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Himalayan Times — 1955

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liight Pfeintshtgan '$hot» October 9, 1956

made cloth is, therefore. parie 0. p;„lirp. STEEL PLANT6 FOR

to adhere to the type r3CIS K r,SUreS INDIA

of cloth produced by thin 1. A new record of Of the three steel
industry; for the texture, Sugar production in the plants in the public sec-
attractiveness and durabi- country has been set up tor, the first one is sited
lity and even in price with a total production of at Kourkela in OriBsa.
such products are best 15 86 lakh tons in the This is beiug developed
suited for all categories current.season This year's by the Hindustan Steel
of consumers. In patro- production exceeds even Co., a predominantly Go-
nising this industry we the recorded production vernmsnt-owned concern,
will not only adjust the of 1951-52 by 87 000 tons, working in collaboration
employment of lakhs of 2 After decontrol w'tn a Gftrman Combine,
people but will also help the oon6Umptjori demand J* wiM specialise only in
the handloom weavers to 0r w|,jte sugar jn tlie "at products like plates
earn their livelihood. country rosefrani10lakh and B,'?ets> and io l'xPe°-
Another important tons towards the end of 'ed to °°™mt0 ^odnc-
point which should not 1952 to 18 3 lakh tons in non iJaJ
be lost sight of- is the 1953 54. The Second plant will
non existance of Hand- 3. Nearly 62,000 per- ^' jlUt "P, »> . *6',w '»
loom Centres in the dis- sons are estimated to be' "Madhya Pradesh. It will
trict of [Jarjeeling. In receiving technical tram- £9 ^signed and supplied
this beautiful hill area jng in 999 institutions by the -oviet Union and
the majority of population scattered all over the Y Pro°uce nrtt Pro"
both in urban and rural country ducth bllt wlH concentrate
areas exhibit a sense of , 0llt of the total on heavy - products like
skill ami itrudlnm in thi* ,\. " rai 8 and structural* Pro-
skill and steadincw in this amount of Ks. 400 crores duction on commercial
particular branch of < ot- ai|otted to Tndian Rail auction on commercial
t*™ Tmlnstrv Hut nnfnr allotted to Indian rum schedu ed to start
tage Industry but untor- waya f„r the First Five sometime in 1959
tunately owing to made- Year Plan, an expenoi- _„ ... , ,
quite facilities provided ture of Ra 306.17 crores 1 he tl!,rd 8,tee P1*"'
by the authority the in ha9 been „ctua,|v booUed is proposed to be located
dustry has not thrived ,lp to June 30," 1955. at Durgapur in West Ben-

so well as the need of ____ gal. A British Steel Mis-

the situation demands, in this beautiful hill area, sion has recommended this

and its promoters would as in other more advan- plant which will produce

ardently long to see it ced places in India. As one million tons of ingots

established for the pros- a desirable step in this to be converted . mainly

parity of the area concer- direction at the first ins- into medium and light

ned and the well being tanee I would suggest to sections and .'100,000 tons

of the teeming millions the All India Handloom of pig iron for sale A

that will be served thereby. Board that they establish group of steel interests in

In fine it is to be ear- as oarly as practicable Britain has offered to act

nastly wished that the emporiums for exhibiting us the main contractors

authority would lend their the productions of Indian The plant is expected to

pjwer to revive this nas- Handloom Industry made be completed within three

cent Industry and osta- in different Centres in years from the date of

blish it once for all on India. This will stimulate placing orders for the

a sound and firm footing the interest of the Public. equipment.
 
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