Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:36:51 -0800 (PST) From: Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Fwd: [Assam] steel plant? To: Nayanjyoti Medhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Nayanjyoti, You can't put everything in already overpopulated Guwahati. If closeness to railroad is a criterion, broad gauge tracks are available in many other places like Bongaigaon, Nalbari etc. that are begging for investment and development. I don't know what kind of a steel processing plant this one is. Definitely it is not a steel mill at Rs. 200 crores. Perhaps to produce structural steel or GI sheets? Are the products going to be used in Assam or re exported to the rest of India? With raw material coming from outside and products going back, Is it going to be competitive with other plants already in existence? If Assam was going to provide some innovative technology or cheap labor incentive to bring cost down, I could understand. To me it looks like another one time effort to keep Assam quiet, like the paper mills that did not need even a decade to go bankrupt. The same $200 crores probably could have been used in another industry relevant to Assam - oil, tea or food/vegetable processing. Dilipda Nayanjyoti Medhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dilip Da, Any particular reason why a Steel Plant should not be set up in Guwahati? I suppose it would be harmful for the environment but think of the jobs it would generate. And it won't even be robbing the state of its natural resources as Assam does not produce iron ore . Regards, Nayanjyoti Medhi On Nov 15, 2007 9:26 PM, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: > Why steel plant and why Guwahati? > Dilip________________________________ > > Rs 200-cr steel plant to be set up in city > From Our Spl Correspondent > NEW DELHI, Nov 14 â Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilizer, Ram > Vilas Paswan today announced a decision to set up a steel processing plant > at Guwahati at a cost of Rs 200 crore. The Minister made the announcement > while addressing the Editor's Conference. The decision is part of the Steel > Ministry's move to set up 10 steel processing plants across the country. The > Ministry is estimated to spend over Rs 2,000 crore, in this connection. > > The Detailed Project Report was reported to be ready and public sector giant > Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is likely to take initiative to set up the > processing units. > > The processing mill is slated to come up at Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, > Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, while Madhya Pradesh and Bihar will have two > units each. > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > -- Nayanjyoti Medhi Advocate Chamber: Satya Bora Lane, Dighalipukhuri East Guwahati-781001, Assam Phone: +91 361 2416960 +91 94350 43007 Fax: +91 361 2410728 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Nayanjyoti Medhi Advocate Chamber: Satya Bora Lane, Dighalipukhuri East Guwahati-781001, Assam Phone: +91 361 2416960 +91 94350 43007 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
