Sunday, March 29, 2009

Vedanta's green move lauded

Tathya.in, March 28, 2009
Lanjigarh:28/March/2009

Bijoy Mohanty is a nature lover.

So the leading cine star of Olywood planted a sapling in front of the Project Office of the Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) here.

Mr.Mohanty, a member of the Vedanta’s CSR Advisory Committee lauded VAL’s initiative on peripheral development.

The Committee Members including former DGP A B Tripathy, former RRL Chief P K Jena and leading educationist Rita Ray visited the VAL’s unit here on 27 March.

Mukesh Kumar, Chief Operating Officer (COO) briefed the dignitaries on various CSR activities taken up by the company.

Dr Kumar accompanied the members during the visit and also gave presentation on the various sustainable development programs undertaken here.

During the course of their visit they spent time in the R&R colony.

They interfaced with the residents and took an on the spot study of the functioning of the child care centre, the primary school managed by Vedanta.

They also visited the tailoring unit and the phenyl making unit managed by the SHGs promoted by Vedanta.

Members of the Committee also visited the strawberry cultivation unit at Rengapalii village followed by the Project Ujjala program at Basantapara village.

The dignitaries were greeted with a warm welcome at Harekrishnapur village where the members of the Advisory

Board saw the various agricultural developmental programs undertaken under Sashya Shilpa Abhiyan.

During the course of the visit the centralized kitchen under the Mid Day Meal (MDM) program was inaugurated by the distinguished members of the Advisory Board.

Other members also planted the saplings in front of the Project Office premises.

After overseeing the various CSR activities the members also undertook a visit of the Lanjigarh plant where they saw the various operating units, expansion projects and also interacted with the employees.

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