From Mineral Resources to Human Resources in Orissa – Part 2 (Work in progress)
Continuing on our previous article at https://www.orissalinks.com/archives/3103 following is a table of the mega projects that are stuck. The delay costs the companies 100s of crores per year. If the various companies sincerely contribute to the human resource development of the state something similar to what is suggested by Kalahandi MP Bhakta Das (Expressbuzz Oct 17) in the context of Vedanta and the activists/opposers in the various places take a sensible approach then that will be a win-win situation for every body.
(However, one has to be careful in what they demand and how they demand. For example, laws should not be broken when demanding. Also, what is demanded should pass the common-sense test as making outrageous demands does not help. Nor does it help when it is not clear who the company is dealing with. The demands should be in tune with the size of the mineral resources to be used by the company and the environmental impact of the company.)
| Company | Location | Land Required (acres) |
Investment (in crores) |
Current major Contributions by the company CSR arm or by its promoters in their individual capacity |
Other contributions of the group; HRD contributions they should do |
| Vedanta | Lanjigarh, Kalahandi | 2279 | 8400 |
Planned 15,000 crores Vedanta University in Puri with a personal donation of 5000 crores by Mr. Anil Agarwal; DAV international school in Lanjigarh and supporting students in DAV Puri. Burn and Trauma care center in Bhubaneswar has been announced. |
MP Bhakta Das asks: 5 KVs, 5 tech colleges like Medical college, Engg College, Polytech, and ITI. |
| Vedanta | Jharsuguda | 3350 | (included above) |
100 bed hospital at Jharsuguda has been announced. Supporting students in DAV Jharsuguda. |
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| Vedanta (Sterlite Iron & Steel) | Keonjhar | 3400 | 12,500 | Ditto | |
| Tata Steel | Kalinganagar | 3500 | 18,700 |
NTTF Gopalpur; NTTF Kalinganagar, Cost of Building of Inst of Math and applications (14 crores) , and small peanuts here and there. Contributed 1 Crore to new XIM academic block. 200 bed hospital in Kalinganagar at the cost of 30 crores has just been announced. |
50-50 partner with L & T in Dhamara port; Planning an SEZ in Gopalpur. |
| POSCO | Paradip | 6000 | 51,000 | not much | |
| Arcelor Mittal | Keonjhar | 8000 | 40,000 | not much | |
| Jindal Thermal | Angul | 1100 | 5940 | not much | |
| Jindal Steel & Power | Kalinganagar | 5750 | 13135 | ||
| Bhusan Power & Steel | Kalinganagar | 1800 | 3500 | ||
| Uttam Galva Steel | Keonjhar | 2150 | 8987 | ||
| Welspun Power & Steel | Bhadrakh | 2200 | 6103.8 | ||
| Aditya Aluminum | Rayagada | 5209 | 14,000 | ||
| Aditya Aluminum | Sambalpur | (included above) | (included above) | ||
| Essar Steel | Paradip | 2500 | 10721 | ||
| Essel Energy | 1600 | 7667 |
Public Sector companies that use Orissa’s mines and/or pollute Orissa otherwise:
| Companies | Locations | Latest profit figures | Current major contributions | HRD contributions they should do |
| NALCO | Angul, Damanjodi (Koraput) | |||
| NTPC | Talcher | |||
| SAIL | Rourkela | |||
| MCL | Sambalpur, Talcher | Promised a medical college in Talcher |
Big Miners from Orissa:
| Companies | Locations | Mines details | Latest Profit figures | Current major contributions | HRD contributions they should do |
| Essel Mining (Aditya Birla group) | Joda – Barbil | Iron ore; Will last another 24 years. | 892 crores in 2007-08 | Not much | |
| Tata Steel |
Mnaganese and Dolomite |
See the first table in this article. |
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