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CSR Newsletter from L&T Construction 2014 : April | May | June - Issue 11
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Teaming up for disaster reliefDisaster struck as an 11-storey residential tower (built by a private builder) collapsed in Moulivakkam, a suburb in Chennai, on June 28, 2014. L&T Construction swiftly responded to calls from the authorities of the disaster management cell with two Chennai based site teams rushing to the accident site. Close to 100 people (workers and their families) were trapped under the debris and experts were pressed into service to clear the huge pile of debris.
Teams from L&T’s Chennai Metro Rail and Prestige
In this issue
Cover story1
Blooddonation camps
9
Tree plantation2
Prayas12
L&Teering15
Bella Vista Projects extended whole-hearted support by providing manpower and machineries to the rescue force and efficiently partnering other government officials and the NDRF.
The voluntary services provided by the site teams won accolades from the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) and the Chennai Police and letters of appreciation were presented for their timely support. Kudos to the team that swung into action to save more than 50 lives who were trapped.
The letter of appreciation was
handed over by Mr. Pankaj
Kumar Bansal, MD CMRL, to
Project Director, Mr. S.V. Rao
along with Deputy Project Di-
rector, Mr. Hu Hai Bin in the
presence of Mr. V.K. Singh,
GM., CMRL.
Editor’s NotE “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe” Abraham Lincoln
In the Quarter April – June we were in fact sharpening our minds and knowledge in the CSR space and had many such activities to remain focused on L&T’s CSR in the new regime.
Innumerable interactions and activities were held across the length and breadth of L&T. It had the participation of our own Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Teams [SCSR], many senior personnel were roped into these workshops while an Online Survey was also conducted. In the final analysis, after the budgets
were reviewed and debated, the CSR Committee of the Board at L&T has outlined major areas of CSR Thrust.
While the overall theme would be ‘Building India’s Social Infrastructure’ its 4 elements would be:
1. Water2. Education3. Health 4. Skill development
‘One-off events’ such as marathons / awards / charitable contribution / advertisement / sponsorships of TV programmes, etc. would not be qualified as part of
CSR expenditure. The new norm and the Act desires that corporates carry on CSR initiatives in a ‘Project Mode’. Each CSR activity is now to be monitored on the project mode, whereby;
• There is a definite objective purpose behind the activity
• A firm date of beginning and completion
• Has a process owner responsible from both ends,
• With frequent and timely monitoring of the progress
• Needs a final qualitative and quantitative review of the end-result along with amount spent
• Impacting a total number of beneficiaries
L&T Construction takes a big share of what we can do and ought to do in CST within the L&T conglomerate… And we know that we are all in it together – as we have been in the past!
The HQ Chennai CSR Cell at L&T Construction has been strengthened. We are always there to support you, make things better and impactful in your ‘Reaching Out’ to the stakeholders. Infact we are just an email away! csrcell@lntecc.com
V S Ramana
2 Tree Plantation
14,500 saplings takeroot with caring touch from l&tThe World Environment Day was celebrated with gusto and enthusiasm all across L&T Construction with close to 14,500 saplings planted by L&T-ites right from the top management to the workmen – all of whom were committed to creating a green canopy.
