The Vedanta Limited here has initiated an energy conservation project for peripheral villages to promote clean lighting and cooking.
Under the project, the company recently distributed solar lights to every household in Dengsargi village through employee volunteerism programme, an initiative designed to involve employees in community development projects. With an aim to cover 15 peripheral villages in fiscal 2020-21 and transform 70 villages of Lanjigarh block into energy efficiency villages of Kalahandi district in three years, this program is a unique example of community development through innovation and employee volunteerism, converging community development initiatives of the company with Government schemes.
So far, about 50 households have been benefited by the project.