Employees'
welfare is one of the key focus areas of the
Durgapur Projects Limited. Besides a sprawling township,
it maintains a Hospital and School. Afforestation
is a regula
r programme being undertaken by the authorities.
The township, spreading over 850 acres of land
, has all the required facilities near the river
Damodar and Durgapur Barrage having more than
3500 residential units, schools, market complex, clubs and public transport facilities.
DPL runs a 105-bed hospital, which has both indoor
and outdoor patient departments. The hospital
is equipped with modern diagnostic facilities
including a Pathological Laboratory, X-Ray, ECG
and Physiotherapy sections and an Operation Theatre.
The hospital has a number of Specialists associated
with different departments.
To
extend educational facilities to the wards of
the DPL employees, it maintains two Boys' High
schools and two Girls' High schools ( controlled
by the West Bengal govt.). Besides, it has four
Junior Basic Schools , one Nursery & KG School
and two Hindi Primary schools.
Afforestation is an important aspect of DPL's
social welfare activities. The company has been
undertaking forestation programme on regular basis.
Plantation is done in the vacant land within the
plant premises and in the township as well.
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