CSR Newsletter from L&T Construction 2015 : Apr | May | Jun - Issue 15

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In this issue

Cover story1

Blooddonation18

Tree plantation22

L&Teering11

Health20

Education15

The mobile medical van, a new initiative of Prayas in partnership with Helpage India to provide primary, preventive and referral health care services to the lesser privileged people in the remote areas of Chennai was inaugurated by Mr. S. N. Subrahmanyan, Member of the Board and Sr. EVP (Infrastructure & Construction) at Chennai on 2nd June 2015. Present for the occasion were office bearers and members of Prayas Trust, senior executives and employees of L&T Construction and the Helpage team.

The mobile medical van with one doctor, a nurse, a social counselor and a pharmacist will treat about 70 patients a day from 9 am to 5 pm for basic illnesses like cough, cold, fever, infections, and more serious ones like

Prayas initiates a‘HealtHcare at DoorsteP’ Program for tHe unDerPrivilegeD

malaria, dengue, typhoid and hepatitis. Complicated cases will be referred to the nearest government hospitals. While the services will include curative medicine, focus will be on preventive medicine and maternal child health as well.

This endeavour of Prayas is aimed at improving the quality of life by providing adequate medical amenities for those who find primary health care expensive and unaffordable. The van will also make follow-ups / re-visit the selected areas on a regular basis.

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The InITIaTIve wIll provIde prImary, prevenTIve and referral healTh care servIces To The

lesser prIvIleged people In The remoTe areas of chennaI

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Within Prayas is the PoWer to create, nurture and transform

intervieWs of

Mrs. Meena Subrahmanyan

Mrs. Suryakumari Ramakrishna

Mrs. Chitra Rangaswami

L&T Construction is an organization known for placing national interest before profits; an organi-

zation that has held the cause of social welfare close to its heart much before any formal guidelines

were ever issued. Today, as we create global benchmarks in construction, we have also institutional-

ized and ingrained social commitment deep into our DNA.

While the organization and its people are involved in reaching out to the community through skill

building and infrastructure development as well as sustaining the environment by adopting green

methods of construction at every project site, the spouses of employees are out there on a mission

impacting the lives of the underprivileged through interventions in health care, education and com-

munity growth reaching out selflessly to their neighbourhood. They call this – PRAYAS.

ThIs feaTure reflecTs The humble efforTs of prayas who are acTIvely Involved In creaTIng change for a

beTTer Tomorrow.

PRayaS, The foRCe behINd L&T’S CSRIt was a scorching Tuesday afternoon at the Prayas Medical Centre (PMC) in Virugambakkam. A number of patients were still congregated in the OPD area on the ground floor while a group of ladies were busy guiding them to different consulta-tion rooms on the ground and first floors. Another set waited at the pharmacy, slips in hand. I quietly checked with Ms. Fa-reena, the administration in-charge for the availability of Mrs. Meena Subrahmanyan. “Yes, madam is on the third floor. You can wait there because there is no place to sit here. Today, we have many specialists visiting us - Cardiologist, Diabetologist and Orthopedician,” she said apologetically.

As I walked up to the third floor, I was happy to see the much-expanded facilities at the Medical Centre. Since its com-mencemet in January 2011, the centre has grown into a full-fledged multi-specialty hospital with 4 GP’s and 13 specialist doctors including a Dermatologist, Gynecologist, Pediatrician, Ortho, Nephrologist, Cardiologist, ENT, Diabetologist, Dentist, Ophthalmologist, Physiotherapist, a counselor and about 25 employees including technicians and nurses.

Ultra sound, ECG and Mas-ter Health check-ups are also done at the centre. The phar-macy has all the medicines and the dialysis unit with 10 machines is managed ef-ficiently. Recently, eye and dental units have also started functioning. I was told that more than 250 patients visit PMC each day between 9.am and 6.pm, six days a week. There is a Medical Officer and an Administrative Officer full time and one member takes duty every day and manages registration of patients and allocation of doctors.

While I was waiting, I inter-acted with an old gentleman and his daughter who slowly walked out of the Dialysis Unit. The man had been vis-iting PMC for dialysis for the past 3 years and was grati-fied by the love and care of

the team. “The Nephrologist takes very good care and checks the vitals before and after the procedure. I don’t think I can afford this else-where,” he mentioned while his daughter interjected, “It is not just about the affordabil-ity but also about the acces-sibility and the hygiene that is maintained here. We know all the employees working here because they have all been around for a very long time and efficiently man-age the daily activities of the center. I also bring my old mother here. 10 to 12 health camps including eye, dia-betic, dental, mother & child, ortho, pediatric, PFT are con-ducted here and all of them are very useful.”

Soon Mrs. Meena Sub-rahmanyan, the illustrious President of Prayas emerged

from a just concluded meet-ing. “We are signing an agreement with Helpage In-dia today for starting a mo-bile medical van outreach program. So our legal team is here and we are also talking to Dr. Kamath and the Mumbai team. Everything is finalized, we will be inaugurating the van next week,” she narrated breathlessly with an immense sense of accomplishment.

The afternoon witnessed ma-jor power fluctuations due to which the AC was shutdown. One can imagine sitting on the topmost floor, in a large enclosed room with merely a slow whirling fan in peak summer. I suppose Mrs. Mee-na and few other office bear-ers have been sitting here for the past 3 to 4 hours. Thus, I couldn’t resist asking her my first question.

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What drives you?

The other day, we went to a visit a place called Nilacha-ral, it is a home for the blind run very efficiently by an old gentlemen. We went there and took part in their annual day program. There was a blind girl who was get-ting married to a blind man and the poor girl didn’t have anything for her marriage. We gave her some wedding sarees and fancy jewellery. You must see her, she liter-ally wanted to come and fall at your feet for nothing at all. It was just a few thousand rupees contribution from my end. I think this kind of sat-isfaction you will never get at any corporate level. Here, you can just see for your-self and this sort of thing re-ally drives me. When we can make a difference, why not!

How much time do you spend in a day for Prayas?

Prayas for me is a 24x7 job. I am constantly thinking about what can be done to improve. We have a the ‘WhatsApp’ group among the office bearers where we discuss the day to day is-sues at the Medical Centre, things in the pipe line and future plans. It is a part and parcel of my life now. Earlier I was spending a lot of time in music and wanted do an additional masters degree in music but now it’s gone to the background. Now Prayas is my passion, this is my call-ing and I am doing my best in this.

For the past 2 to 3 weeks every Sunday we have been having some program or the other. What happens is that in most of these NGOs the students are available at home only on Sundays. So they call us to visit only on a Sunday. Therefore, we leave our family behind or put any other engagement aside and finish our work and then join with the family. It is like any other office work. When you have a tender submis-sion, you cannot say that you have a birthday party to at-tend. Similarly, Prayas work also has to be taken up in a very professional way. My team has that mindset. The ladies, despite many difficul-ties when we come together we think only of our objec-tive here without any inhibi-tions and hierarchy. The joy and the satisfaction that you get from the people we serve are immense.