Experion Windchants Project, Gurgaon 18
IREO Rise, Mohali (GGCL) 20
Jaypee Noida 100
Kahramaa Phase XI 20
Subansiri HEP 500
DMRC CC-05 500
Lata Tapovan HEP 100
Hyderabad Metro (Viaduct) 100
Kochi Metro 150
Orient Cement Plant Project 100
ESIC Kollam 10
Lucknow Development Authority 30
Hallmark Emerald Project 45
JP Bara Switchyard 80
PT&D IC Nagpur Cluster 20
PT&D IC Lucknow Cluster 100
Jharkhand State Electricity Board, SS
Package- C at Chaibasa
75
Barh-Gorakgpur Transmission Line 65
BRGF-Murshidabad 40
Field Instrumentation Package,
KAPP 3&4-NPCIL
200
Extension of PGCIL SS01 Project, Boisar 35
Kharagpur Transmission Line Package ‘J’ 150
5x270MW Thermal Power Project
Amravati
15
Bhushan Steel, Angul 50
MH-KNT border to Sangareddy Road
Project
50
Beawar – Pali - Pindwara Road Project 600
Sindhudurg Airport Project 50
Samakhiali Gandhidham Road Project 50
Delhi Metro Rail CE 07 & CE 08 Project 25
Hyderabad Metro Rail Track & OETS
Project
50
Chennai Metro Rail Track Work Project 100
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
Project
25
TI IC Ahmedabad Cluster Office 30
Kanaktora Jharsuguda Road Project 50
Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
Project, Jaipur
50
Villupuram –Vriddhachalam Railway
Construction Project
500
Raichur-Guntakal Railway Electrification
Project
30
Manmad – Rahuri –Daund Railway
Electrification Project
30
Kannur Intl. Airport Project 250
VIP Road Flyover project 50
Hosur – Krishnagiri Road Project 100
Harlapur – Hospet Railway
Construction Project
47
Vriddhachalm –Ariyalur Railway
Construction Project
40
Hajipur – Baruni Railway Electrification
Project
21
Bina –Ganjbasoda- Sanchi Railway
Construction Project
200
Maithan Power railway Siding Project 30
Valadi –Manapara Railway
Construction Project
20
Sterlite VAL Railway Over Bridge Project 20
Wadi – Raichur Railway Electrification
Project
30
Mumbai Monorail Project 25
Sambalpur –Bolangir –Titlagarh Raiway
construction project
50
Panskura –Khargpur Raiway
Construction Project
20
Rewari –Manheru Raiway
Construction Project
20
TWAD CWSS Vellore Package III 252
Singoli Bhatwari Hydroelectric Project 100
765kV & 400kV Switchyard for PPGCL,
Bara, Allahabad
80
Batinah Expressway, Package -04,
Sultanate of Oman
30
Bihar Museum Project 15
GIDC Dahej Water Supply Project 50
Bunghi Rajgarh Water Supply Project 45
Dhanbad Water Supply project 100
CWSS to Vellore Package I 110
Garden Reach Water Supply Project,
Kolkata
100
Kharkai Barrage Construction Project 200
Gayespur Sewerage Network & WWT
Project
500
RDA Kamal Vihar 2000
CWSS Pudukkottai Project 2500
DCU & CHS Package 20
Backward Region Grand Fund PURBA
Medinipur
60
Backward Region Grand Fund Jalpaiguri 50
230/110kV GIS SS Project, Koyembedu 35
Niranthara Jyothi Project (HESCOM)
Bijapur
50
APDRP Part-B Works Gulbarga &
Bidar Projects
25
765 kV Raipur-Wardha
transmission line -01
25
400 kV Raipur-Jagadalpur-Chhattisgarh 23
765 kV D/C Varanasi-Kanpur TL 100
765/400kV Substation Ext. Job S-2
Package Jhatikra Site
100
APDRP Works, Amritsar City, PKG-4 20
400 kV D/C Biharsarif Sasaram TL Project 20
Talwandi Sabo Power Limited, Talwandi
Sabo Power Limited, Mansa, Punjab
70
Ext. of 400kV substation Gorakhpur 15
220/33 kV GIS Substation at Phojal, Kullu 25
6x660 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power
Project
50
220 kV/765 kV Switchyard, Lalitpur 40
APDRP Ludhiana 35
800kV HVDC Nidhaura- Agra TL 50
2x700MW SCTPP Rajpura Punjab 30
800 kV HVDC Champa Kurukshetra TL
Project
10
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
CE-01 (LOT-1)
20
400/220kV Extension Sub Station S2 pkg 110
400 kV D/C Kurukshetra Jalandhar TL 10
APDRP, Aligarh, UP 40
Common Effluent Treatment Plant Narol 50
Gujarat Industrial Development
Corporation Water Supply-Bharuch
550
Udaipur Water Supply Project
(Sauni Yojana)
50
Storm Water Drainage Project – Jabalpur 200
Under Ground Drainage Project,
Porbandar
50
Udaipura Water Supply Project, Bhopal 500
3Tree Plantation
-William Blake
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity, and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
Subansiri Site HEP
