It is reported that three members of the Corporate Social Responsibility Advisory Board of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd Dr AB Ota director of SC and ST Research Centre, Mr Sahadev Sahoo former chief secretary and Ms Namita Panda chairperson of State Women Commission paid a visit to the Jharsuguda plant site of the company on May 2, 2010.

Sources said that the purpose of the visit was to evaluate the overall progress of the smelter and power plants of Vedanta Aluminium and the ongoing CSR initiative of the company.

It said that during the visit the team stepped into the Jharsuguda Engineering School where the people from the project affected villages are being imparted training by VAL on different technical skills like plumbing, carpentry, house wiring and other profession-oriented skills. The members interacted with the people and applauded the efforts of the VAL in imparting the skill-building as well as skill-enhancing training to those people.

It may be mentioned that Vedanta has set up a smelter with a production capacity of 0.5 tonnes per annum. It has also a long term objective to come out with a projected production of 1.75 tonnes per annum by 2012 which is expected to make the company the number one aluminium producer in the country. Besides it has already generated 675 MW of captive power and has a target to produce 3615 MW power in total which is expected to make it as the largest power generating company from a single location

(Sourced from Statesman News Service)