One thing about Prayas that you hold close to your heart

I feel it’s the team of Prayas. The office bearers, the trus-tees and all the members leaving aside all their per-sonal commitments they come to serve. Be it a medi-cal centre duty, visit to a NGO or a health camp. I feel very nice about it. I feel nice that they are all there to help out. Everybody takes so much in-terest.

Do you involve SNS in Prayas activities?

Definitely not on a daily basis because of his busy schedule

but whenever he is at home and finds time, we discuss Prayas and I always ask for his opinions and views on many subjects and problems, and I take his advice. He has been a big support for Prayas.

The initiatives of Prayas, be it the Mobile Medical Van, the eye and dental units at the medical centre or the tailoring unit are all a team effort. We seek advice from Dr. Kamath and the team in Mumbai and the office bear-ers and trustees discuss the same and we unanimously take it forward. We discuss with the doctors of the Medi-cal Centre, they also advise us on how we can take our health care services forward.

The meeting had to be abort-ed at that point because of a power failure and resumed a few days later at Mrs. Sub-rahmanyan’s beautiful, sea-facing house in Besant Nagar.

What was the most chal-lenging moment and what was the happiest moment for you in your Prayas journey

Both I would say is the Di-alysis unit. We were a little skeptical because there is a lot of risk involved. If a pa-tient comes with high BP or breathlessness, he is most likely to collapse during di-alysis which is a 3 to 4 hours procedure. So the nephrolo-gist and other doctors have to first check the patient and only then take him in. Fortunately, we have a very good team of doctors and we also take care of them well.

They are all very satisfied, service minded people who are mostly middle aged. They take ownership and with God’s grace it’s all going on well. With dialysis we do feel a little scared at times but as a team we are confident and positive about handling it and I am very happy about this. We normally don’t take patients who are critical be-cause we don’t have an ICU but to handle critical situa-tions we have tie-ups with hospitals and ambulance services.

There have been many inci-dents which have touched me. The very first being our visit to the Guild of Service in

Egmore. It is a home for disa-bled children. Some don’t have hands and some don’t have feet. Some of them lit-erally crawl on the floor. And despite all this they dance, sing and make merry. The happiness on their faces as they approached me…I was really touched by this. At-Prayas we always feel we have to do more and more for them.

The two awards we got re-cently from the Guild of Ser-vice and AVM Charities were very prestigious and joyous occasions for me. Of course we don’t work for awards, but when such recognitions come, it is always nice and motivating.

Mrs. Meena Subrahmanyan

PRayaS foR Me IS a 24X7 Job. I aM CoNSTaNTLy ThINKING aboUT WhaT CaN be doNe To IMPRoVe Mrs. Meena Subrahmanyan, President Prayas Trust and the wife of Mr. S.N Subrahmanyan, Senior Executive Vice President (Infrastructure & Construction) is the new age dynamic leader who is spearheading the diversified reach out efforts of Prayas.

The joy and The saTIsfacTIon ThaT you geT from The people

you serve are Immense.

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Did you think Prayas will become so big?

I never thought Prayas will become so big. Initially i thought it was all about at-tending some meetings be-cause those days I never had any clue about it. But now I realize that there is going to be no time for anything else because we want to do more and more. Our tuition centre and tailoring unit are run-ning very well now and this only motivates us to do more and take it to the next level. Yes, we did have teething is-sues but we tackled them then and there.

Tell us about the new ini-tiatives of Prayas guided by you

The tuition center. I think a lot can be done for the education of small children because they are the fu-ture. The English speaking classes, the extra-curricular activities, a small library for children were all new ideas towards nurturing young children. This summer, we conducted a one week camp where they spent a few hours reading, then had some yoga sessions and happily played games like carom, ludo and chess, ate the snacks that we offered and went back. So this was a break for them from their daily school and home work. We also conduct sports day and annual day at the tuition centre every year.

The tailoring unit is also a new initiative where we em-power women and many of

them are now very happy. They sit at home and look-ing after the children they are able to stich blouses and other things and make a small business out of it. We donated a few sewing ma-chines also to these ladies. And I hope the computer centre will also be very suc-cessful once it comes up.

We have sponsored one teacher who goes to Ko-vur government school and teaches Tamil in the eve-nings after school hours and also helps the children with their homework. We have given laboratory materials and vessels for the midday meals scheme to this same school.

Where do you see Prayas 5 years from now – Your expansion plans in serving a much larger community and more people

In future, the mobile medi-cal van which has just begun will start having a greater reach and we will add more such vans to provide pri-mary, preventive and refer-ral health care services to the lesser privileged peo-ple in the remote areas of Chennai. We also want to expand our vocational train-ing centre by starting a com-puter centre in association with Microsoft and a tailor-ing unit. We want to focus on women mainly widows, school dropouts, orphans and young girls. Microsoft is most likely to place them in a good job after course comple-

tion like how Usha Interna-tional is absorbing tailoring pass outs. We are thinking of a toy van which is an idea from Mumbai, one with lots of toys and games which will go to the slums after school hours for the kids to come and play. We want to start a Geriatric Centre too because we find a lot of old women who are abandoned.

We wish to start a school for small children, initially upto 5th standard and then slowly expand for which we have to find a place. We also want to adopt more schools and villages. Apart from the two to three schools we have al-ready adopted in and around Porur, we want to adopt more and help them with toilets, drinking water facilities and basic health care.

What is the need of the hour for Prayas

I would definitely say more participation. With more participation much more can

be done. More women must come forward and work, and more hands will certainly make work better and lighter’’.

In conclusion, Mrs. Sub-rahmanyan profusely thanked Mr & Mrs AR, Mr & Mrs KVR and Mr. SNS for the opportunity given to her to be the Prayas Presi-dent. “It is wonderful to be close to the realities of life. All these years we have been very protected, not been re-ally exposed to this kind of atmosphere. So this gives me a chance to prove myself and

having said that, with power comes responsibility. And the amount of faith and trust L&T Public Charitable Trust led by Mr. A.M Naik has placed on Prayas….any pro-ject that we want to do, like the construction of the third floor, the dialysis unit or the mobile medical van….they have never said no to any-thing. They have encouraged us a lot. I can do it and that is how people have reposed faith in me, so I will keep Prayas close to my heart for a life time.”

more women musT come forward and work,

and more hands wIll cerTaInly make work beTTer and lIghTer.

Women employees are increasing in the campus year after year and joining Prayas too. What is your expectation from them in terms of their contribution for a social cause?

I really wish all the ladies from office could also come and help out whenever they find the time. They are all very capable and as women

we are all naturally very good at multi-tasking. We all have an inborn ability to nurture and take care. L&T employees can take up duties

at the medical centre for few hours once a month, help us in the registration process during health camps, join us during our community

visits so that we can work together as a bigger team. Mainly the youngsters who are interested in doing social work must join us. Prayas

needs more hands to serve.

