<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today said the Salem Steel Plant situated in Salem District of Tamil Nadu is in a bad shape with mismanagement, nepotism and corruption.<br />''<br />'' He also said that despite spending an amount of 69,000 crore rupees on its modernization the plant is messed up.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Replying to a supplementary question in the Lok Sabha today during the Question Hour, the Minister said that a big challenge to operate the government-run steel plants in the country. While the private run steel plants are running profitable, government run plants are running into losses.</span><br />''  <br />