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NALCO gesture to displaced families

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Sponsors 83 students for training in government ITIs

BHUBANESWAR: National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) on Tuesday claimed it had sponsored 83 students for obtaining industrial training in government-run ITIs for the academic session of 2007-08.

“NALCO has entered into an agreement with the State Director of Technical Education for the purpose. As per the agreement, NALCO will contribute Rs. 35 lakhs for fully funded training of these students who come from land displaced families at Angul,” a company release stated here.

The company said it had to acquire 7,420 acres of land at Damanjodi (4,532 acres of private land and 2,888 acres of government land) and 4,457 acres at Angul (3,824 acres of private land and 633 acres of government land) for setting up its plants. This resulted in displacement of 630 families in 51 villages (596 families in Damanjodi sector and 34 families in Angul sector.) Besides, 1,473 families were substantially affected in Angul sector, while no family was affected as such in Damanjodi sector. “NALCO has sponsored 461 wards of such displaced families, out of which 425 have been provided employment and absorbed in company’s rolls,” it said.

Moreover, the company said it had been allocating 1 per cent of its net profit of the year for social sector activities over the years.

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