Vedanta Lanjigarh conducts mock fire drill to bolster emergency preparedness
5th July 2021
Lanjigarh, Kalahandi District, Odisha; 5th July 2021: Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, organized a mock fire drill in its plant premises to test and bolster employees’ emergency preparedness as well as gauge the co-ordination between combat, rescue and auxiliary team members. The drill was virtually attended by Er. Swaroop Jena – Dy. Director, Directorate of Factories & Boilers, Rayagada Division, Er. Chandra Sekhar Behera – Asst. Director, Directorate of Factories & Boilers, Kalahandi Zone and Mr. Asutosh Mohanty – District Project Officer – OSDMA, Kalahandi District.
Talking about the safety-first culture at Vedanta’s Alumina Refinery plant, Mr. G.G. Pal, Deputy CEO – Alumina Business, said, “At Vedanta, safety of our people is our foremost priority. We have implemented world-class engineering with safety technologies and behavior-based initiatives are helping us foster a safety-first work culture. From the senior most leaders to frontline workers, safety is core to the way we work, and we strive every single day to further bolster our safety performance. Mock drills with emergency situation simulations, such as the recent fire drill, help us assess our response mechanism, so we can be more agile and effective.”
Acknowledging Vedanta’s efforts, Er. Chandra Sekhar Behera – Asst. Director, Directorate of Factories & Boilers, Kalahandi Zone, Govt. of Odisha, said, “The preparedness of a unit in case of an emergency is a testament to its safety culture. It is essential to consider safety as a priority while carrying out the operations, and Vedanta Lanjigarh, through its regular safety drills and its best practices, has proven that safety is extremely important for them.”
Working on the ethos of Zero Harm, Zero Waste and Zero Discharge, Vedanta has implemented robust safety standards and safeguards at its Alumina Refinery, which includes best practices like mock drills, smartphone application for safety, corporate Safety Buddy initiative, annual safety calendar, etc. Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh organizes and conducts multiple workshops, drills, and knowledge-sharing sessions in order to increase awareness about one’s safety and how one can maintain the highest standards of safety. These sessions are organized regularly within the plant premises as well as in the community.
Vedanta is the largest producer of aluminium in India and remains the premier manufacturer of metallurgical grade alumina. The company operates a 2 MTPA (million tonnes per annum) capacity alumina refinery in Lanjigarh (Kalahandi district, Odisha), India since 2007 and an associated 90 MW captive power plant.
About Vedanta Limited:
Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, is one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals company with significant operations in Oil & Gas, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron Ore, Steel, and Aluminium & Power across India, South Africa and Namibia. For two decades, Vedanta has been contributing significantly to nation building. Governance and sustainable development are at the core of Vedanta's strategy, with a strong focus on health, safety, and environment. Vedanta has put in place a comprehensive framework to be the ESG leader in the natural resources sector. Vedanta is committed to reducing carbon emissions to zero by 2050 or sooner and has pledged $5 billion over the next 10 years to accelerate the transition to net zero operations. Giving back is in the DNA of Vedanta, which is focused on enhancing the lives of local communities. The company’s flagship social impact program, Nand Ghars, have been set up as model anganwadis focused on eradicating child malnutrition, providing education, healthcare, and empowering women with skill development. Under the aegis of the Anil Agarwal Foundation, the umbrella entity for Vedanta’s social initiatives, the Vedanta group has pledged Rs 5000 crore over the next five years on social impact programmes with a thrust on nutrition, women & child development, healthcare, animal welfare, and grass-root level sports. Vedanta and the group companies have been featured in Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and was conferred Frost & Sullivan Sustainability Awards 2020, Golden Peacock Award for excellence in Corporate Governance 2022 and certified as a Great Place to Work 2022. Vedanta Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.
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About Vedanta Aluminium Business:
Vedanta Aluminium, a business of Vedanta Limited, is India’s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing more than half of India’s aluminium i.e., 2.29 million tonnes in FY23. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium ranks 1st in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2023 world rankings for the aluminium industry, a reflection of its leading sustainable development practices. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery and power plants in India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener tomorrow.
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