CSR Newsletter from L&T Construction 2014 : July | Aug | Sep - Issue 12

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In this issue

Cover story1

Blooddonation

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Tree plantation2

Prayas18

L&Teering10

Health11

Education12

For the 5th consecutive year,

L&T Construction and ECC

Recreation Club joined hands

with the Indian Red Cross

Society to organize a two-day

blood donation camp on 22nd

& 23rd July 2014. L&T-ites

kept a tradition alive by do-

nating 650 units of blood in

two days, reiterating their re-

sponsibility towards the soci-

ety. Every unit of blood will

save the lives of four people!

The camp was flagged off

by Mr. S.N Subrahmanyan,

Member of the Board &

Dear Readers,

Do please contemplate on

these four visuals and the

depth of their contents.

The message will be more

far-reaching than a few hun-

dred words from the Edito-

rial desk…And true for all

times to come …

Society and Organizations

are so very interdependent

Senior Executive Vice Presi-

dent (Infrastructure and

Construction) L&T along

with Mr.B.Murugesan, Lead,

Samaja Seva Committee,

ECC Recreation Club, Mr.

V.S.Ramana, Head-CSR &

CSTI, Mr. Senthilnathan,

Hon. Treasurer-Indian Red

Cross Society and other sen-

ior executives from L&T.

While over 850 people volun-

teered to donate blood, only

650 could, as each and every

donor was put through a se-

ries of tests for blood group-

ing and haemoglobin count

of over 12.50 g/dL and physi-

cal checkup before donating

blood. About 200 donors got

screened out because of low

haemoglobin count and high

BP. As a feedback, the Red

Cross doctors stressed on the

need for a balanced diet and

sensitized health-awareness.

Red Cross Society compli-

mented the donors and L&T

for conducting such camps

and shared that such volun-

tary actions would ensure

ample blood for the needy in

the city.

FIVE IN A ROW ! KEEPING A TRADITION ALIVE650UNITS

and owe so much to each an-

other in this cyclic give and

take for their overall growth

and development.

CSR 1 = Corporate Sustain-

ability Report

CSR 2 = Corporate Social Re-

sponsibility

L&T leads in both!

- V S Ramana

Chanakya and CSR!

79,012 saplings planted will blossom into lush green leaves this winter as L&T’s project teams across the country not only plant but nurture and protect each one of them

Bhama Askhed Water Supply Scheme,

Pune

1500

Bungi Rajgarh Water Supply Package II 125

Gujarat City Surveillance and Integrated

Traffic Management System project

900

CWSS Pudukkottai 1500

CWSS Cuddalore 12000

CWSS Vellore Package I 690

Dhanbad Water supply project 500

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L&T-ITES CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO PLANT TREES AND RESTORE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE…!

L&T SUCG JV CC 27 1500

DMRC 750

Metro Tunnelling Delhi, L&T SUCG JV

DMRC CC05

1100

GIDC Dahej Water Supply, Bharuch 515

P.W.S.S.B Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur 1000

Jawai Cluster 3500

Kharkai Barrage 1240

Sauni Yojna L4P3 1000

100 MLD CETP project, Narol 1000

Water System for 2x800 MW Yermaras

Thermal Power Station –Raichur

500

UGD Porbandar 450

Rural Electrification projects at West

Midnapore

100

Sagardighi Plant Water System 300

Thoothukudi City Municipal

Corporation, Water Supply

1000

Underground Drainage at Junagadh 950

Ratangarh Sujangarh Water Supply project

Bhama Askhed Water Supply Scheme

Gujarat City Surveillance and Integrated Traffic Management System project

Bungi Rajgarh Water Supply Project Package IIBanswara, Bagidora & Pratapgarh Water Supply projects

Bungi Rajgarh Water Supply Project Package II

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- Alexander Smith

A man doesn’t plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

Delhi Cluster Office Dhanbad Water Supply project CWSS Pudukkottai

CWSS Cuddalore CWSS Vellore GIDC Dahej Water Supply

L&T SUCG JV CC-27 L&T SUCG JV CC-27 L&T SUCG JV CC 27 project

Sauni Yojna L3P3 project

Nagaur Lift Water Supply Phase-II, Package-VIII

UGD Porbandar

Sauni Yojna L3P3 project

TWAD CWSS Vellore Package III P.W.S.S.B Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur project Kharkai Barrage project

Underground Drainage project at Junagadh L&T – SUCG JV CC-27

Jawai Cluster Distribution System GIDC Dahej Water Supply

Jawai Cluster Distribution System

SSSWSP & Puttaparthy Water Supply project Thoothukudi Water Supply Metro Tunnelling Delhi, L&T SUCG JV DMRC CC05

100 MLD CETP project, NarolPlant Water System for 2x800 MW Yermaras Thermal Power Station

Rural Electrification projects at West Midnapore

Sagardighi Plant Water System, Phase II

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10,500 SAPLINGS

W&RE IC’s Bungi Rajgarh

Water Supply Project

Package II, Jaipur Cluster

initiated a mega green drive

during 13th and 15th August

2014 at the following

schools and colleges:

(i) Govt. Sr. Sec. School,

Rajgarh (ii) Little Flower

School, Churu (iii) Govt.

Sr. Sec. School, Paharsar

(iv) Prerna Public Sr. Sec.

School, Rajgarh (v) Taigor

Akadmi Public High School,

Sadulpur(vi) R.S. Memorial

Sr. Sec. School, Sadulpur

(vii) Mahatma Jyoti Rao

Phuley Polytechnic College,

Sadulpur (viii) Mohata Sr.

