Chiria issue resolved, SAIL to get priority

  • 25/09/2008

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

The see-sawing battle over the Chiria iron ore mines between state-run giant Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and the Jharkhand government, which has witnessed many tumultuous phases, is all set to get resolved with state chief minister Shibu Soren saying the PSU will be accorded due priority in the allocation of the said mines. Both SAIL and the state are currently locked in a legal battle on the mines in the Jharkhand High Court. Emerging from a meeting with Soren in Ranchi, steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan said,