By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/BARBIL: TRB Iron Ore Mines of Jindal Steel and Power Limited, has won the Kalinga Environment Excellence Award-2020 for best Sustainable Environmental practices in mines for TRB Iron Ore Mines. JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindal has congratulated the JSPL team stationed at Tensa.
Senior officials of TRB Mines of JSPL have received the award from Surjya Narayan Patro, Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly in presence of representatives from leading Corporate Houses in the State. The award has been conferred to JSPL’s TRB Iron Ore Mines for its effective and superior environment management practices.
Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly Dr Surya Narayan Patro handed over the prize to Pramod Kumar Patra, Vice President and Unit Head of TRB Mines in presence of other guests and dignitaries at a function held in Bhubaneswar.
Receiving the award Patra said, “JSPL always believes in sustainable mining through implementation of innovative technologies, best safety and environment practices. This award is a recognition to our commitment to deliver our business activities in an environmentally sustainable manner and also for the dedication of our team”.
Earlier in last October, the mines had won the prestigious Bala Gulshan Tandon FIMI Excellence Award for its efforts to ensure ecological balance through sustainable mining in the Tensa valley.
In 2017, TRB mines became the first mines in India to receive TPM Excellence Award, for successful implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) systems and process including innovation, value creation, respect for the environment and people, operational excellence, accountability and flexibility in adaption to volatile, economic and social changes.