Sec. Girls high School.

The students planted the

saplings along with their

faculty members and

L&T’s project team. Mr.

Viswanathan P (Project

Manager) was the Chief

Guest, Mr. Mukesh Kumar

(EHSO) and Mr.Rushikesh

Dattatray Mohile (Admin in

charge) participated in this

event.

The project team also

organized an awareness

programme on spreading

the green mission.

find new homes at schools and colleges

5Tree Plantation

L&T Construction joined

hands with the Central

University of Tamil

Nadu, CUTN Tiruvarur

in its initiative to green

a sprawling 516 acres

university campus by

agreeing to provide 12000

saplings in a phased

manner in one year. The

L&T SUPPORTS CUTN’S GO GREEN INITIATIVE

first lot of 1370 saplings

was transported from L&T’s

Project GreenHands nursery

and was flagged off by Mr.V.S

Ramana, General Manager,

CSR & Construction Skills

Training, Mr. B. Murugesan,

Head - Technology Centre,

and Mr. L. Jaikumar, DGM &

Head- CESC, in the presence

W&RE IC’s Banswara,

Bagidora and Pratapgarh

projects initiated a mega

Green drive and planted

2112 saplings at various

2112 Saplings rooted by Banswara, Bagidora and Pratapgarh Water Supply project teams

of other green brigaders.

It is a matter of joy that

saplings nurtured in L&T’s

campus are reaching

far flung places which

underlines L&T’s efforts

and commitment to the

environment.

locations around the project

sites. The green activity was

a collective effort of clients

– PHED, employees and

workmen.

6900 Saplings find new homes in school premises

5000 saplings find new homes through the green initiatives of SSSWSP & Puttaparthy Water Supply projects

W&RE IC’s Delhi cluster office team roots 5000 saplings

TJSK DWSP Package II project team roots 4570 saplings

W&RE IC’s Ratangarh-

Sujangarh Water Supply

project team organized a

massive green drive and

donated 6900 saplings

to various schools at

Ratangarh-Sujangarh in

Rajasthan. The saplings

were planted through a

joint activity involving

students, faculty and project

team members. The schools

involved and the number

of saplings donated given

below:

•  Govt.  Higher  Secondary 

School Rajiyasar Meetha -

1000

•  Govt.  Higher  Secondary 

School Bavandesar - 500

•  Gram Panchayat & Middle 

School Parewada - 1000

•  Kothari  Kunj  Pump 

House, Sujangarh - 1000

•  Gram Panchayat & Higher 

Secondary School Padihara

- 2000

•  Gram  Panchayat  &  High 

School Bhanuda Bidavatan

- 1000

•  Govt.  High  School 

Rajaldesar - 400.

Various types of trees such

as Neem, Gulmohar, Saras,

Aaldu and Karanj were

planted.

Through the collective

efforts of SSSWSP &

Puttaparthy Water Supply

project teams, a green

campaign was organized

adjacent to the sites

covering the nearby

villages. Mr. Solomon

Arokhya Raj, District

Collector, Anantapuramu,

Andhra Pradesh along with

W&RE IC’s Delhi Cluster

Office team members

visited the Anandashram

Berhampur at Bandhwar

Mr. T. Prabhakara Rao,

Superintending Engineer,

Mr. P. Sanjeeva Reddy,

Executive Engineer, Mr.

G.V. Raj Kumar, Deputy

Executive Engineer,

RWS & S Department,

Anantapuramu District,

Andhra Pradesh jointly

inaugurated the event on

14th September 2014.

The well planned

activity was led by Mr. D.

Selvamurugan, Project

Manager and supported

by Mr. T. Lakshmana

Kumar Reddy -EHS, Mr.

N. V. Radha Krishna - QA-

QC. The District Collector

and Government officials

appreciated L&T for the

good initiative.

W&RE IC’s TJSK DWSP

Package II at Jaipur

organized a mega green

drive on 29th July 2014.

4570 saplings were donated

and planted at various

Government Schools,

Hospitals, Gram Panchayat

Bhavans.

village in Gurgaon and

planted 5000 saplings

within the premises of the

ashram.

This green initiative is an

ongoing activity of the

project team which has

already planted over 40,000

saplings. Many varieties

of trees such as Neem,

Siranj, Gulmohar, Jamoon,

Ashoka, Guva, Karanj and

Pomegranate are being

planted.

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A green day outing culminates with the planting of 4220 saplings

Nagaur team paints many schools green with 2860 saplings

It was a green day out on 13th

August 2014 for W&RE IC’s

project team at Taranagar

Jhunjhunu Sikhar Khetri

W&RE IC’s Nagaur Lift Water

Supply Phase-II, Package-

VIII (CDS-5) project team

initiated a mega sapling

plantation and planted

2860 saplings at different

schools in Ladnu Tehsil –

Rajasthan on 1st, 7th and 19th

August 2014. The faculty

and students participated

in large numbers in all the

green events.

The green drive was

inaugurated by Mr.

Hementh Choudhary

(Superintendent Engineer

PMU, RRWS & FMP, PHED

Nagaur) in the presence of

Mr. Gopesh Garg (Executive

Engineer,PHED Didwana),

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Mr. Nanuram Choudhary

(Asst. Executive Engineer,

PHED Didwana), Mr.

Ghanshyam Singh (PMSC,

Ajmer ) and Mr. A. Elango (

Project Manager).

The following schools will

foster the green zones:

•  Govt.  Senior  Secondary 

School, Silanwrad – 1200

drinking water supply

project package-II which

culminated with the

planting of 4220 saplings.

