Visakhapatnam: The corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant celebrated its 41st formation day on Saturday at RINL. Addressing the RINL fraternity on the occasion at the RINL-VSP, Atul Bhatt, CMD, conveyed his heartiest congratulations to all the award winners.

Bhatt lauded the RINL collective for taking new initiatives that led to achieving record production on various fronts, like the best daily production of 16,250 T from any two blast furnaces on January 20, 2023 and the best monthly production of hot metal from BF-1 and BF-2 with 108 per cent capacity utilisation in January this year.

Bhatt lauded the RINL collective for producing loco and LHB wheels at international standards meeting stringent quality standards from Forged Wheels from Forged Wheel Plant in Raebareli, UP, to Indian Railways. He said that due to the dedicated efforts of the RINL collective, several recognitions both at National and International levels were showered on RINL.

Earlier in the day, the celebrations started with a tree planting drive at the Central Dispatch Yard (CDY) of the Marketing Department of RINL. CMD, Directors and CISF Commandant, members of trade unions, the steel executive union, WIPS (Forum for Women in Public Sector), customers of RINL and other dignitaries planted saplings. /BI/