Kumaraswamy promises efforts to revive VISL and HMT
The HinduUnion Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday promised to make serious efforts to revive Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Ltd. and the watch manufacturing company Hindustan Machine Tools. Pet in Mandya district on Sunday, Mr. Kumaraswamy said he had already visited the VISL factory, established in Bhadravati by Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore, that has now been closed, with a view to revive it. Mr. Kumaraswamy said he wished to establish three or four factories in Mandya district to provide the youth employment avenues in addition to agriculture. Pet with Channarayapatna, Mr. Kumaraswamy said he had already held discussions with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw with regard to development projects.