By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, December 22, 2015 : The public sector metal major National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) will set up a modern eye hospital at Angul in Odisha in association with LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) with an initial investment worth of Rs 15 crore.

LVPEI is a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for prevention of Blindness and a Global Resource Centre for VISION 2020.

The new hospital is expected to cater to the economically disadvantaged groups of nearby villages. Land for the hospital has already been identified by the Navaratna PSU, a company release said here on Tuesday.

NALCO is already running three mobile healthcare units and one Out Patient Department [OPD] at Angul, which offer free medicines. Besides the mandatory 2 per cent of its net profit, NALCO is spending an additional Rs 300 crore under its Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR] programme.

NALCO also plans to renovate the existing water supply system in 13 villages, through the state government’s Rural Water Supply and Sanitation department, spending more than Rs 10 crore, the release said.

Under ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, NALCO constructed 144 toilets in 72 schools of the district.

Besides, the company has established vital road links from IAPL square to Bentapur and Kaniabeda to Kurdol recently, it said.

NALCO is also creating four water bodies – two at Girang, one each at Kulad and Kandsar. Besides, the company has taken up augmentation of pipe-water supply to Kulad village, the release added.