SAIL steps up expansion plan

New Delhi : After being pulled up by steel minister Beni Prasad Verma over the tardy progress of its project, country's largest steel maker Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has stepped up the peddle on its R72,000-crore expansion-cum-modernisation programme and launched a major exercise to address delays.

The company has decided to achieve 100% targets on production and project commissioning and has asked all its managers to finalise advance action plans. Top officials of the company have been asked to do regular inspection of work programmes.