All the men working at L&T Construction should urge their spouses to become members of Prayas. We understand that all housewives

are committed in many ways but they can try to put in at least one or two hours a week. Ultimately there is going to be a vacuum, the kids

will grow up and have their own lives; then what will they do? One cannot suddenly jump into this. So they can start slowly by devoting

one or two hours a week to participate in any small way so that eventually they will have something to look forward to. Honestly there

is no satisfaction greater than this.

Mrs. Meena SubrahmanyanINTeRvIeW WITh

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RoMe WaS NoT bUILT IN a day aNd So IS

PRayaS TRUST.

SoCIaL WoRK bRoUGhT US ToGeTheR aNd Today We aRe oNe bIG UNITed faMILy Mrs. Suryakumari Ramakrishna, Founder President and the wife of Late. Dr. A Ramakrishna, Former Deputy Managing Director, L&T is the visionary of Prayas who nurtured its growth from 1996 to 2004 and whose farsightedness and philosophy have gone a long way to take Prayas to where it is today.

When, where and how did the thought of starting Prayas occur to you?

Once there was a meeting in Lonavala where a few of my friends including Mrs. Chitra, Mrs. Anantharaman, Mrs. Balasubramaniyam and five others met Mr. Kulkarni who inquired about starting some social service activity by bringing all the ladies to-gether. When they returned to Chennai, they spoke to me about it and I instantly ac-cepted. We started with just 5 members who contributed Rs. 50 each and that Rs. 250 was donated to a NGO. Af-ter that, slowly some more members joined and with a lot of encouragement we garnered 25 members. All of us were very active. Initially we put our own money and started helping some NGOs but later we discussed with AR and started a small clinic in Virugambakkam by rent-ing a small room in Guha Kalyana Mandapam. There was a clinic used by a private practioner in the evenings and Prayas decided to run it in the mornings for the poor with one doctor and a com-pounder.

Our first doctor, Dr. Man-jula was a very efficient and dedicated lady who self-

Mrs. Suryakumari Ramakrishna

lessly supported the cause of Prayas. She was with us for more than ten years. In the early days, we had 20 to 25 patients every day and if you see the two rupee notes they gave, it would almost be on the verge of tearing. We collected money simply because we felt that people have no value for things that are offered free.

It was Gomathy Ananthara-man’s daughter, Meena who suggested the name ‘Prayas’ while we were contemplat-ing many others.

What were the initial teething issues and how did Team Prayas handle it?

Money was never a barrier for us. Even when we had less money, we were able to help the poor somehow. Somebody or the other used to help at the right time. It so happened that once when faced with a financial crunch, a well-wisher appreciated our work and donated some funds. In addition, every member donated Rs. 100 per month. Our very first dona-tion was for a spastic school followed by Little Drops and then other orphanages.

We used to meet at the Ceno-taph road guest house on the first Wednesday of every

month. All the 25 members would attend without fail. All travel and other spends were from our own pocket.

Old timers including Vas-antha Balasubramaniam, Gomathy Anantharaman,

Malathi Sridharan, Malabika Ganguly, Saraswathy Ven-katakrishnan, Prema Hari-haran, Chitra Rangaswami, Hema Srinivasan, Prema Sundar, Mrs. Chandrashek-ar and many others have

worked very hard for Prayas. I am very happy to say that social work brought us to-gether and today we are one big united family - we share our likes, dislikes, happiness and problems even till today.

we sTarTed wITh jusT 5 members who conTrIbuTed rs. 50 each and

ThaT rs. 250 was donaTed To a ngo.

Here is what Mrs. Suryakumari Ramakrishna and Mrs.Chitra Rangaswami had to say

about the early days of Prayas.

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When it comes to Prayas, we are all equal. There is no General Manager’s wife or President’s wife here. We are just friends but great friends!

AR was a great source of mo-tivation for Prayas. When-ever he met the ladies, he greatly appreciated the ac-tivities of Prayas. In fact, he mentioned the good work we did to his colleagues.

The first, Prayas Annual Day was an important milestone and I felt extremely proud on that day. All our husbands and all our children partici-pated in the event and many children presented cultural performances. Everybody appreciated us.

Tell us about the humble beginning of Prayas Medi-cal Centre

AR gave us a piece of land in CRR Puram, Virugam-bakkam and built a small structure where we started our own Medical Centre. It was not a very big set-up, but many people benefitted from it and it gave me im-mense satisfaction and hap-piness. We started collecting five rupees from patients. Gradually we introduced eye camps and mother & child welfare camps. Our children, friends and relatives have all supported us through donations and we used that

money to buy medicines for the Medical Centre. Initially, AR encouraged us by say-ing that whatever is spent in the Medical Centre, ECC would bear half of the cost and started giving us Rs.One Lakh every year towards medicines. Every day, two members would go to the Medical Centre and help in distributing medicines, at-tend to patients and man-age other administrative ac-tivities diligently. The team worked very sincerely and selflessly.

When I look at Prayas today, I am so proud of it. After AR’s retirement, Chitra took over as the President and took up many new initiatives and now Meena has taken over from her. She is very young and is doing a great job by reaching out to a much big-ger community.

Today, many people are mis-guided by wrong diagnosis and we, the so called edu-cated people ourselves get confused when it comes to health matters … one can imagine the plight of the poor. Therefore, Prayas Medi-cal Centre is doing a great job in offering the right kind of medical support for the poor. The team there is doing an excellent job”.

when I look aT prayas Today, I am so proud of IT.

when IT comes To prayas, we are all equal. There Is no

general manager’s wIfe or presIdenT’s wIfe here.

Mrs. Suryakumari RamakrishnaINTeRvIeW WITh

Mrs. Suryakumari RamakrishnaFounder President

Mrs. Chitra RangaswamiFormer President

Mrs. Asha KumarJoint Secretary

Mrs. Akshaya BabuTreasurer

Mrs. SumathiRamakrishnanTreasurer

Mrs. Uma SankarlingamTreasurer

Mrs. Bala ShankariTreasurer

Mrs. Bala ShankariTreasurer

Mrs. Rajini KanappanTreasurer

Mrs. Sathya RavichandranTreasurer

Mrs. Malathi JagannathanJoint Secretary

Mrs. Shoba RadharamanJoint Secretary

Mrs. Nirmala AnanthkumarJoint Secretary

Mrs. Jayanthi RameshJoint Secretary

Mrs. Ezhil JayakumarJoint Secretary

Mrs. Sumathi ArvindJoint Secretary

Mrs. GomathyAnantharamanTreasurer

Mrs. VasanthaBalasubramaniamSecretary

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Mrs. Hema RaghavanSecretary

Mrs. Kothai RamkumarSecretary

Mrs. Jayashree RamanaSecretary

Mrs. Shoba RadharamanSecretary

Mrs. NirmalaAnanthkumarSecretary

Mrs. Vasanti SatishSecretary

Mrs. Ezhil JayakumarSecretary

Mrs. Kothai RamkumarJoint Secretary

Mrs. GomathyAnantharamanTreasurer

Mrs. Malathi SridharanSecretary

Mrs. Saraswathy VenkatakrishnanJoint Secretary

Mrs. Meena SubrahmanyanPresident

Mrs. Prema HariharanTreasurer

Mrs. Malabika GangulySecretary

HONOURING THE PEOPLE WHO SPREAD THE LIGHT OF HAPPINESS

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What was your focus area when you became Presi-dent?

