Jagdishpur, UP / New Delhi, 3rd March, 2019: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated Steel Authority of India Limited’s (SAIL) Jagdishpur Steel Processing Unit based in Amethi District in UP to the nation today. Prime Minister dedicated the SPU during a function organized in Kauhar. SAIL has started this unit to supply strong and value-added TMT rebars in the region including Uttar Pradesh. The TMT mill of Jagdishpur Unit has an annual capacity to produce 1.5 lakh tonnes of TMT. SAIL in future will also start the production of crash barriers and corrugated sheets from this SPU. SAIL has invested approximately Rs 92 Crore in the erstwhile Malvika Steel which is revived into this Unit.
On this occasion, Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said, “the commencement of this Steel Processing Unit will not only create job opportunities for people of the region but will also fulfill the steel requirements of the region as well as country.”
SAIL Chairman Shri Anil Kumar Chaudhary while welcoming the dedication of Jagdishpur Steel Processing Unit by Hon’ble Prime Minister said the trial production from the unit’s TMT Bar Mill has begun and by end of April this year, after getting BIS Certification the commercial production will also start. TMT bars in sizes of thickness ranging from 8 mm to 25 mm will be produced and supply TMT to the area.”
