Irani Rules Out Shift From Gopalpur Site

This is the best site chosen for the Tisco's proposed steel plant after a five year search across the country and there was no question of shifting it to any other place, not even to a distance of five or ten kilometres away, he said at inauguration of the specialised training programme for 60 boys picked up from villages near Gopalpur at the S N Technical Institute here.

Irani said Tisco wants its plant to be right on the shore so that it could be the most competitive in the market.

Shifting to a distance of five or ten kilometres away from the shore would make the same difference as shifting it about 500 kms, he asserted.Referring to the opposition voiced in some quarters for shifting the present location to Chamakhandi, the Tisco chief said