The school children at

Jhunjhunu Tehsil and

Khetri Tehsil along with the

site team planted trees such

as Neem, Siranj, Gulmohar,

Jaamoon, Ashoka, Guva,

Karanj and Pomegranate at

various locations. The site

team has till date rooted

8790 trees.

saplings

•  Govt.  High  School, 

Bakaliya – 200 saplings

•  Govt.  Senior  Secondary 

School, Nimbijodha - 100

saplings

•  Govt.  High  School, 

Nandhwan – 60 saplings

• Govt. High School, Dhurila 

– 1300 saplings

Join the record breaking nursery team and rejuvenate yourself!On 29th July, the GreenHands

Team performed yet

another great task! About

4000 saplings grown and

nurtured at L&T’s Nursery

near the AR Centre (EDRC

building) were presented to

the Isha Foundation team

for re-planting.

With this lot, the team

thus far has donated

21,780 saplings to the

ISHA nursery and over

2,50,000 saplings till date

have been distributed to

other institutions including

schools, play grounds,

parks, hospitals and pond

banks.

Do you feel like taking a

break from your routine

desk job and work in the

fresh and green environs

of a garden? If yes, you

are welcome to join the

GreenHands Green Brigade!

There are plenty of benefits:

•  You  can  become  a  fit 

person and be free from

various diseases

•  Safely  prevent  diabetes, 

cardiac arrests and other

stress related disorders

•  Breathe  fresh  oxygen 

and make friends with like-

minded people

•  Know  more  about 

growing different species of

tree saplings (fruit bearing,

flower, shade, timber are

grown in our nursery)

To avail these great benefits,

follow these simple and

easy steps.

 •  Take a break after lunch 

or before leaving for home

in the evening

•  Spend  about  15  to  30 

minutes (depending on

your work schedule)

•  Get  involved  in  simple 

things like pocket filling,

seedling transplanting,

pocket shifting and cleaning

under the guidance of the

trained gardener.

What are you waiting for?

Shoot a mail to:

jct-ecc@Lntecc.com by

indicating your name,

mobile number and your

preferred timing.

Do not wait for tomorrow.

Start NOW!

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WE DONATED 1312 UNITS

Repeated blood donations may help blood flow better, reduce viscos-

ity, and perhaps, help to limit damage to the lining of blood vessels

thus reducing the risk of arterial blockages

Every blood donor gets a mini physical check-up done prior to dona-

tion - blood pressure, haemoglobin, temperature along with a test for

13 infectious diseases

For each unit of blood donated, one loses about one-quarter of a gram

of iron, which is one of the best ways to avoid the health risks associ-

ated with iron overload

The body has a limited capacity to excrete iron, so it can easily build

up in and damage organs like the liver, heart, and pancreas; many

adult men and postmenopausal women are at health risk due to

excess iron

UNEXPECTED BENEFITS OF DONATING BLOOD

BLOOD DONATION CAMPS8

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Bhatpara Sewerage network & WWT project - 40 unitsWater Supply Scheme,

Sahibganj - 10 units

Crescent Bay and Pragati Towers projects - 90 units

Kahramaa Phase XI project - 51 unitsBanswara, Bagidora & Pratapgarh Water

Supply project - 36 units

Cuttack Waste Water Network project - 37 units and 360 saplingsCSTI Cuttack - 38 units

GIDC Dahej Water Supply - 27 units

PT&D IC Lucknow Cluster Office - 40 units

Hyderabad Metro Rail project - 30 units

UGD project, Porbandar - 61 units

Bungi Rajgarh Water Supply Project - 34 units

CSTI Bengaluru - 45 units

CSTI Cuttack - 51 units

Himalaya Enclave project - 25 units

TJSK-DWS Project Package II - 15 units

Nalgonda project - 32 units

Blood donation camp

Do you feel you don’t have much to offer? You have the most precious resource of all: the ability to save a life by donating blood! Help share this invaluable gift with someone in need.

BLOOD DONATION CAMPS 9

WTP project team at South24 parganas distributes 100 mosquito nets

Sunteck City project team distributes 500 mosquito netsAs a part of its sustainability and corporate social responsibility initiative, B&F IC’s Sunteck City project team distributed 500 mosquito nets to the people of Nahar Singh Compound Chawl in Mumbai on 4th August,2014. The programme was inaugurated by Mr. V V Bhosale, Project Manager, L&T.

The site team briefed the people about Malaria and

Dengue and emphasized the need for cleaning their rooms, doing away with unwanted debris, maintenance of drainage and water storage tanks. Through the guidance of Mr. V. V. Bhosale, Project Manager and the dedicated efforts of Mr. Kishor Gangareddiwar, Project Accountant and the project team, the event was well organized at site.

DAICEC project distributes 160 umbrellas to Community Health VolunteersL&T joined hands with Mumbai Municipal Corporation to spread awareness about the need for water conservation, the consequences of water stagnation and mosquito breeding through an umbrella distribution scheme

As a part of its CSR initiative, B&F IC’s project team at the Reliance Convention Centre Project (DAICEC), Mumbai, distributed umbrellas bearing the awareness message to 160 Community Health Volunteers (CHS) working in H/East Ward of

As a part of its sustain-ability and corporate so-cial responsibility initia-tive, W&RE IC’s 52MGD SWB WTP project team at

P.S.S.B Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur project sites reach out to Kusht Annath AshramW&RE IC’s P.W.S.S.B Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur project sites reached out to the inmates of Kusht Annath Ashram and supported them with essentials. Close to 100 people including patients and children reside in the ashram and meeting their daily needs is a challenge for the

BMC. The CHS volunteers work towards spreading the message among the slum dwellers in Santacruz, Khar Road & Bandra East. The distribution was done by Mr. Rajesh Kanade (Dy. Project Director) and Mr. C S Lakshmanan (Head – Accounts and Administration) along with Mr. Ajitkumar Aambi (Assistant Municipal commissioner), Mrs. Priyatama Samant, (Ward Committee Chairman of H/East Ward) and Dr. Mini Kshetrapal (Dy. Health Officer).

