Aditya Aluminium initiates to restore water bodies in Odisha’s Rengali Block region

Hindalco’s Aditya Aluminium that a operates smelter and power plant complex at Lapanga in Sambalpur has taken up the responsibility to revive water bodies and conserve running water, wastewater and rainwater in the Rengali Block habitation area. The majority of Odisha’s Sambalpur district, Rengali Block is facing an obtuse water crisis over uneven rainfall and water body depletions, which project an unhealthy outcome for the agricultural economy of the region.

This initiative will provide the farmers of the place with a continuous source of water in the future for purposes of irrigation and cattle rearing. 

The Unit Head of Aditya Aluminium, Sameer Nayak, narrated: “Our teams have been working relentlessly to contribute towards biodiversity management. The result is reflected in the Aditya Township which has vibrant flora and fauna. We have developed a 60,000 m³ capacity rainwater harvesting pond in the township. Over 180,576 m³ capacity rainwater harvesting structures have been renovated/ constructed in the last five years.”

“Besides, we have developed more than 50 lagoons for the benefit of the community which has helped 178 farmers who can now cultivate 352 acres of land and grow multiple crops. The irrigation facility provided by the government and facilitated by Aditya Aluminium has augmented the local farmers’ income manifold from INR 11,000 in the year 2013-14 to INR 50,000-Rs.1 lakh per annum now. In Dhorropani, over 50 acres of land are cultivated by using water from these ponds. This apart, we have partnered with the Government to dig and renovate 5 of the 9 lagoons allocated to Rengali block as part of the ‘Azadika Amrit Mahotsav’ celebration”, confirmed Mr Nayak in addition.

Guided by Aditya Aluminium, Sriram Padhan, a modernised farmer hailing from the Dhorropani village has been yielding different types of crops over a long period. The company has been aiding the local people with capacity building, initiation of proper agricultural practices, agri-input, assured insurance and drip irrigation. Padhan utilises water from the ponds that have been reinstated by Aditya Aluminium and currently generates about INR1.5 lakhs yearly.

The Aditya Birla Group in Odisha acts as an open umbrella of responsibility under which more than 5 lakh people are being nurtured along with a personal touch provided to over 2 lakh people in more than 128 villages and sub-cities.

Aditya Birla Group churns an ideology of giving back to society which provides Mrs Rajashree Birla with the vision to conduct the group’s CSR under the alias Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development. She wishes to regressively participate in the social and economic evolution of the communities through which the company is being steered. With such an initiative it would be possible for the company to breach any gap between the wiser and the marginalised strata of society. All these programmes by the company are very essential for augmenting the human development index of the country. Aditya Group’s CSR ideology runs parallel with the UNSDG goals of eliminating poverty and hunger issues.