SAIL funds road project in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - India’s largest steel maker in the public sector, Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), has contributed more than Rs.7 crore for building a road in Chhattisgarh’s naxalite insurgency-hit Kanker district, an official said Friday.

“SAIL has donated Rs.7.26 crore to Chhattisgarh government for construction of a 22.60 km concrete road in Kanker district’s extreme interior,” the official told IANS.

Bhilai steel plant Managing Director R. Ramaraju handed over the cheque to Chief Minister Raman Singh here Thursday.

SAIL has got a lease to mine iron ore for a period of 20 years in the district.