2021-4-22 · Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISL), a unit of Steel Authority of India Limited, is a plant involved in the production of alloy steels and pig iron is located in the city of Bhadravathi, India. [1] It was started as the Mysore Iron Works on 18 January 1923 by Sir M Visvesvaraya. [2] [3] It is now a steel plant under the jurisdiction of the Steel Authority of India Limited.