The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, which was built with the slogan “Visakha Ukku, Andhrula Hakku” is now moving from crisis toward real progress. The NDA governments at the Centre and in Andhra Pradesh have given the plant strong support, stopping all privatization talk and focusing fully on strengthening it.

In the last 17 months, the Centre and the state together extended almost ₹15,000 crore to support the plant. No other public sector company in the country has ever received such a level of financial assistance.

The Centre has given ₹11,440 crore, while the Andhra Pradesh government contributed nearly ₹3,000 crore. This joint support helped the plant, which was once in huge losses, recover steadily.

Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan regularly follow

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