(a) the date on which Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) in Karnataka was closed;
(b) the measures taken by the Government for the rehabilitation of the retrenched employees;
(c) whether some of the employees of the said company have not been rehabilitated so far;
(d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL(DR. AKHILESH DAS)
(a) Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) has not been closed down. However, the
mining operations of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) at Kudremukh in Karnataka have
been stopped with effect from 1.1.2006 in accordance with the orders of the Hon`ble Supreme
Court.
(b)to(e): The Company has not done any retrenchment of the employees at Kudremukh so far.
Redeployment has been done to the extent possible from the Kudremukh location to the Company`s
manufacturing units at Mangalore and Corporate office at Bangalore. Certain manpower is
also earmarked for winding up operations; i.e. dismantling of equipment etc. as ordered by the
Hon`ble Supreme Court.