August 27,
Karnataka has lifted the ban on heavy vehicles carrfrom entering district highways. This will benefit six steel plants in Goa which are- Aparant Iron & Steel, Sesa Industries, Shradha Ispat, Ambey Metallic, Goa Sponge and Power and Shrithik Ispat.
The decision was taken at a meeting in Karwar convened by the North Kannara district deputy commissioner with directors of affected Goa steel plants on Thursday.
Confirming this, industries committee chairman of the Goa Chanber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Manguirish Pai Raikar said, “We had a meeting with the district commissioner of North Kannara district on Thursday. We convinced him that six pig iron plants in the state consume raw material from Karnataka and do not export it. After being convinced of the same, the authorities have permitted heavy vehicles carrying ore to these six units registered with GCCI from entering district highways.”
GCCI had prepared a list of these six pig iron plants in Goa which use high grade iron ore from Karnataka as raw material. It also prepared statistics of how much ore is purchased, how it is used for production and not for export and submitted the same to authorities in Karnataka.
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