Ministry
of Steel held meeting with all major steel players on 23rd May, along
with Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, in order
to ascertain the likely impact of Cyclone Yaas on steel making and on
oxygen production. The representatives of the Ministry of Power and the
concerned state Government were also present. It emerged that only
plants located in Odisha and West Bengal would be impacted. Hence all
measures were taken to ensure that power failures do not take place. It
was also planned that temporarily for 2 to 4 days, the states which were
dependent onKalinganagar and Angul plants of Odisha would draw from
TATA Jamshedpur plant. It is confirmed that no power disruption was
experienced by any steel plant located in Angul, Kalinganagar and
Rourkela in Odisha. TATA representatives, who have plants in Odisha have
confirmed that there has not been any impact of cyclone Yaas on the LMO
production on the Tata Steel plants.
Dispatch
of LMO from all the attached oxygen plants in Kalinganagar, Jamshedpur
and Angul continued as usual without any disruption.
There
was a reduction in tankers reaching Kalinganagar as the same were
diverted to Jamshedpur. This was as per the contingency plan because of
the impending cyclone. SAIL plants at Durgapur,Burnpur and Rourkela were
also well prepared. The SOP for handling such situations was reiterated
to all concerned.No disruption of steel production or oxygen supply
took place. Similarly, JSPL and JSW who have plants in Angul and
Jharsuguda in Odisha were well prepared and did not face any disruption
during cyclone Yaas.