NEW DELHI-Dependence All the Way

for the Davy McKee group, a UK-US combination, in preference to the West German Mannesman-Demag consortium for the construction of the proposed 3 million tonne steel plant at Paradip. The idea of setting up the shore-based export-oriented steel mill at Paradip was mooted by Biju Putnaik when he was Steel Minister in the Janata government, The deal has now been clinched by Indira Gandhi's cabinet.