The Medical Centre was the prime focus area for Prayas then although it was a very small set up. I was the first Treasurer of Prayas although there was not much funds to deal with. Every month we used to collect some sub-scription from members and immediately spend it on some NGO. We had a maxi-mum of 30 members then and we collected around 150 rupees per month. We did not have any big projects at that time. To help some poor communities we made greeting cards, sold them and collected some money. We also released a souvenir and got money from advertisers.

The PRoGReSSIVe effoRTS of PRayaS CReaTe a SeNSe of PRIde IN Me Mrs. Chitra Rangaswami, Former President of Prayas and the wife of Mr. K.V Rangaswami, Former President, L&T Construction was instrumental in the growth of PRAyAS. She led the activities of the trust between 2004 and 2012 and is still playing an active role in mentoring the team.

Mrs. Chitra Rangaswami

That is the way it went.

The first donation we got was from Sachidhanandha Swa-mi from Mysore who gave us Rs.One Lakh which we put it into our corpus. Soon AR started supporting us in many ways and Prayas be-gan to expand. Today, L&T’s aid is helping Prayas to reach out to a large number of peo-ple. In the early days, we also started the Day Care Centre at office upon a request from some office ladies. Mrs. AR was very supportive of this and Prayas is still managing it very successfully. The day care center specializes in the care of preschoolers as well as before- and after-school care for school aged children. The children as well as the parents are very happy. In

the initial days Bala Mandir, Little Drops, Banyan, Guild of Service were some of the NGOs we supported.

What touched you the most in your journey?

The state of orphans, aged and ailing people, destitute and mentally disturbed women in Little Drops disturbed me a lot. There was a lady there who was partially blind and her family had abandoned her. She caught hold of one of our members thinking she was her daughter and cried saying don’t leave me here, take me home. I really couldn’t see such suffering. Similarly, Guild of Service in Anna Nagar where those handicapped children who are extremely talented give

prayas Is a collecTIve efforT. The bond we share Is someThIng I cherIsh. we are frIends for a lIfe TIme.

such beautiful performanc-es despite many odds. This makes me so emotional.

The reach out efforts of Prayas in the early days

From the beginning we wanted to do something for the downtrodden, right from the days of the small room in Guha Kalyana Mandapam. AR was very generous to build a small Medical Centre for us in the land that be-longed to L&T Housing socie-ty. We managed the centre for 3 hours a day with one doc-tor and it is only after many years that we got a nurse. We used to get 50 to 60 patients and it was we, the mem-bers, who played all the roles there. The free medicine that we gave was very helpful for the community. Gradually we started conducting health camps. Our eye camps in as-sociation with Shankara Ne-thralaya were very popular and very successful. We gave free spectacles and organized surgeries as well. Diabetic

screening camps were also organized for the poor.

How did the Prayas team work together in reaching out?

Prayas is a collective effort. We used to pool in to travel in autos or sometimes use our personal cars to visit NGOs. Mrs. AR is my mentor and KVR stood by me to take Prayas forward.

Now, I am really happy see-ing the Medical Centre and Prayas coming up so well. The Dialysis Unit and free medicines that we give are very helpful for the poor. I am glad that we are getting so many specialists these days making healthcare more focused. The tailoring unit and computer centre for the ladies will foster empow-erment of women.

The progressive efforts taken by Prayas create a sense of pride in me. The bond we share is something I cherish. We are friends for a life time”.

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consultations

total

10617

ApR 3528MAy 3301Jul 378

ecHo

total

66

ApR 23MAy 18Jul 25 PatHology

total

1495

ApR 488MAy 490Jul 517

ecg

total

236

ApR 82MAy 66Jul 88

BeneficiariesApr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Total

Consultations 3528 3301 3788 10617

pathology 488 490 517 1495

Immunization 4 5 3 12

ECHO 23 18 25 66

ECG 82 66 88 236

X-RAy 118 113 101 332

ulTRASOuND 118 91 98 307

DIAlySIS 156 176 185 517

physiotherapy 270 198 173 641

MHC(Master Health Checkup) 22 35 41 98

pFT (pulmonary Function Test) 0 0 13 13

pOp(plaster Of paris ) 2 1 0 3

Dental procedure 48 91 108 247

total 4859 4585 5140 14584

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An exercise routine keeps you fit and regular physical activity prevents and reduces the risk of many diseases and improves physical and mental health. A fitness session for Prayas members was this organised by Dr. Gnanaraj,

Other activities• On 8th June, the 3rd

batch of tailoring course commenced at Prayas Vocation Training Institute empowering more women.

Prayas makes a fitness statement

• On 21st April, Prayas donated six computers to General Cariappa School at Saligramam.

Sports Physiotherapist on 10th

April 2015. A number of simple yet effective ways to keep fit including warm-ups, warm-downs and stretching exercises were taught during this session that rejuvenated the team

Simply the Right fit.

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Prayas visits NilacharalPrayas Tuition Centre which conducts classes for students from standards III to IX organised a farewell for its outgoing IX class children on 19th April 2015. A small party was hosted by Prayas where the members, teachers and all the students participated and mementoes and gifts were given to the outgoing children, wishing them luck.

Starting from 7th May, a one week summer camp and yoga session was conducted for the

A new initiative of Prayas – thanneer pandhal and neer more pandhal (water and butter milk distribution) - to help passers-by during peak summer was set up outside its Medical Centre in Virugambakkam on 7th May 2015. Through this effort, Prayas quenched the thirst of 4160 people over a month. This gesture was appreciated by the people in the neighbourhood.

On 8th April 2015, 13 members of Prayas Trust visited a home for visually challenged orphan girls located at Nanganallur in Chennai – Nilacharal - which is supported by Smt. Rajeswari Radhakrishnan Charitable Trust and managed by Mr. Radhakrishnan. The place not only provides shelter for these girls but also supports their college education and marriage thereafter. A few cancer and dialysis patients are also sheltered at Nilacharal.

During the visit, Prayas Trust gifted dress materials for all the girls and presented a cheque sponsoring the education of 7 students. The members enjoyed the tea prepared and served by the inmates.

Activities at Prayas Tuition Centre 27 children of Prayas Tuition Centre. Revival of traditional games such as pallangkuzhi, dhayam, etc. was an important aspect of this camp. Mrs.

Akshaya Babu, a member of Prayas taught the children asanas, breathing exercises and the importance of personal hygiene and a disciplined life style.

Prayas quenches the thirst of many

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Prayas Bangalore creates empathy in children towards social transformation

Shraddha team adds 73 units of blood to Central Blood Bank

The Prayas Trust, Bangalore

organized a theatre workshop

with the 25 children of Seva

Sadan, Malleswaram on 28th

May, 2015 to create awareness

among children about the

‘Clean India Movement’.

