sourcing problem within 30 days has not been met.
He rued the inaction of the Government and the indifference of the Chief Minister as exemplified by his reluctance to even meet an AOSF delegation to present their problems, while lakhs of employees of the units and their family members are faced with a bleak future because the units are not going remain operational much longer.
Kandoi brushed aside the declaration made recently by the State Government to reserve 60 per cent of the ore produced in the State for small and medium units as inconsequential because its effectiveness would be felt after a few years while the units are not likely to survive beyond a few months. He demanded that the units be given their own mines as promised by the Government in the MoUs.
sourced:OrissaDiary
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