Bokaro, June 15 -- The long-planned capacity expansion of Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL), the flagship unit of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), has slipped into uncertainty following recent incidents that have disrupted the local investment climate. Once heralded as a cornerstone of the National Steel Policy and the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, the project now faces an indefinite pause-casting a shadow over Bokaro's ambitions of evolving into a modern industrial hub.
Sources, who did not wish to be named, said that the investment-now on hold-could have a prolonged impact on Bokaro's economic trajectory. Without the infusion of fresh capital, the city risks missing a rare opportunity to diversify its economy, attract allied industri...