The theme was ‘We will

neither litter nor let others

litter’. Children participated

enthusiastically and delivered

a fine performance in a short

span of time. The workshop,

conducted by Ms. Purna Sarkar,

helped made participative

learning a fun process and

helped improve their language

skills and awareness.

The members of Prayas

contributed an interesting

collection of books to the library

of Seva Sadan ranging from a

dictionary and biographies to

activity based learning books.

The workshop concluded with

a healthy lunch sponsored by

Prayas Trust.

The members of Shraddha Ladies Club, Kolkata, organized a blood donation camp on 2nd June 2015 at Technopolis office in association with the Central Blood Bank, Govt. of West

Bengal. 73 units of blood were donated through this initiative. The blood bank officials thanked Mr. A.K. Ghosh – Regional Manager who was instrumental in arranging the camp.

The Delhi chapter of Prayas

has re-established itself and

initiated the first activity with

a new team in place, more

focus and dynamism. Prayas

felicitated two meritorious

students of classes X and XII for

the academic year 2014-2015 -

Ms. Rajeshree Swami D/o Mr.

Niranjan Swami working at

Prayas Delhi is back on its missionDelhi Agra Road Project and Mr.

Manish Kumar S/o Mr. Manoj

Kumar, DLRO respectively.

Mr. Rajan Malhotra, Regional

Manager Delhi & Head Special

Initiatives, Mr. Navneet Kaul,

Segment Head - North B&F

IC, Ms. Kalpana Srivastava, Sr.

Engineering Manager, Defense

(Metros & Defense) awarded

the meritorious students with a

certificate and cash prize in the

presence of the Prayas team.

The senior executives of L&T

who graced this occasion

wished the new Prayas team

for their future endevours in

serving the needy.

11L&Teering

Shraddha team adds 73 units of blood to Central Blood Bank

L&T has a rich history of employee volunteering and community involvement right from

disaster management and rescue operations to supporting the cause of environmental conservation and running marathons for a

social cause. L&Teering is part of the way of life at L&T where knowledge, skills and talents are

used to change the lives of many.

L&TeeRS in THe fORefRONT

Signature campaign on World elder Abuse Awareness Day

The CSR arm of L&T

Construction initiated a

signature campaign on

15th June 2015 - ‘World

Elder Abuse Awareness

Day’ at the HQ campus

in association with

HelpAge India. Employees

and members of Prayas

endorsed The initiative

by signing on a large

board and committed

themselves towards taking

this message to the general

public in the city.

fulfilling the basic needs of Gigal old age homeTCMC WSP-Tuticorin Package I team reached out to the in-mates of Gilgal old age home and donated chairs, steel cots, mixers, pillows, bedspreads, cupboards, plates, glasses and walking sticks to the inmates on 3rd April 2015.

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Sharjah reaches out to Nepal earthquake victims

L&T-ites at Kolkata supported

the rescue and relief

operations in earthquake

struck Nepal through the ECC

Recreation Club, Kolkata.

On 6th May, the President Mr.

Indranil Roy along with Mr.

A.K. Ghosh, Secretary and

Mr. A.K. Verma, Jt. Secretary

handed over a donation to the

Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar

Trust for distributing relief

materials in association

with the Indian Army

which was spearheading

Kolkata reaches out to Nepal

the relief efforts. Rotary

Calcutta Mahanagar Trust

distributed a ‘Shelter Kit’

each consisting of 2 blankets,

2 bed sheets, 1 mosquito net,

2 towels, 2 sets of clothes

for women, 2 sets of clothes

for men, 2 sets of clothes for

children, 3 cooking utensils,

3 serving/cooking spoons, 4

steel plates, 4 steel glasses, 1

kerosene stove, 1 lantern, 1

bucket with mug and 1 pc of

rope. L&T-ites contributed for

60 such shelter kits.

L&T-ites of Sharjah Area

Office, UAE, reached out with

relief material to the grief-

stricken people of Nepal. The

recreation club of Sharjah

Office collected essential

items that included 120 kg

of rice, 100 kg of wheat flour,

25 liters of oil, apart from a

generous amount of snacks,

groceries, salt, sugar, milk

powder and clothing.

Mr. N. Sundara Rajan, Man-

ager-Administration, handed

over the items on behalf of

the L&T-ites to Mr. Mustafa,

Coordinator, International

Humanitarian City, Dubai,

on 19th May 2015.

L&T-ites join hands with efI to clean Keezhkattalai LakeA few enthusiasts at B&F

IC’s project sites - TCS

Siruseri, Olympia Grande

Pallavaram and Apollo

OMR joined hands with

the Environmentalist

Foundation of India (EFI) to

clean up the Keezhkattalai

Lake on 6th June. The

three - hour activity

which commenced in the early hours of the day collected

and disposed two loads of garbage with the help of the

Chennai Corporation.

Creative ideas to reuse daily wastePlastic Bags

Plastic bags can be reused while shopping or as bin bags around the house. Paper bags make useful wrapping paper and twist ties can be used to secure loose items together, such as computer wires. They are also the best spill-proof material, so they can be used in packaging almost anything.

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L & T C o n s t r u c t i o n facilitated the erection of a 120 MT entrance arch for Melmaruvathur Sakthi Peedam as part of its CSR efforts. When the Adhiparaskthi Trust team was faced with the challenge of completing the entrance arch in a short span of 2 months, L&T was their obvious choice for completing this herculean task from concept to installation, including casting of columns to support the arch. Team L&T used precast design and construction to complete the project quickly. Precast construction facilitated parallel working without any blockage to the otherwise busy road.

The arch was designed as a box girder of 1.7 M x 1.35 M section for a span 12.5 M. The architectural elements were included as superimposed load and were not considered

L&T erects a 120 MT entrance arch for Melmaruvathur Sakthi Peedamfor structural stiffness. The height of lift was 10 M. Stresses were minimized by simulating the lift condition right during the casting of the structural section.

The lifting scheme was meticulously studied to accommodate the delicate architectural miniatures made of cement mortar. Two heavy lift tyre mounted telescopic cranes were mobilized of 275 MT & 150 MT capacities each, for the tandem lift of the entrance arch. The arch was

maneuvered from the casting location to the final position in 3 stages of operation. The necessary heavy tackles and cranes were mobilized from nearby locations for timely completion.

This is the first precast arch of this size (16.5 M Length x 4.5 M Width x 5.0 M Height, 120 MT Weight) which was erected after completion of all works, including plastering, ornamental stapadhi works, painting and electrical fittings for a temple in South India.

