Govt's BGML revival plan hits a rich vein of controversy

  • 30/09/2010

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)

Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore September 30, 2010, 0:25 IST For former employees, there is still a pot of gold at the end of the Kolar rainbow - if only the govt allows them to look for it For most of the past decade, there has been precious little glitter for employees at the Kolar gold fields. The mines, owned by state-run Bharat Gold Mines Ltd (BGML), have been shut rendering them unemployed. And assets promised to the workers as part of a government-sanctioned severance package are now likely to go to Nalco, instead.