Relay fast against sale of VSP enters 80th day Updated: Updated: ‘Public sector steel plants are saving lives by supplying medical oxygen’ Share Article ‘Public sector steel plants are saving lives by supplying medical oxygen’ The relay hunger strikes launched by the Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee in protest against the privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant(VSP) entered the 80th day on Sunday. Union representatives from LMMM, WRM, RS&RS departments participated in the strike. Addressing the gathering, committee convener J. Ayodhya Ram alleged that the ‘mindless decisions’ of the Centre, at a time when the nation was reeling under the coronavirus pandemic, was causing untold hardships to the people.