Bhubaneswar: The National Aluminium Company on Sunday clarified that as there is no paddy field in the vicinity, there is no question of inundation of any paddy field with the ash water.
The company, in a release said that the photograph published in the media was taken from another pipeline, which is meant for carrying treated clear water from the ash pond to the plant for reuse, which was punctured at three points by the villagers themselves to use the water for the purpose of agriculture in their lands.