My Dear NALCO

My Dear NALCO
P K Routray
I cherish and I cherish with fond memory,
my twenty seven years of life in Nalco and its glorious story.
At Bhubneswar, Damanjodi and Angul sectors,
I was lucky to work in this august company over all these years,
Calcutta, Delhi. Mumbai and office at Chennai,
Together with Bangalore I was also fortunate, at times, also to oversee.
Vizag was dear to me as I coordinated its design,
With HOWE India and Air slide a Swiss company
With French ,German and other companies from all over the globe,
With all leading consultants of India as EIL, DCPL MECON and others we worked together with love.
From Bhubaneswar to Damanjodi, then Damanjodi to Angul, again via Damakjodi to Bhubaneswar,
to the fellow Nalconians and to their families the changes brought me closer and nearer.
An invitation for daughter’s marriage or a grand son’s thread ceremony from a Nalconian either working or retired,
gives me pride and fulfillment of life beyond what was dreamt and aspired.
I have breathed the air, drank the water and worked with fellow Nalconians of all sectors,
with love and comradeship we all worked and stayed like brothers.
Despite adverse comments and publicity misinterpreting our natural brotherly fight for bondage to glitter,
Our company Nalco always remained a champion in discipline and work culture.
Perhaps in India Nalco is the last public sector entity,
Never in red but always in pelf and prosperity,
NALCO stands as unique among public sectors without publicity.
“Here is deficiency, there needs improvements”, to all NALCO listens with humility,
but at the end of the year higher and higher goes the profit.
They tell discipline is bad and needs improvement,
All are requested to come and observe the unflinching devotion in thr unified Nalconians’ involvement.
At some sporting events or in a social get-together NALCONIANS are one,
as if they belong to the same mother and as brothers they are born.
Position and age, salary or luck of life do not matter,
caring fig for the same all Nalconians remain closer.
their life in township is one of the best in the world,
From enemy out of ‘envy’ to NALCO and NALCONIANS green mud is hurled.
The more the criticism the better becomes its luck,
the volatile international market and natural calamity could not cause to it any havoc.
Acute shortage of coal, political turmoil over all these years,
have strengthened its finances due to natural failure of its peers.
Kodingamali was snatched away and IAPL was forced upon it,
It took in its stride and went higher in the ladder but to the adversity it did not surrender nor submit.
In Nalco many advanced technologies on the earth saw the light,
they all became successful and owe their success to it.
The whole world was apprehensive on the success of Nalco’s tribal manpower
But by running the marvel in cable belt and higher amperage pots they showed their caliber.
The whole world observed Nalco’s story of success of twenty five years,
Gibsitic bauxite, tribal man power and Odisha’s logistic removed their fears.
All multinationals came running to Odisha,
Not only for Aluminium but for all minerals which are available here in plethora.
In Nalco everyone is Nalconian,
may he be an engineer or a technician.
the temporary contract worker is also their dear brother,
in field, factory and canteen they play, work and eat together.
May God bless all Nalconians whether in job or retired in their life to stay hale and hear ty,
Their love, good wishes, good work and prayer will certainly bring Nalco an endless life with
prosperity.

(This is my gratitude to NALCO National Aluminium Company Ltd engaged converting mineral Bauxite to Aluminium. This was established in 1981 with state of art technology)