By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday laid the foundation for the corporate office of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) at Jayadev Vihar in Bhubaneswar. Spreading over 6 Acres of land, this platinum-rated green building will be a new landmark of the city. Steel, Mines and Works Minister Prafulla Mallick , Chief Secretary PK Jena, Additional Chief Secretary, Steel & Mines, DK Singh, MD OMC Balwant Singh and others were among those present.
Besides the new office building, the CM also laid the foundation for the Drill Core Library.The Chief Minister also laid the foundation for 5 Odisha Mining Adarsh Vidyalayas. He inaugurated 7 Quality Control Labs, 10 Sample Processing Units, and one Chrome Ore Beneficiation Plant of OMC. He also flagged off 6 Mobile Health Units.
Expressing happiness over OMC’s welfare initiatives in mining areas, the CM said that OMC has set up five CBSE-affiliated fully residential schools for the students of the mining periphery. The Mobile Health Unit is an excellent initiative and will play an important role in providing health care facilities at the doorsteps of the villagers around the operational areas of OMC, he added.
The Chrome Ore Beneficiation Plant at South Kaliapani and the Quality Control Laboratories at different operational areas will play an important role in adopting more transparency and quick dispatch of quality raw materials to the user industries, he added.
He said that OMC has produced more than 30 million tons of ores in the last fiscal with a turnover of over Rs. 14,000 Crore. The Corporation is marching ahead, and today, it’s the 4th largest mining company in the country, he informed.