100 MLD CETP project team helps Jivandhara Vrudhashram TrustW&RE IC’s 100 MLD CETP project team at Narol in Ahmedabad reached out to the inmates of Jivandhara Vrudhashram Trust and provided essentials which included 52 kits of bed sheets, blankets, pillows with covers, buckets and

tumblers. The activity was led by Mr. Kamalkant Kaushik (PM) and Mr.Prashant Rana (EHSO) with the support of the project team. On this occasion, 50 saplings were also planted and a lunch was arranged for senior citizens of the trust.

Godavari Drinking Water Supply project team supports Asha Jyothi orphanageW&RE IC’s Godavari Drinking Water Supply project team at Gajwel in Telengana state reached out to the inmates of Asha Jyothi orphanage that shelters AIDS affected people - 25 children and 5 elders on 5th September 2014. The project team provided essentials like clothes, sweaters,

blankets, sandals, a water purifier (Kent RO System), and food expenses for a year. The expenses were collected from voluntary contributions made by the project team members. The activity was led by Mr. P Muthu Pandian, Project Manager along with the support of the team.

DMRC CC05 project donates wheel chairs for the aged and differently abledThe project team of DMRC CC05 donated six wheel chairs for the aged and differently abled patients of the Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi on 16th September 2014. Dr. Siddarth Ramji (Medical Superintendent), Dr. Anita Bangotra (DMS - OPD) and Dr. S. K. Bansal

(Adl. MS) of the Hospital presented an appreciation letter to team L&T that included Mr. S.K.Gupta (Dy Project Leader) Mr. Rajesh Gupta (DGM - QAQC) Mr. Rajesh Murgai (Station Manager DG), Mr. L.C.Tripathi (Manager IR) and Mr. Suresh Sashi Kumar (Manager – EHS).

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South24 parganas distrib-uted 100 mosquito nets to the needy on 30th Septem-ber 2014.

management. The project team headed by Mr. Jatiram Paliwal (Project Manager) visited the premises on 28th August 2014 and provided essentials such as atta-300Kg, rice-350Kg, pulse-100Kg, refined oil-20kg and also distributed clothes to the children.

11HEALTH CAMP

900 people in Bhutan benefit from massive health camp

182 people including children benefit from a health screening camp

Health camp organized by Olympia Grande Housing project benefits 63 people

Steel Service Centre conducts medical camp for 450 students of Sri Ramakrishna Home

A major health checkup camp was organized on 24th & 25th July, 2014 at Punatsangchhu Hydro

B&F IC’s Steel Service Centre, Chennai, organized a free medical camp for the children of Sri Ramakrishna Home, Mylapore on 11th

July, 2014 in association with Chettinad Health City. Eye and dental check-ups were done for around 450 children.

B&F IC’s Crescent Bay and Pragati Towers projects in Mumbai organized a free medical health check-up camp on 23rd August 2014 at which people from economically weaker

As a part of its CSR activity, B&F IC’s Olympia Grande Housing project in association with Sree Balaji Medical College Hospital, Chrompet, organized a health camp at a labour colony on 30th July, 2014. 29 local village people and 34 workmen benefitted from this camp. The cooks

Electric project, Bhutan. The camp included investigation of blood samples to check patients

for Malaria, HIV and Hepatitis B. This program was conducted with the help of PHPA (Client) and

the team members from the Royal Government Hospital, Bajo. 900 people including

workmen and employees benefitted from this health camp.

sections of the society were screened in the nearby locality. The project team had arranged a medical unit from BMC to conduct the health screening tests and distributed free medicines.

of the sub-contractors and canteen food handlers were given priority for checking their general health condition. This act has enabled the project team to maintain a cordial relationship with the locals of the Tiruneermalai area as the labour colony is located just 6 km from the site.

9840 students benefit from TI IC’s ‘Back to School’ initiativeTransportation Infrastruc-ture IC rolled out a commu-nity initiative programme -‘Back to School’ aimed at providing relevant study kits to students from the economically weaker sec-tions of the society that reached out to 9840 stu-dents in 71 schools across various project sites.

The distribution was or-ganized through a series of functions involving local authorities such as the Sar-panch, the Sub Divisional

The Beawar - Pali - Pindwara road project team of Transportation Infrastructure IC reached out to the children of Government primary schools at Beawar, Pali, Sumerpur and Sirohi sections of Rajasthan between 4th to 10th July 2014, to distribute school bags and other study material.

Magistrate, the Safety & Health Officer and the Addi-tional Divisional Magistrate as Chief Guests, along with ICs Cluster Heads, Project Managers and other key site personnel.

The principals and teachers expressed their happiness and thanked L&T for their support and encourage-ment.

The colorful school kits brought big smiles to the faces of the tiny tots.

L&T delights 2400 children!

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W&RE IC’s Storm Water Drainage project team at Jabalpur, as part of an initiative led by the Project Manager, Mr. Sureshappa,

Storm Water Drainage project team at Jabalpur supports school students with 650 bags

and his site team members, donated 650 school bags to the students of Gorakhpur Balaksala School.