CSTI Cuttack inaugurates its new dispensary CSTI Cuttack expanded

its facilities by adding a

dispensary unit in the

trainees’ hostel block. The

facility was inaugurated

by Mr. B. C. Dash,

Superintending Engineer

(Works Department)

along with Dy. Executive

Engineer Mr. Prusthi

(Works Department) and

Dr. Manoranjan Hati from

Health & Family Welfare

Department on 15th April

2015. Mr. Dash interacted

with the doctor and the

trainees and said that

setting up a dispensary

within the campus would

help the trainees to get

immediate medical

intervention at the time of

need. He also appreciated the

establishment facilities and

the training methodologies

extended by CSTI Cuttack

after taking a tour of

the centre.

Build a Compost Bin 

Dump in your daily kitchen wastes including

eggshells and old tea bags, using a compost bin.

This waste then degrades and turns into compost

that can be used to help your garden grow.

Creative ideas to reuse daily waste

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four CSTI trained boys turn entrepreneursFour boys - Sudarshan

Vanga, Devdatta Kamtekar,

Bharat Vanga and Santosh

Vanga - who acquired

construction skills from

CSTI Panvel are now playing

a major role in PM’s the

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

programme.

These young aspirants from

the tribal areas of Palghar

District in Maharashtra

joined CSTI and completed

their civil construction

training successfully after

which they gained site

experience by working at

L&T’s project sites in Mumbai

for a couple of years.

They grabbed the chance

of becoming entrepreneurs

when the Swachh Bharat

programme was launched

by the Government. They

are presently executing

the contract for the civil

construction of 100 toilets

in Kurund Group Gram

Panchaya, near Padgha on

the Mumbai Nashik Highway

under the Bhiwandi

Panchayat Samiti as per the

specifications and drawings

provided by the Central Govt

Scheme implemented by the

District Authorities.

With an external NGO’s help,

they have also initiated their

plan of launching their own

enterprise to take up sub-

contract works for different

companies.

This is a proven example of

how CSTI is transforming

rural youth in to responsible

citizens and helping them

stand on their feet.

CSTI Cuttack collaborates with SBI’s Rural Self employment Training Institute for training studentsCSTI Cuttack extended

support to State Bank of

India’s (SBI) – Rural Self

Employment Training

Institute (RSETI) at

Kendrapara in Odisha for

training students in masonry

and concrete works.

The tie-up was inaugurated

on 15th April 2015 in the

presence of Mr. Pradip Ku-

mar Jena, Regional Direc-

tor - Reserve Bank of India,

Mr. Krishna Mohan Trivedi,

Chief General Manager, SBI

- Bhubaneswar, Mr. Pramod

Kumar Das, Collector - Ken-

drapara, Mr. S.K. Gajbhiye,

IPS, Superintendent of Po-

lice - Kendrapara, Mr. B.K.

Mahapatra, Project Direc-

tor, DRDA - Kendrapara,

Mr. Parshuram, RTM, CSTI-

Cuttack and Mr. V.G. Hegde,

DGM – SBI.

This is the fourth such centre

that will provide training on

a 1+2 model following the

RSETIs at the Jharsuguda,

Bolangir and Rourkela

Districts. The dignitaries in

their addresses congratulated

RSETI for creating such

a training platform in

association with L&T,

emphasized the importance

of skill training and its long

term benefits.

As per the MoU, State Bank of

India, Odisha through all its

RSETIs will conduct masonry

trade training in one of the

Districts on a rotational basis

for a month and send the

candidates to CSTI Cuttack

for completing the balance

two months training.

Through this understanding

CSTI Cuttack will be able to

train around 200 additional

masons every year.

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Independence, dignity and self-reliance are the cornerstones of our approach to CSR and education is a prime focus area as it helps create empowered individuals who offer the best return on investment in the long run. our educational interventions are focused on underprivileged children supporting them with uniforms and learning material, establishing school libraries and providing teaching and learning infrastructure.

INDIvIDuALSCReATING eMPOWeReD

As a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility PT&D IC’s, Kolkata cluster reached out to various schools and provided infrastructure and aid. At Saraswati Sisu Mandir, Gokarna, Beharampore, 196 students were provided with a drinking water facility on 2nd April 2015. Similarly 312 students of a government girl’s high school at Puri were provided with a drinking water facility on 7th April 2015. 286 students

of Gokarna Harijan Primary School, Gokarna benefitted from drinking water and sanitation facilities that were established and handed over to the school. At Saraswati Sisu Mandir, L&T’s team established sanitation facilities for 225 students. Books and cupboards were presented to the library of Chuchuria High School, Nadia District which will benefit 250 students.

Over 1000 students benefit from L&T’s contribution

Sauni Yojana Package 3 project team had a green day out with the students of Nana Paliyad Para School at Botad which culminated with the planting of 500 saplings on 12th June 2015.

Further, the project team presented a range of sports infrastructure materials that included volleyball, football, badminton sets, carom board, nets, chess boards, cricket kit. Maps

Sauni Yojana project team delights 400 students

were also donated to the school and 400 chocolates were distributed to the students who, on their part, put a gala cultural show displaying their acrobatic talents.

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Thanks to the efforts of UGD project team at Junagadh, 300 students of Kanya Pra Shala at Vi-Amodra have access to clean and cool drinking water from a water cooler provided on 24th April 2015. The project team also presented sports equipment to students which included 12 pairs of badminton rackets,

300 students can now quench their thirst with clean and cool drinking water

C-17 project team brings cheer to 176 children of a village school

A library replete with furniture, books and other essentials have made reading an easy and enhancing experience for 540 students of Brotheran High School in Dolara who hail from

tribal communities due to the efforts of L&T’s 400/220 kV Switchyard project team at KAPP-NPCIL, Kakrapar. Mr. C.S. Seshadri (Head- Contract Management)

Making reading easy for 540 students

60 shuttlecocks, 6 carom boards and accessories. Mr. Sunil Kumar TC, Project Manager led the initiative along with Mr. Vishal J Shah EHSO. Also present at the occasion were the members of GWSSB (client) team which included Mr. Pansuria, DE, Mr. Sakat, SO and Mr. Pravin, SI.

The 176 children of the Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Junior High School at Nistauli, Ghaziabad lacked proper water and sanitation facilities. As part of their CSR efforts, the C 17 project team at Ghaziabad (UP)

of B&F IC made a thorough study and helped to develop vital infrastructure for the school by providing a 250 litre RO Plant with a separate submersible pump, three toilets cabins and a septic tank. On 15th April 2015,

the Project Director Mr. K.P. Gurnaney, Project Accountant Mr. U.P. Sharma and the site team met the school Headmistress, teachers and the children and presented the items.

It was collective joy for the 120 underprivileged children when L&T’s CC27 project team through World Hope Foundation, New Delhi presented them with water bottles, hand towels, paper reams and ball pens on 13th June 2015. The initiative was led by Mr. R.G. Saini,

CC 27 project team touches the lives of 120 children

Project Director, along with Mr. S. Hariharan, Manager – IR in the presence of other team members. Mr. Apurva Chatterji, Project Head, World Hope Foundation, received the items and presented team L&T an attractive souvenir created by one of the children

inaugurated the library in the presence of Mr. S B Joshi (Additional Chief Engineer-NPCIL) along with school authorities and team members on 9th April 2015.

