Govt envisages master plan for PSUs

Kollam, Dec 27 (UNI) Kerala Chief Minister V S Achutanandan today said here that his government had envisaged a master plan for Reopening all Public Sector Undertakings in the state that had been closed down.

After inaugurating the Titanium Sponge Plant at Chavara near here, he sought the co-operation of political parties and labour unions for reviving the PSUs.

State Industries Minister Elamaram Karim, Irrigation Minister N K Premachandran and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director B N Suresh were present.

As part of efforts to indigenously produce strategic materials for its space programme, the VSSC had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with, Government of Kerala Undertaking Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML), Chavara, for establishing a 500 Tonne per annum Titanium Sponge Plant.

The Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, developed the technology for the titanium sponge plant.

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