Rama Rao on Sunday took up with Union Mines Secretary Arun Kumar pending projects in Telangana, notably the steel plant at Bayyaram which was promised in the AP Reorganisation Act, when the latter called on him here. He expressed anguish that no headway was made on several representations by the State government to Union Ministers to establish the steel plant at Bayyaram in Khammam, a release said. Mr. Rao informed the senior bureaucrat that the Centre set up a steel plant at Visakhapatnam where there were no reserves of iron ore. However, the same was delayed at Bayyaram where the reserves were available to the required extent. Action plan soughtHe urged the Centre to immediately launch the action plan to set up the plant at Bayyaram.

Source: The Hindu August 20, 2017 20:03 UTC