As a part of a CSR initiative, the site team distributed school bags, stationery items, water bottles and lunch boxes to the students who largely are from the economically weaker sections of the society. Project Managers Mr. K. Chinnaswamy & Mr. Srinivas Rongali - Project Managers presented the

school bags and study material to around 2400 students in the presence of the school headmasters and chief guests from local bodies such as the Sarpanch, SDM, SHO & ADMs. The teachers were very appreciative of L&T’s efforts and the students were ecstatic with their new possessions!

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W&RE IC’s Nihal Vihal project site reached out to students of R S Secondary Public School, Nangloi and initiated a green drive on August 14, 2014. 500 saplings were presented to the school and the faculty along with the students joined hands in the planting

W&RE IC’s 100 MLD CETP project team at Narol reached out to Gyaspur Primary School and provided much needed

W&RE IC’s Gayespur Sewage Network and WWT project team brought smiles to the children from the economically weaker sections of the society by distributing 400

DMRC Phase-3, CE-09 (PT&D) team gifted books to 350 school children of Tapovan Vidhya Mandir, Ghaziabad on 5th July, 2014. The reaching out activity was enabled by Mr. M S Kanyal (CPM, DMRC Projects) and Mr Muthukrishnan (Accounts head, DMRC

100 MLD CETP project team at Narol supports a primary school

400 students presented with notebooks

DMRC CE-09 project team reaches out to 350 school children

Nihal Vihal project team reaches out to schools

essentials on 16th September 2014 thereby enhancing the learning environment for the students. The activity was led by Mr. Kamal Kant

Koushik – Project Manager with the support of the team. On this occasion, 513 study kits and 4 PVC chairs were donated.

activity. The project team also visited a specially abled school for the blind which is managed by Blind Welfare Society and presented 23 bed sheets to the students and supported the monthly ration as per their requirement.

Projects) along with other employees. The programme was inaugurated by Mr. A K Rajput Segment Head (North West-UPD), Mr Debjyoti Chatterji (COH, Delhi Cluster) and Mr. Sachin Pandey (HR, Delhi Cluster).

note books on 10th August 2014. Inaugurated by Mr. V.G.Ugale, Project Head, the scheme is an incentive to motivate children to study well.

Notebooks were presented to students in the presence of the Councillor Mr. Amol Biswas, who along with the parents expressed their happiness and gratefulness for L&T’s support.

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220kV Hybrid GIS project team supports children and saplings to grow

Jawai Cluster Distribution System project team presents study kits to 340 students

Bisalpur Tonk Uniyara Water Supply project team presents study kits for 120 students

As part of its CSR activity, the 220kV Hybrid GIS project at Sartanpar reached

210 students from eight government schools were provided educational aids by W&RE IC’s Ratangarh-Sujangarh Water Supply project team. The kit included a bag, books, geometry box, pocket

W&RE IC’s Jawai Cluster Distribution System (JCDS) -I project team reached out to support a government school at Koliwara and Jhakhoda village on 13th August 2014. As part of its CSR initiative, the site team

W&RE IC’s Bisalpur Tonk Uniyara Water Supply Project delighted 120 school students of Rajkiya Balika Uchh Prathmik Vidhyalay

out to 250 students of Shree Sartanpar Primary School by providing a water cooler

and stationery materials. The project team in another event rooted 450 saplings.

presented new school bags with books and stationery items to 242 students. The project team also reached out to the students of Akhawas, Jadan village on 31th July 2014 and provided study kits to 98 children.

Officials from the Sarpanch and Principals of the Government schools from the Koliwara and Jhakhoda village, along with the project team distributed the kits to the students.

Ratangarh-Sujangarh Water Supply project team delights school children

dictionary and a pen. The programme, aimed at facilitating children from the weaker sections of the society, was inaugurated by Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, Project Manager.

at Juniya Panchyat in Deoli by presenting study kits on 29th September 2014. The reach out event was aimed at enabling students from

the economically weaker sections of the society with essentials such as school bags, study and stationary materials.

On behalf of L&T, the project team comprising Mr. Dinesh Kumar (Construction Manager), Mr. Naveen Kumar Sharma

(Accounts Manager), Mr. Pyush Anand (IR Dept.) and Mr. Anas Munshi (EHS Dept.) were present during the occasion.

15EDUCATION

The Single Teacher School is a Unit of the Swami Vivekananda Rural Development Society which runs with a mission - “If children can’t go to school why not bring the school to the children?”. Guided by an eminent Advisory Board comprising Doctors, IAS/IPS Officers, Industrialists and Educationists, Single Teacher Schools have been active since 2006.

As the single largest ‘on -field CSR intervention’ in the area of ‘Education’ for the year 2014-15 by L&T Construction HQ, Chennai, recommended by the CSR Apex committee, the CSR Board approved the project for L&T to support 150 Single Teacher Schools in as many villages across two Districts of Tamil Nadu at a total aid amount of Rs 36 lacs for the year.

The in-house programme was kicked off at a function held at Sriperumbudur on 25th August 2014.

The event was attended by over 500 people comprising village heads, students and ‘Acharyas’ of many of these schools and Trustees/Office-Bearers (eminent personalities) from the school.

