NMDC Steel Plant Seeks 100 Officers of Vizag Steel Plant

VISAKHAPATNAM: Even after the Union Minister for Steel Kumara Swamy’s assurance to bail out the Vizag Steel Plant from its financial and raw material issues, the Trade Unions are expressing fear that the privatization move of the plant is on. The NMDC’s Nagarnar Steel Plant has prepared to induct around 100 employees of VSP on deputation as part of 500 employees from VSP, indicating the strength of VSP and pushing it towards privatization.

It is recalled that a proposal of Vizag Steel Plant had come out. Around 500 employees would be sent on deputation to Nagarnar Plant and plans to force another 2000 employees to take voluntary retirement, besides removing around 3000 contract employees.

The Nagarnar Steel Plant, which is the 3 MMTPA steel plant, seeks Vizag Steel Plant employees to work on a deputation basis in the plant in Chhattisgarh. A notification in the name of Amitava Mukherjee to the Vizag Steel Plant management requested to arrange for wide circulation of the notification to all executives. Interested executives can attend the ‘Walk In’ interview by his plant selection committees. A screening and walk-in interview process will be held by four selection committee members from September 23 to September 25 in the Vizag plant.

Nagarnar Steel Plant management gave vacancies along with the circular. It would induct 10 officers of Blast Furnace, six for shipping and dispatch, 10 each in purchase and stores, and others for various wings.