Page 45 - August-2020-Issue

MCL to build Open Pendals in

Villages of Sundargarh

hirty one (31) villages events. Each pendal is concep- annum in near future. It may be
in Hemgir, Tangarpali, tualised as a raised rectangu- noted that Hemgir, Tangarpali
TLephripara and Sadar lar platform with roof having & Lephripara have a domi-
Sun-dargarh blocks are going tiled flooring and steel railings. nant ST population and are un-
to get ‘Open pendals’ under MCL operates two administra- der the preview of Integrated
the CSR scheme of MCL. The tive Areas namely Bsaundhara Tribal Development Agency.
Company has earmarked 2.94 and Mahalakshmi in Sundargarh Developing amenities for the
Crore for the project. Locally district. The coalfields presently cause of social welfare in these
termed as ‘Mondap’ it serves produce 23 Million tonnes per tribal settlements will lead to
as a common place for social annum and are being planned mainstreaming and overall devel-
interactions and community to produce 70 Million tonne per opment of the region.

New Mobile Soil Testing Labs

launched by NFL

o give further boost to the
Soil Testing facility in the
Tcountry for promoting ap-
propriate use of fertilizers, NFL
has launched five Mobile Soil
Testing Labs for testing the soil
samples at the doorstep of farm-
ers free of cost. Mr. V. N. Datt,
CMD along with Directors and
senior officials flagged off one
such Mobile Lab from the prem-
ises of NFL Corporate Office in
Noida. These Mobile Labs, loaded
with latest soil testing equipment, Mr. V. N. Datt, CMD, NFL flagging off Mobile Soil Testing Lab at Corporate Office
shall be used for macro and micro premises, Noida.
nutrient analysis of soil. In addi-
tion to this, these Mobile Labs are Other than the Mobile Soil Testing in different parts of country. All
also equipped with Audio-Video Labs, the company is also serving these Labs tested around 25,000
system to educate farmers on var- farming community through six soil samples free of cost in the
ious agricultural topics. Static Soil Testing Labs located year 2019-20.

KaleidOscope August, 2020 45