After deposit 14 was commissioned in 1968, this remote and inaccessible area gradually sprung in to life. Over the last four decades, both Kirandul and Bacheli have transformed themselves from colonies of temporary houses (with a small number of employees) in the multitudes of tribal villages to full-fledged townships. O. P. Jha, who has been working at Kirandul since the late 1970s and is about to retire next month, tells me, “This township has given us everything. It sets high standards of life. It has provided the best of the educational platform to my children and now my son is at a good post in Ranchi.”
Both Kirandul and Bacheli have four schools each starting from Kendriya Vidyalaya, DAV to their own project school catering to various educational boards and suitable for people from different economic strata. Despite being situated far from inhabitation, these schools are no less than any modern school present in Delhi or Mumbai. KV Bacheli, which has 818 students, has all its departments connected through LAN, has a modern computer lab with all possible facilities. And students passing out from these schools have proved themselves to be equally competitive, if not better, as compared to students anywhere; when it comes to securing berths in IITs or finding a job in US. And that’s not the best part of it. Both the townships have educational facilities till 12th grade. So students have to go outside for higher studies. To overcome the problem, NMDC provides scholarships towards both educational expenses and hostel expenses irrespective of the working parent’s position in the company. Rajesh Sandhu, Secretary of Sanyukt Khadan Majdoor Sangh, Kirandul puts it thus, “This is perhaps one such place where even the son of a workman can become a doctor and get a job abroad.”
Sports is another avenue where the township has shown excdeptional performance. Though NMDC has not given an entry in sports quota for quite some time now, these townships have become a breeding ground for young sportsmen, especially footballers. In the last few years, nearly half a dozen players like Suraj Mandal and Dev Kumar Alam have represented the state in the Santosh Trophy. They feel that “availability of proper grounds, related facilities and a great support from the people of the townships have made them move ahead.” However, they also feel that better and more sportsmen can come forward if the company also starts providing players the facilities that they could have got anywhere else under the sports quota.
Both Kirandul and Bacheli have four schools each starting from Kendriya Vidyalaya, DAV to their own project school catering to various educational boards and suitable for people from different economic strata. Despite being situated far from inhabitation, these schools are no less than any modern school present in Delhi or Mumbai. KV Bacheli, which has 818 students, has all its departments connected through LAN, has a modern computer lab with all possible facilities. And students passing out from these schools have proved themselves to be equally competitive, if not better, as compared to students anywhere; when it comes to securing berths in IITs or finding a job in US. And that’s not the best part of it. Both the townships have educational facilities till 12th grade. So students have to go outside for higher studies. To overcome the problem, NMDC provides scholarships towards both educational expenses and hostel expenses irrespective of the working parent’s position in the company. Rajesh Sandhu, Secretary of Sanyukt Khadan Majdoor Sangh, Kirandul puts it thus, “This is perhaps one such place where even the son of a workman can become a doctor and get a job abroad.”
Sports is another avenue where the township has shown excdeptional performance. Though NMDC has not given an entry in sports quota for quite some time now, these townships have become a breeding ground for young sportsmen, especially footballers. In the last few years, nearly half a dozen players like Suraj Mandal and Dev Kumar Alam have represented the state in the Santosh Trophy. They feel that “availability of proper grounds, related facilities and a great support from the people of the townships have made them move ahead.” However, they also feel that better and more sportsmen can come forward if the company also starts providing players the facilities that they could have got anywhere else under the sports quota.
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