Business Line reported that housing for paramilitary forces meant to provide security to cost Bhilai Steel Plant upwards of INR 250 crore
SAIL BSP is going to extraordinary lengths to ensure that its INR 5,000 crore plan to extract quality iron ore from mines located in the Maoist hinterland in the Rowghat hills in south central Chhattisgarh goes without a hitch.
BSP will spend more than INR 250 crore on setting up 22 barracks between Bhanupratappur and Rowghat. The cost could go up as the project moves forward.
Top sources in Steel Authority of India Limited said that BSP is funding the construction of 22 barracks for 5 or more paramilitary battalions along a 95 kilometer stretch between Dalli and Rajhara and Rowghat. 6 of these will be placed around Block F, allotted to BSP.
An officer of SAIL said that "One paramilitary battalion has started constructing barracks between Rajhara and Raoghat."