Participants included Sri. R. Nataraj IPS (Retd) Former DGP of Police, Tamil Nadu, Former President and currently Advisory Board Member, Single Teacher Schools; Sri. Vedantam Ji, Founder School and President, Vishwa Hindu Vidyakendra, TN; Sri. K. N. Krishnamurthy, Former Spl. Director-Ashok Leyland and the President-Single Teacher Schools; Sri. R. P. Krishnammachari, Chairman, Tex Bio sciences

(P) Ltd and Hon. Secretary Single Teacher Schools; Dr. R. Mahadevan, Director, India Pistons and Advisory Board Member, Single Teacher Schools; Dr. Girija Seshadri, Correspondent & Sr. Principal, Jai Gopal Garodia and Advisory Board Member, Single Teacher Schools; as well as Sri. V Varadarajan, Project Manager, IIT Madras, the Hon. Joint Secretary, Single Teacher Schools.

Mr. V. S. Ramana, GM – CSR & Construction Skills Training, was Chief Guest of the function along with Dr. M. V. Venkatesan, Principal CSTI Kanchipuram. Present during this event were other members of the CSR team.

The event marks a new journey with Single Teacher Schools to spread prosperity and development to

150 villages in terms of quality education to about 4500 children in these 150 schools across the Districts of Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur in Tamil Nadu. These villages are in the precincts of CSTI Kanchipuram and some other units of L&T. The effort will also harness skill enhancement of rural unemployed youth of those villages, find entry into CSTI Kanchipuram and transform lives.

Mr. Natarajan, IPS, appreciated the efforts and L&T’s decision to support 150 schools and added that the support would be regarded as the largest number of schools adopted and aided by any company till date.

Other speakers referred to it as a ‘win-win collaboration’ and assured to channelize as many rural youth into this

Nation building endeavor; to put L&T’s CSTI to their best advantage, not just in 150 villages but across 450 villages.

Mr. V. S. Ramana in his address appreciated the good work of the single teacher schools in their commitment to the society. He urged the children to make the best of the opportunity and the villagers to send their unemployed youth for an internship to CSTI Kanchipuram.

During this occasion, the organizers distributed solar lights and chairs for use at these 150 village-schools.

Earlier the CSR team had made a due diligence inspection of many of these schools and the Trustees had visited the CSTI too in the process of firming up the collaboration.

SINGLETEACHERSCHOOL

INAUGURATED

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CWSS to Vellore project distributes school bags to 110 studentsW&RE IC’s CWSS to Vellore Package III project team distributed school bags to the students of Govt. Primary School, Kallanguthu and Govt. Panchayat Union School, Jabrapettai on 8th July, 2014. The program was inaugurated by Mr. K. Hariharan, Project Manager.

School bags, note books, pen and pencils were presented to the students in

Hyderabad Regional Office reached out to the students of Government Girls Primary School at Kandi on 14th August 2014 and donated essentials such as 30 dual desk benches, tables, chairs, steel plates and tumblers. 95 students

W&RE IC’s Bhama Askhed Water Supply Scheme, Pune, enabled the students of Zilla Parishad Primary School at Askhed village with 80

the presence of Panchayat President Mr. Balaraman, Panchayat Councillor Mr. Baskar, Cooperative Bank Director, Mr. Velu. The initiative from L&T was led by the Project Manager - Mr. K. Hariharan, Construction Manager - Mr. K. Karthikeyan, Accounts/Admin In-charge - Mr. K.Magesh and EHSO - Mr. L. Murugan.

HYRO provides infrastructure facilities to 95 students

Jamnagar UGD Project Team supports Government School

Bhama Askhed Water Supply project presents study kits to 80 students

benefitted from this initiative. The reach out programme was presided over by Mr. N. Sudhakar-Regional Manager-HYRO and Mr. B. Srinivasa Rao-Cluster Projects Manager-B&F IC

study kits which included a school bag, umbrella, note books and stationery items. The kits were distributed at a function in the

school premises. Mr. Vijay Kumeriya, Project Manager, distributed the kits along with the sarpanch, school principal and project team.

W&RE IC’s UGD Jamnagar project team reached out to support a government school – at Kalavad town on 18th June 2014. As part of the CSR initiative, L&Ts’ team donated new school bags with books, stationery items and a sintex water tank to the school. 65

children benefited and 50 saplings were planted on the occasion.

Representatives from the client - GWSSB and Municipal Cooperation of Kalavad - as well as engineers from Tata Consultancy actively participated in the event.

L&T-ites from Metro Tunneling Delhi, L&T SUCG JV, CC05 engaged themselves in distributing school bags and geometry boxes to students of Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalay, Govt. Secondary School and

DMRC delights school children with bags & education kits

Jamghat NGO, near Jama Masjid, Delhi on 14th August 2014.

The programme that benefitted 65 students was graced by Mr. Parnav Tayal, IPS, ACP Dariyaganj, Mr.

Prashant Kumar, SHO, PS. Jama Masjid, apart from Mr. Sushil Kumar Gupta, Dy. Project Leader, Mr. Suresh Sasi Kumar, Manager EHS, Mr. L.C.Tripathi, Manager Industrial Relations and other project staff.

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W&RE IC’s Trans Varuna Sewerage Works, Varanasi, reached out to the students of a primary tribal school and provided much needed essentials.

The initiative was led by Mr. B. P. Raghuvanshi – Project Manager and supported by Mr. V. N. Goswami – Project Accountant, Mr. A. K. Maira – EHS In-charge and site team members. Officials from UP Jal Nigam also joined the event. Wooden cots, bed-sheets and cloths were given to the students.

ABRO has always shown exemplary contribution in initiating corporate service initiatives with full gusto. This time, it was a heart rendering duty to a Helpline Education Home (NGO) which has been supporting a school for the underprivileged children for the last 15 years.