Feed Your GardenRebrew used bags in a bucket of water and use the resulting weak tea to water your plants and protect them from fungal

infections.

Degrease Dirty DishesSoak your dishes in warm water with a couple of used tea bags to break up grease without the application of harsh

chemicals. The tea will also help to loosen any stuck on food and save you from endless scrubbing.

Soak Your FeetAdd used tea bags to warm water and soak your feet to

neutralize foot odours, soften calluses, and nourish skin.

Condition HairBrew up some weak tea with your used bags and use after

your shampoo to condition and nourish your hair and scalp.

Deter Household PestsMice don’t particularly like the smell of tea. Tuck used tea

bags into cupboards, pantries, and in any areas where these pests may enter your home. It will also repel a variety of other household pests like spiders and ants, while at the

same time making your home smell minty fresh!

Did you ever think, used tea bags can be used again? Here are some tips:

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Study essent ia l s were donated by UPAVP – Ghaziabad Housing project team to the students of Sardar Patel Global on 1st May 2015. Mr. A P Singh, Project Head, along with Mr.

WBHIDCO (West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation) Convention Center project team revamped the school building of Jatragachi Primary School which imparts education to 100 children. Further, the project

50 children of the Lakhamashi Primary School were a delighted lot when they received school bags and geometry boxes from Sauni Yojna Link Package 3 project team on 22nd April 2015.

70 students presented study kits

WBHIDCO project team revamps a school building

A bountiful day for 50 children

R K Gupta, Mr. N R Chatterjee, Mr. K S K Nair, Mr. V P Sharma from Noida Cluster and site team members donated books, lunch boxes, water bottles and sweets to the children.

Team L&T at Ahmedabad Regional Office (ABRO) reached out to a Primary School in Chacharwadi, Gujarat and constructed vital infrastructure which included renovation of the science laboratory,

200 students have access to better school infrastructure

construction of seven toilets, washrooms for the girls and boys and a stage for cultural performances. The project team also donated sports items. The facilities were inaugurated by Mr. V.S. Ramana, General

Manager & Head CSR & CSTI and Mr. S.H Vora, Regional Manager ABRO on 8th April, 2015. The school supports about 200 students from the neighboring villages from 1st class to 8th classes.

team installed a 1000 litre capacity overhead tank and sanitary facilities along with three wash basins which was handed over on 1st April 2015.

BLOOD DONatION CaMPs18let it travel down the years …let it wipe another's tears

voluntarily

• The number one reason donors say they give blood is because they "want to help others."

• Two most common reasons cited by people who don't give blood are: "Never thought about it" and "I don't like needles."

• One donation can help save the lives of up to three people.

• If you began donating blood at age 18 and donated every 90 days until you reached 60, you would have donated 30 gallons of blood, potentially helping save more than 500 lives!

• Only 7 percent of people in India have O-negative blood type. O-negative blood type donors are universal donors as their blood can be given to people of all blood types.

• Type O-negative blood is needed in emergencies before the patient's blood type is known and with newborns who need blood.

• Thirty-five percent of people have Type O (positive or negative) blood.

• 0.4 percent of people have AB-blood type. AB-type blood donors are universal donors of plasma, which is often used in emergencies, for newborns and for patients requiring massive transfusions.

THere are Four main blooD TYPeS:

a, b, ab and o.

Facts about donors

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Every L&T-ite is a proud donor by enriching the lives of many through blood donation.

21 units of blood donated by Jawai Water Distribution Project

CSTI Cuttack team donates 102 units of blood

CC 27 team conducts blood donation camp

28 L&T-ites share the gift of life

CC 05 project organizes blood donation camp and donates 30 units

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Improved access to quality health care by expanding infrastructure of health centres and taking healthcare to door steps by conducting customized health camps have benefitted innumerable people. our project sites are actively involved in enhancing the healthcare facilities of their neighbourhoods.

NuRTuRINGa HealtHy

society

400 students now have access to cleaner sanitation

Powering the needs of a Primary Health Centre

400 students of Zilla Parishad

High School, Jamimchedu have

now access to cleaner sanitation

facilities thanks to the efforts of the

Hyderabad Regional Office team.

Two toilets and ten urinals were

constructed and handed over to

the school on 4th Apri 2015 by

Mr. N.Sudhakar, Regional

Manager.

Steel Service Centre, Chennai reached out to a Primary Health Centre at Kelambakkam in Chennai and donated a range of essentials that included a medical kit, a

110 capacity RO unit and a 1.5 KVA UPS. With almost 500 patients visiting the hospital, access to clean drinking water and power backup powers the hospital’s functioning.

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A timely need of Pokaran Hospital fulfilled

PBEL City project team a long Mr. J . Sudhakar, Project Manager conducted a medical camp for the underprivileged community living at Himayatsagar in Rajendra Nagar with special focus on women and children in addition to general health screening. A team of doctors comprising a gynecologist, pediatrician and general physicians screened the participants and prescribed medicines to the needy.

152 people from Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh received valuable health tips and screening at a free medical camp organized by Mohanpura LIS project team in association with the District Hospital on 19th June 2015. Mr. SM Jain (EE, Mohnapura LIS Project, Water Resources Division-Rajgarh, MP) and Mr. Dixit (EE, Mohnapura Projects, Water Resources Division-Rajgarh, MP) inaugurated the camp which was led by a team of doctors.

A reach out health care program benefits 230 people

152 people benefit from a free medical camp

TNPL project provides health infrastructure Patients at the primary health centre in Perugamani will have access to better ward facilities due to a reach out initiative by

Pokaran hospital, a common health facility for some 200

nearby villages, received a much-needed infrastructure

boost through the efforts of L&T’s 125 MW Concentrated

Solar Power Plant project team. On 7th April 2015, the project

team along with Mr. K. Vellaichamy, Cluster Head, Jodhpur,

donated 3 specialized beds to the hospital’s Intensive Care

Unit and Dr. Anil Gupta, Block Chief Medical officer thanked

L&T for this initiative.

the TNPL project team through which essentials such as beds, pillows and cots were donated.

Space consuming bottles can be converted to plant pots, pencil holders and bangle stands! Any plastic container can be reused in and around the house.

Plastic bottles

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Our environmental sustainability efforts consists of small, conscious steps taken within the campuses and project sites while promoting the same down our value chain to ensure a multiplier effect. We are committed to protect the environment and propagate the ‘green way‘ among all. We strive for performance that goes beyond the regulatory compliances to reduce the impact on the environment, to conserve natural capital and to preserve resources for future generations.

L&T Construction’s green crusaders have planted over 5734 saplings during April – June 2015 in various public places like schools, colleges and local townships in and around project sites.

from smallsteps to big

leaps

The CSR arm of L&T Construction observed World Earth

Day 2015 in Kumsalapuram village, Madurantagam Taluk,

Kanchipuram District of Tamilnadu on 22nd April 2015.

The event was organized in association with National Agro

Foundation. Farmers, young men, women and children of the

village enthusiastically took part in this event.

