
Protest organised against sale of public sector units
The Hindu
‘Immediately allocate captive mines to steel plant’
A ‘prabhata bheri’ was organised jointly by Visakhapatnam Apartment Residents Welfare Association (VARWA) and Greater Visakha Residential Colony Associations’ Federation (NIVAS) at the Alluri Sitaramaraju statue at Seethammadhara here on Sunday in protest against the decision of the Centre to sell Visakhapatnam Steel Plant(VSP) and privatisation of public sector units like LIC, GIC, Banks, BSNL, Port and HPCL. The participants raised slogans opposing the privatisation of Public Sector Industries, which have immensely contributed to the growth of the city besides contributing to the national economy. They demanded immediate allocation of captive mines to the steel plant.More Related News

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