ABRO remoulded and rebuilt the fiber sheet for the school and also distributed 25 benches and two sets of new uniforms for the 40 children on 12th September, 2014.

50 students from primary tribal school supported with essentials

ABRO rehabilitates Helpline Education Home children and provides study kits

The program commenced with an emotional address by Mr. Mahesh Desai – Founder of the school. Mr. S H Vora, Regional Manager- ABRO, inaugurated the program and encouraged the children to study well and at the same time enjoy sports and outdoor activities. Others from L&T present during the occasion included Mr. Mitra, Advisor –Solar BU, and Mr. Jaydeep Acharya, Administration. The children showcased their talents by putting up a colourful performance.

Sagardighi Plant Water System donates sports essentials to students

Kudgi transmission line project team provides drinking water facility to government school

W& RE IC’s Sagardighi Plant Water System, Phase II project team reached out to the students of Don Bosco School in Monigram and presented a host of sports

PT&D IC’s Kudgi transmission line project team fulfilled a timely need for the students of the Govt. School at Meerasabhalli village by providing a drinking water facility. The initiative was led by Mr. S. M. Ravi (EHSD-Head –PT&D-IC) along with the site team members.

essentials. The gesture was much appreciated by the school faculty as it would enable the students to pursue their sporting activities.

PRAYAS Trust, Chennai, celebrated its 18th anniversary on 15th October, 2014 with a grand event that kick-started with an invocation dance by two PRAYAS members. The tiny tots of the Prayas-run Day Care Centre stole the show with their following performance. Dr. Ambika Kameshwar, Founder Director of RASA (Ramana Sunritya Aalaya – NGO) and a multi-faceted personality (post-doctoral scholar in Natyabhinaya, an educationist, dancer, singer, choreographer and music composer) graced the evening as Chief Guest.

Mrs. Meena Subrahmanyan, President, PRAYAS in her welcome address said that the PRAYAS members were elated and inspired by Dr. Ambika’s ability to do multiple things at the same time and doing them right. After extending a warm welcome to the senior executives of L&T, founder patrons, members and other invitees, she narrated how PRAYAS had grown over the years from a humble beginning in 1996 with 5 members. “Today with a patronage of 360 members and equipped with a modern three-storied medical centre at Virugambakkam, we have been helping the ‘NOT SO PRIVELEGED IN OUR SOCIETY’ by treating more than 3500 patients in a month and have reached the first milestone of one lakh beneficiaries,” she said, amidst huge applause. She also highlighted the other services rendered by PRAYAS such as health and awareness camps, adoption of schools and NGOs, a tuition centre and a tailoring unit. She profusely

thanked the management of L&T for their continuous support and complimented the outgoing office bearers for their good work and promised to continue reaching out to more under privileged people with the help of the incoming office bearers.

Thereafter, Mrs. Vasanthi Satish presented the Secretary’s Report which took the audience on a colourful and informative journey about the different initiatives and works undertaken by PRAYAS over the past two years. Mrs. Rajini Kanappan presented a detailed financial report highlighting how every penny had been diligently spent towards the welfare of the society.

Mr. S.N. Subrahmanyan, in his address, underlined the importance of a ‘service mind’ and commended the office bearers and the PRAYAS members for their charitable services and assured continuous support to all future activities of PRAYAS. He shared the unique way of how L&T teams voluntarily help the surrounding communities at various project sites and how the company was committed to Corporate Social Responsibility. SNS urged the ladies to participate actively to make the medical centre function more like a professional hospital.

In her short and sweet address, Ambika Kameshwar expressed happiness at the right energy within PRAYAS and shared her ‘take-home-philosophy’ on service. She said, “We must thank the people, who allow us to help them and they who receive are far higher than those who give.” She

narrated a story of how a sparrow put in its best efforts to douse a raging fire in a banyan tree in a forest by taking a little bit of water in its beak and dropping it on the tree repeatedly. Though the small quantum of water was not enough to control the fire, seeing the sparrow’s efforts and determination to make a difference, God helped the sparrow with rain. She said PRAYAS members were like the little sparrow that made a big difference and it was always an honour to be part of ‘a seva (ie) God’s Service’.

Expressing happiness over the presence of Charter President, Secretary and all the members, Mr. K.V. Rangaswami, Former President, L&T applauded the performance of PRAYAS and the contribution of its members. Reminiscing on its evolution, KVR said that at the foundation stone laying function, he had made a statement that it would branch out in a greater way and true to his words, today PRAYAS had

grown as big as a banyan tree.

“Every year the team has been performing well and the new members are excelling on the earlier achievements and accomplishments like the way it is happening in businesses at L&T,” he proudly said. KVR made a special mention of the medical services offered by PRAYAS and said that it occupied the pride of place among its various outreach activities.

The formal first session was followed by a variety of entertainment programmes and fun games rendered by colleagues from L&T and PRAYAS Day Care Centre. The event concluded with Mrs. Ezhil Jayakumar proposing the vote of thanks.

