Providing Better Health Services

Sans proper medical facilities and availability of a skilled doctor, the people of Dhamra and Dosinga had to travel more than 45 kms to the Basudevpur community health centre for health ailments. Keeping in mind the urgent need for health services, the Dhamra Port Company Ltd, opened a Health Centre in Dosinga village which is catering to a population over 50,000 in nine panchayats in the port project periphery. Apart from two full-time doctors, the health centre has nursing, other para-medical staff and health workers. The Health Centre is supported by Tata Steel Rural Development Society. Door-to-door counseling on safe motherhood, child care and hygiene issues to the villagers is being provided to the local villagers along with regular medical facilities.

Computer Literacy

In order to empower the rural youths and make them at par with their counterparts in big cities and sub-urbs, DPCL has launched a computer literacy programme at Dosinga, Dhamra. Its named as Rural Knowledge Centre. In the first batch 15 candidates, all of whom were from displaced families and were 10th pass were taken. In the second batch there are 18 more candidates from affected families. The Microsoft Unlimited Potential Programme, jointly designed by Microsoft India and Nasscom Foundation is being imparted to the candidates. DPCL has tied with FIDR, a partner NGO of Microsoft and Nasscom Foundation in Orissa, for free computer learning to the village youths.

Flood Relief

During the serious flash floods in August last year, DPCL played the role of good Samaritans reaching out to at least 450 marooned families with relief material and drinking water. The areas covered were the fishermen villages in Mangarajpur panchayat of Mahakalpara block in Kendrapara district, and several other affected villages in Tihidi and Chandbali blocks of Bhadrak district.