Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) on Thursday dedicated two infrastructure projects in Kalahandi for the use of general public.

Under sustainable development programme, VAL has developed a 25-km long road from Pokharibandha to Langigarh and a high level bridge as well as a concrete road in Lanjigarh town.

The projects were inaugurated by Biju Janata Dal Rajya Sabha member, Pyari Mohan Mohapatra. VAL is putting up a 1 million tonne green-field alumina smelter near Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district of Orissa.

“Vedanta is one of the few companies in Orissa that has made significant progress in completing its projects in the state, strengthening the industrial drive of the state government,” said the VAL chief operative officer,Mukesh Kumar. He said that the company is expanding its alumina production capacity to 5 MTPA.