Visakha steel defenders demand captive mines and a SAIL merger to cut ₹6,400-a-tonne burden
Visakhapatnam’s steel plant politics returned to the captive-mines demand on 4 September 2026. At a press meeting of the Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee, Andhra Intellectuals Forum president Chalasani Srinivas said the Centre must allocate captive mines to Visakhapatnam Steel
