Steel Secretary, Dr Aruna Sharma inaugurates 5 MW Solar Power Plant    20-Dec-2016     View PDF


Dr Aruna Sharma, Secretary to GOI, Ministry of Steel inaugurated the 5 MW Solar Plant installed by RINL at a cost of Rs.33 crores in the presence of Sri P Madhusudan, CMD, RINL,  Smt Urvilla Khati, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel and Directors of RINL today. RINL has joined other major corporates in harnessing solar power with this 5 MW Ground Waste Solar Power Plant in its premises. Dr Aruna Sharma commended RINL management for foraying into Solar Energy in tune with the government thrust to tap renewable energy sources. She said that the role of renewable energy has been assuming increasing significance in recent times with the growing concern for the country"s energy security. Sri PC Mohapatra, Director (Projects), Sri DN Rao, Director (Operations), Sri P Raychaudhury, Director (Commercial), Sri B Siddhartha Kumar, IFS, CVO were present on the occasion. Representatives of SEA, unions, SC&ST Association, WIPs also participated. Later, Dr Aruna Sharma, Smt Urvilla Khati visited new production units like Blast Furnace-3, Steel Melt Shop-2, Rolling Mills, Captive Power Plant-2 etc. She also visited “Steel Museum”, located in the Technical Training Institute. Smt Aruna Sharma reviewed the performance of the Company in which Sri P Madhusudan, CMD, CVO and Directors participated. Later, she interacted with the representatives of Steel executive Association, trade unions. SC&ST Association and WIPS.