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Udaypur Cement on verge of ruin
JALJALE-UDAYPUR, MAY 09 -
Udaypur Cement Factory, the largest state-owned cement factory, is on the verge of closure as it lacks essential materials such as coal, limestone and bags for packing cement. Negligence on the part of management has brought the factory to such a situation.
"Riddhi Siddhi Traders, who had received a contract to supply coal to the factory, failed to do so," a factory official said. "That's why it has forfeited its Rs. 1.5 million deposit."
General manager of Udaypur Cement Nabal Kishor Shah said, "The stock of coal we have is sufficient for just two or three days," he said. To add to its woes, the factory is unable to supply cement in the market as it has run out of sacks to pack it.
Its supplier Trishakti Polypacks has so far supplied only 1.4 million sacks although it promised to supply 2 million sacks. "That's why we are facing a difficulty to pack cement and transport it to market," said Shah.
Sources, however, said that the current situation emerged as the management remained completely dependent on a single supplier. The previous management of the factory used to contract at least two suppliers. The tendency of the management to seek a commission is the main reason behind the short supply of essential materials.
The management also didn't care about supplying limestone, a key raw material for making cement, by ropeway instead of by road. "The tender period for the supply of limestone by land expired," said Yogesh Chandra Mishra, deputy director of Udaypur Cement." But no alternative provision has been made for the period after the expiry of the tender."
Sources said that the management didn't care about using the ropeway as it was only concerned with its commission. The ropeway connects limestone mines in the Sukhaura area of Chilaune village development committee and the factory.
"The management is trying to hide its failures by blaming the ongoing load-shedding," said Mishra
The Udaypur Cement administration said that it was facing difficulties even to pay the salaries of its workers and its electricity bills. The employees have complained that the factory could be closed from next week.
Posted on: 2010-05-10 07:13
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