Minister opens NVN School building at Lanjigarh

The Pioneer, Dec 31, 2010
Lanjigarh (Kalahandi): Labour and Employment Minister Pushpendu Singh Deo inaugurated a newly-constructed Niyamgiri Vedanta Nagar Government Primary School building here. Earlier, the school was running in a rehabilitation colony building constructed by Vedanta Aluminium Ltd. The Minister said people at the rehabilitation colony are fortunate that Vedanta opened a refinery at Lanjigarh for which they would get a lot of benefit for their development. Present on the occasion were VAL Vice-President Sanjay Kumar Pattnaik, ex-Minister Balabhadra Majhi, chairperson of Lanjigarh block Srimati Majhi and VAL CSR head Dr RC Rout. Pattnaik promised to provide computers to the students of the school and to further develop the rehabilitation colony. A playground would soon be dedicated to the children of the village. People of the Niyamgiri Vedanta Nagar gave a memorandum to the Minister for electrification of the colony free of cost from the VAL power plant. Singh Deo visited the Vedanta Hospital. He praised Vedanta for providing such a standard of healthcare to the local poor people. The Vedanta Niyamgiri Village was set up for rehabilitation of the project-displaced people.