An Adarsha Vidyalaya, constructed by Tata Steel, Kalinganagar unit at Gohirapatuli under Danagadi block in Jajpur district, was inaugurated on Friday by Sukinda MlA Pritiranjan Ghadai.
Corporate Services, Tata Steel VP Sunil Bhaskaran, GM Prasanta Mallick, Chief Resident Executive Manikant Naik, Chief, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Biren Ramesh Bhuta and Danagadi Block Chairperson lalita Ray were present.
Tata Steel has spent about Rs4.57 crore in the construction including the required furniture for the school. The two storey school building at Gohirapatuli has 25,000 square feet built- up area. Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (JUSCO), a Tata Steel subsidiary, has constructed the school building.
As part of its initiative to make quality education infrastructure available to students in far- flung areas of the State, Tata Steel is setting up 30 Model Schools in Odisha among which nine will be in the district of Jajpur. This initiative of the steel major is part of the grand plan of Government of Odisha for setting up such Model Schools (Adarsha Vidyalaya) in each block of the State.
Speaking on the occasion, Ghadai said, “Tata Steel always seeks to attain the welfare of the people and it is way ahead of other industries in carrying out CSR activities in Kalinganagar.”
Members of the local community, PRI members, school students, Government functionaries and officials of Tata Steel attended.