Mr. Rajasekarapandy from L&T’s CSR Cell addressed the

gathering on bio diversity management and the important role

played by the community in conserving natural biodiversity.

The team planted saplings in the neighbouring temple land and

also distributed 200 saplings to all the villagers steering them to

create a green cover around the village.

Mr. V.S. Ramana, Head CSR & CSTI narrated L&T’s 20 year

experience in skill building and pamphlets were distributed to

the gathering, who instantly expressed their interest to visit the

CSTI campus. Mr. Thiruvengadam, President of the Farmers’

Club Association thanked L&T for having visited their village.

Making a green connect with villagers of Kumsalapuram

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52 MGD SWB WTP Project plants 2000 saplings

GIDC Dahej Water Supply project team plants 950 saplings

Nirantara Jyothi Yojana rural electrification project team plants 44 saplings

Greening E11 project site by planting saplings

TLT-Pondicherry team planted saplings L&T - SUCG JV DMRC CC 27, Delhi plants 200 saplings

Sapling plantation and poster competition at CSTI – Pilkhuwa

RMU Project team plants saplings Tree Plantation at Saintala Batching plant yard premises

TWAD CWSS to Vellore Package-III team plants 250 saplings

Fatehpur Laxmangarh Water Supply project team plants 250 saplings

Team CC 27 was on a massive plantation drive and planted 2000 saplings

BSNL OFC Project Package team plants saplings on World Earth Day

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L&T-iTes baT for a cLeaner and greener pLaneT on WorLd environmenT day

The WED theme this year is ‘Seven billion Dreams. one Planet. Consume with Care’. The well-being of humanity, the environment and the functioning of the economy ultimately depend upon responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. It is seen that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide. Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical

tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. Consuming with care means: living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized.

owing to the impact of global warming, India has been battling one of the deadliest heat waves in its history.

every Action CountsWED presents the opportu-

nity for everyone to realize

their responsibility to care

for the Earth and to become

agents of change. L&T-ites

across the globe initiated

several activities and did

their bit for planet earth.

World Environment Day

events at HQ commenced

with a tree plantation

activity inside the campus.

Mr. S. N. Subrahmanyan

along with Senior Executives

and Prayas Trust members

graced the occasion.

Two eminent speakers, Ms. Mangalam Balasubramanian,

Founder Exnora Green Pammal Project and Dr. Padmanaban,

Founder, Hortitech Nursery addressed employees on

the concepts of Solid Waste Management and Roof

Top Kitchen Gardens.

Ms. Mangalam Balasubramanian emphasized the need for

segregation of waste at source and explained how wastes can

be turned into resources. The session was thought - provoking

and influenced the participants to think globally, act locally

and practice domestically. She also shared how waste is

being converted to biogas to generate electricity at her unit

in Pammal. http://www.greenpammal.in/contact_us.html.

Email:mangalam.b@gmail.com

Dr. Padmanaban in his session highlighted the advantages of gardening on rooftops, patios and balconies and defined how homes can be transformed into lush green areas producing naturally purified air. He also educated the participants about the advantages of Hydroponics (a division of hydroculture and a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil). www.terracegardenchennai.com email: d . padmanaban @gmail.com

Mr. M. Kamarajan, Head EHS B&F IC addressed the employees on the Environment, Health and Safety aspects followed in the HQ campus. Prizes for the winners of the ‘Green Selfie Contest’ and ‘Online Quiz Competition’ held as part of this

5th June 2015

environmental Talk

occasion were presented by the guest speakers.

An e-waste collection drive was also organized in the campus where employees dropped their unused electronic items into bins placed at the reception areas of CRR, AR, TCTC, TC2 & TC3 buildings.

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Around 30 stalls were put up in the campus exhibiting a range of natural, recycled & upcycled

products including stationary, jewelry, skincare, home wares, organic food, manure, kitchen /

roof-top garden concepts.

Green stalls exhibiting eco-friendly products

gReen Selfie ConteStFIrST PrIze - Ms. Karkuzhali – ‘Save Energy’ and

‘Effective utilization of Waste Water’

SeCOND PrIze - Ms. Jayashree – ‘Roof Top Garden’ and ‘Dump Decompose’

THIrD PrIze - Mr. Gopikannan & Team – Propagating awareness on Clean and Green Energy through Cycling and Mr. Rajasankar for promoting ‘Terrace Garden’

online QuizFIrST PrIze - Mr. C. Rajesh

SeCOND PrIze - Mr. Jaikiran

THIrD PrIze - Mr. Chirantan Chakraborty

Mr. C. Rajesh Mr. Jaikiran

Ms. Karkuzhali Ms. Jayashree

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Seawoods Phase-II, Mumbai

BIAL T1E and Airport Hotel Projects DLF Rajapura Projects, Bangalore Tata Housing Project – Rajarhat, KolkataVaishnavi Terraces Project

Prestige Sunrise Park, E - City, Bengaluru

CSTI – Pilkhuwa

Mumbai Monorail project

Lucknow Metro Rail Project (LKCC-01)

L & T – SUCG JV DMRC CC 27, Delhi

Cluster Office, Delhi

Prestige Ferns Residency - Bangalore

Godrej Palm Grove project, ChennaiTCS IT SEZ Project, Rajarhat, Kolkata

L & T – SUCG JV DMRC CC 27, Delhi

IREO Rise at Mohali

Statue of Unity (SOU) Project

IREO Victory Valley Project

Mega Lift Irrigation Project-Cluster XIV

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DB Crown Project

RMU Project Bihar Museum Project, Patna

Umm Al Quwain Substation, UAE

Dihan Substation, Ras-Al-Khaima, UAE

BBT Flyover Project

Garden Reach Flyover Project Bijapur - Homnabad Road Project

Expansion of 33kV Network in Al Ain - A10325, UAE

L&T – TLT Works Factory - Pondicherry

TLT Works Factory - Pondicherry

HMCL IRDC Project, Jaipur Kanaktora Jharsuguda Road Project

Dihan Substation, Ras-Al-Khaima, UAE

Cuttack Waste Water Network

Megalift Irrigation Project, Cluster III, Sambalpur, Odisha

KMDA ROB-Flyover Projects

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CIAL- Kochi

IREO Victory Valley Project M3M Golf Estate, Gurgaon Mud Hyatt Hotel Project Chandigarh

Indira Gandhi Hospital Project, Dwarka, New Delhi

Orient cement project

RVA-LDA Phase-2 Project, Lucknow

PBEL city tower E & F Project, Hyderabad

TCS IT SEZ Project, HyderabadSteel Service Centre - Hyderabad

DAICEC Project, BKC, Mumbai

Adani Corporate House, Ahmedabad

RIL Township Project, Jamnagar

C-17, IAF Hindan Project, Ghaziabad

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blood donation 221 units

health 1982

education 3030

Tree plantation 5734 saplings

prayas 14584 patients

beneficiaries of CSR Programme

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Initiatives april - june 2015