BJP MP talks of HEC divestment plan, company dismisses claim

Jamshedpur | Saturday | 10th February, 2018

Summary:

A copy of the petition has also been handed over to minister Geete." Ranchi: The CMD of Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd (HEC), Avijit Ghosh , on Friday refuted rumours regarding the Centre's divestment plan for the company.He said, "We have not received any communication from the Union government so far. There is no reason to give credence to these reports as the HEC is functioning normally. "I had gone to meet Anant Geete in Delhi to request for sanction of special funds so that wage arrears of the HEC workers, pending since January 1997, could be paid at the earliest. "However, Ranchi BJP MP Ramtahal Choudhury told TOI that Union minister for heavy industries and public enterprises Anant Geete had cast aspersion on the HEC at a recent meeting in New Delhi and said that the Centre was mulling plans for the revival of the Ranchi-based corporation..