Vedanta Aluminium Limited

Out here in Lanjigarh, the Vedanta Aluminium site is basically its own little world. It is a bit isolated from the bigger towns, so we have to be pretty self-sufficient most of the time. The work involves a lot of heat and heavy equipment, and you can see the plant from miles away before you even get close. It is a very practical place. We do not have time for a lot of the corporate talk you see in brochures. People here are just workers who know their jobs and do them well. The air smells like metal and earth on most days. We have a routine that does not change much from one month to the next. You get used to the sound of the sirens and the clatter of the conveyor belts in the distance. The office space we use is just a place to sit down and sort through the logistics of where all this aluminum is going. We share stories over lunch about our families back home or what is happening in the local village. It is the kind of place where you learn to appreciate a cold drink and a bit of shade at the end of a long shift. We are not trying to be anything we are not. We are just a group of people keeping a very large operation running in a remote part of the state.