Visakhapatnam (Vizag)  Steel Plant employees intensified their agitation against the move to privatise the steel plant, in the wake of the Union government inviting bids from transaction advisors and legal advisors, to manage the strategic sale of the steel plant. On July 7. Now, the agitations and protest movements for stalling central government's decision to sell Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) have entered 150th on Saturday in the city. These protests at the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) have also reached 100 days.

the DIPAM of the Union Ministry of Finance issued notifications inviting proposals for engagement of transaction advisors and legal advisors to complete the 100% disinvestment of government holdings in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) or the Vizag Steel Plant.

On Saturday, several steel plant employees and hundreds of protesters took up a 30-km two-wheeler rally to send across a message to the central government to call off the privatization plan.

Hundreds of protesters rode their motorcycles as part of the protest rally in the port city. The rally is CROSSING  through Kurmannapalem, Vadlamudi, Gajuwaka and other places. "The central government has ignored the two letters written by the chief minister, including the state government's requests and a resolution by the Assembly," said a protester taking part in the rally. Another agitator declared that the protests will not stop until the steel plant is continued in the public sector.

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