Wed Jan 22 20:51:14 IST 2025: ## Visakha Steel Plant Workers Demand Captive Mines to Halt Privatization

**Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh – January 23, 2025** – The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) has demanded that the central government allocate captive mines to RINL-VSP. Committee leaders, meeting at the Visakhapatnam Public Library on Wednesday, stated that such an allocation would signal a halt to the plant’s privatization. The JAC hailed the ₹11,440 crore revival package from the Centre as a victory for the people of Andhra Pradesh. The meeting was attended by JAC convener and former MLA Lake Raja Rao and Bahujan Samaj Party Visakhapatnam district president P. Sivaprasad.

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