Question
State the new steel plants that were set up in the Fourth Plan period. How are they different from the earlier steel plants?
Solution
The new steel plants set up during fourth five-year plan were:
1. Vizag Steel Plant in Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
2. Vijayanagar Steel Plant at Hospet in Karnataka.
3. The Salem Steel Plant in Tamil Nadu.
These plants are different from the earlier plants.
(i) All these plants were set up in south India. These are away from the main raw material sources.
(ii) The Vizag Steel Plant is a port based plant.
(ii) The indigenous technology is used in Vijayanagar Steel Plant. The local iron ore is used in this plant.