Today with a patronage of 360 members and equipped with a modern three-storied medical

centre at Virugambbakm, we have been helping the ‘NOT SO PRIVELEGED IN OUR SOCIETY’ by treating more than 3500 patients in a month and have reached the first milestone of one lakh beneficiaries”

Mrs. Meena Subrahmanyan

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1st August to 7th August is observed as World Breast Feeding week and Prayas Trust focused on creating awareness among the neighbouring communities on the importance of mother’s milk. A lecture was organized at the Prayas Medical Centre on 8th August where Dr. Meenakshi, Pediatrician addressed the gathering on the benefits of breast feeding. The doctor said that mother’s milk was the

Breast Feeding awareness camp Annual health camp at Dazzling Stones

Talk on Oral Hygiene

Cardiac camp

Diabetes screening camp

New tailoring unit inaugurated at PIVOT

most nutritious diet for infants’ of up to 6 months and the antibodies present in the milk would protect children against a number of diseases. She added saying, that soon after a child’s birth, the mother’s milk, known as colustrum is highly nutritious and that the child should be fed with it. Breast-feeding reduces infant mortality. Awareness on breast feeding needed to be spread more because modernization

was leading to more bottle feeding resulting in reduced immunity and increasing mortality, exclaimed Dr. Meenakshi. The Egmore Children Hospital had started a Milk Bank which again proved the importance of breast-milk. All queries and doubts raised were answered by the doctor. The counselor spoke on the food that could be introduced to a baby of 6 months of age.

An annual health camp for the students and inmates of Dazzling Stones, an orphanage near Kundrathur, was conducted by Prayas Trust on 16th August. Two doctors from Prayas Medical Centre (PMC) Dr. Sundaramurthy and Dr. Shalini screened male and the female students separately. An ophthalmologist from Uma Eye Hospital conducted vision testing for the children and also addressed the cataract problem of two of the staff members. 101 people benefitted from the camp.

A Cardiac camp was organised by Prayas Trust in association with SRM Hospitals on 5th July at the Prayas Medical Centre in Virugambakkam. The neighbourhood community was made aware of this camp through fliers that were distributed and received registrations well ahead of the camp which enabled the team to conduct the screening and consultation in an organized manner.

A team of medical professionals from SRM including a cardiologist, echo technician, ECG

Prayas inaugurated its new tailoring unit at the Prayas Institute of Vocational Training (PIVOT) in Virugambakkam on 16th July. The President of Prayas Trust, Mrs. Meena Subrahmanyan inaugurated this facility in the presence of other members. This institute has been set up with the objective of empowering

On 5th September Dr. Ramalakshmi addressed the patients, members and staff on oral hygiene at the Prayas Medical Centre.

She focused attention on issues pertaining to dental infections that lead to

Prayas Trust in association with I D R F (Indian Diabetic Research Foundation) organized a free diabetic camp on 18th August. The camp began in the early

technician and nurses started the camp at 9 am. Upon entry, every individual was sent for an ECG and those with abnormalities were sent for echogram as per the doctor’s advice. Following this, a tread mill test and a coronary angiogram was recommended at the hospital. 165 people were screened and benefitted from this camp. 97 were found to be normal, 45 were hypertensive, 15 were advised for a tread mill test and 8 were advised for a coronary angiogram.

hours of the day to test fasting sugar levels of patients. Blood examination and oral glucose tolerance tests were taken and those

with high sugar levels were prescribed medicines.

94 (35 male and 59 female) people benefited from this camp.

women below the poverty line and has six tailoring machines. A Ganapathy homam was performed during this occasion.

Tailoring classes are being conducted at PIVOT in two batches, the first between 9.30 a.m and 11.30 a.m and the second between 11.30 a.m and 1.30 p.m by experienced faculty.

other ailments in the body and tooth decay that could result in heart and skin diseases. She also addressed the children urging them to brush their teeth every day to avoid problems.

Medicines that were prescribed by the doctors were handed over to students and inmates by PMC pharmacist and a medical kit comprising of first aid medicines was also given to the school authorities.

The Prayas team also presented groceries and snacks for the children. The day’s meal was sponsored for the entire team by one of the members. The orphanage’s management expressed its gratitude towards Prayas.

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Initiatives July - September 2014

Blood Donation 1312 units

Health 1595

Education 15536

Tree Plantation 79012 saplings

L&Teering 996 & more

Beneficiaries of CSR Programme

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PRAYAS Trust, Bengaluru provides mobility aids to the disabledPRAYAS Trust, Bengaluru gave away gaiters and sandals to six deserving children from BPL families. The children, aged between 2 to 7 years, were suffering from Congenital Deformity and Cerebral palsy and were referred by ‘The Association of People with Disability’ (APD), an institution working for comprehensive rehabilitation of economically marginalized people with disabilities. The equipment was manufactured at the in-house manufacturing

unit of APD, based on the requirement of each individual beneficiary.

A token distribution event for the beneficiaries of Bengaluru was organized at The Association of People with Disability on 29th September 2014 which will be followed by a mega event at APDs Bijapur camp, at a later date, where around 35 beneficiaries will be distributed mobility aids under L&T’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative.

Number of beneficiariesin July-Sep Quarter

12696No. of dialysis performed at Medical Centre: 412

Out Patient beneficiaries: 9306

New Facilities

Pulmonary Function Test Camp - Second Monday of the month (145 patients

were benefited)

Ultra sound examination by Dr. Mrs. Praveena MD. Radiologist - All Fridays

Echo cardiogram by Dr. Saravana Kumar, Cardialogist – All days .

NGO Support

Sneham Foundation – Distributed diabetic medicines

Gnanadarshan, a home for the Visually Impaired – Supported with cash and kind

Harihara Sudha Seva Samithi, a home for Destitute at Thirumullaivayil – Rice

bags are given every month and supported with cash/kind

Visit and avail free medical check-ups at the Prayas Medical Centre, 8&9,

Kaliamman Koil Street, Virugambakkam, Chennai Phone: 2377 0852. Open on

all days from Monday to Saturday between 9.00 am to 6.00 pm.

Dialysis is done at a very discounted price and there are 10 dialysis machines at

the Centre.