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The 172nd birth anniversary of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was celebrated at the Tata Steel factory here on Thursday, with Tata Sons Chairman Ratan N Tata participating in the celebrations organised to honour the multi-billion dollar group’s founder.
Tata, along with a host of dignitaries, including Tata Steel Managing Director H M Nerurkar, former Managing Directors B Muthuraman and J J Irani and other officials, paid floral tribute to the founder.
A two-minute silence was observed in remembrance of the 1989 fire incident at the plant, in which several persons watching the Founder’s Day celebrations lost their lives.
Mr Ratan Tata spent about two hours in the works, watching the tableaux taken out by various divisions of Tata Steel, its associated companies and social organisations. Later, the Chairman interacted with employees of the company, as well as citizens of the ‘Steel City’
Earlier, Tata visited the works and reviewed the ongoing expansion programme of the private steel major.
The Head of Corporate Affairs and Communication of Tata Steel, Prabhat Sharma, said the first phase of the expansion project will be commissioned by September this year and the entire project by March next year.
He said the expansion programme, which involves a Rs 20,000 crore investment, is aimed at enhancing the capacity of the plant from 6.7 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes.
The expansion programme includes the installation of a blast furnace with three million tonnes per annum capacity, he added.
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