Hallmark Emerald Project
Lata Tapovan HEP Hyderabad Metro viaduct Kochi Metro Rail Project
Orient Cement Plant ProjectIREO Rise, Mohali
ESIC KollamJP Bara Switchyard
Kahramaa Phase XI
PT&D IC Nagpur Cluster Experion Windchants Project, GurgaonDMRC CC-05
4 Tree Plantation
Jaypee Noida
PT&D IC’s Lucknow Cluster BRGF-MurshidaBarh-Gorakgpur Transmission
Line
Field Instrumentation Package, KAPP 3&4-NPCIL
Extension of PGCIL SS01 Project, Boisar
Hyderabad Metro Rail Track & OETS Project
Villupuram –Vriddhachalam Railway Construction Project
Raichur-Guntakal Railway Electrification Project
Chennai Metro Rail Track Work Project
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor Project
Western Dedicated Freight Corridor Project, JaipurAhmedabad Cluster Office
Kanaktora Jharsuguda Road Project
Manmad – Rahuri –Daund Railway Electrification Project
Harlapur – Hospet Railway Construction Project
Valadi –Manapara Railway Construction Project
Sterlite VAL Railway Over Bridge Project
Vriddhachalm –Ariyalur Railway Construction Project
Kannur Intl. Airport Project
Beawar – Pali - Pindwara Road Project
MH-KNT border to Sangareddy Road Project
Samakhiali Gandhidham Road Project
Delhi Metro Rail CE 07 & CE 08 ProjectBhushan Steel, Angul
VIP Road Flyover ProjectHosur – Krishnagiri
Road Project
Hajipur – Baruni Railway Electrification Project
Wadi – Raichur Railway Electrification Project
Field Instrumentation Package, KAPP 3&4-NPCIL765kV & 400kV Switchyard for
PPGCL, BARA, AllahabadBatinah Expressway, Package
-04, Sultanate of Oman Bihar Museum Project, PatnaGIDC Dahej Water Supply
Project
Sambalpur Bolangir Titlagarh Railway construction Project
Panskura –Khargpur Railway Construction Project
Rewari –Manheru Railway construction Project CWSS to Vellore Package IMumbai Monorail Project
Maithan Power Railway Siding Project
Sindhudurg Airport Project
Kharagpur Transmission Line Package ‘J’
5x270MW Thermal Power Project Amravati
5Tree Plantation
Bunghi Rajgarh Water Supply Project Garden Reach Water Supply Project, Kolkata
Backward Region Grand Fund PURBA Medinipur
Niranthara Jyothi Project (HESCOM) Bijapur
765kV DC Varanasi-Kanpur TL
APDRP Ludhiana
APDRP Part-B Works Gulbarga & Bidar
765/400kV Substation Ext. Job S-2 Package Jhatikra Site
Talwandi Sabo Power Limited, Mansa
220 kV-765 kV Switchyard, Lalitpur
400 kV DC Kurukshetra Jalandhar APDRP, Aligarh, UP
400/220kV Extension Sub Station S2 package
Storm Water Drainage Project – Jabalpur
Under Ground Drainage Project, Porbandar
Udaipura Water Supply Project, Bhopal
TWAD CWSS Vellore Package III
800kV HVDC Nidhaura- Agra TL
2x700MW SCTPP Rajpura Punjab
Common Effluent Treatment Plant Narol
Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation
Water Supply-Bharuch
800 kV HVDC Champa Kurukshetra TL Project
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation CE-01 (LOT-1)
Udaipur Water Supply Project (Sauni Yojana)
Ext. of 400kV substation Gorakhpur
Backward Region Grand Fund Jalpaiguri
765 kV Raipur-Wardha transmission
400kV Raipur-Jagadalpur-Chhattisgarh
APDRP Works, Amritsar City, PKG-4
220/33 kV GIS Substation at Phojal, Kullu
6X660 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project
400 KV DC Biharsarif Sasaram TL Project
230/110kV GIS SS Project,Koyembedu
Kharkai Barrage Construction Project
Gayespur Sewerage Network & WWT Project Lucknow Development Authority Jharkhand State Electricity Board, SS Package
Dhanbad WSSP
CWSS Pudukkottai Project DCU & CHS PackageRDA Kamal Vihar
Singoli Bhatwari Hydroelectric Project
6 Tree Plantation
A common buzzword “Raise
Your Voice: Not the Sea Lev-
el“ echoed loud and clear
across L&T Construction’s
HQ Campus on June 5, 2014
on the occasion of the World
Environment Day. The global
theme adopted by United
Nations Environment Pro-
gramme (UNEP) on green
awareness was celebrated
through a series of Go Green
events which was kick-start-
ed by the senior executives
and drew the patronage of a
large number of employees.
Pedaling towards a
healthier life!
The daylong events com-
menced with the inaugura-
tion of the ‘Cycle Bay’ at the
HQ campus by Mr. S N Sub-
rahmanyan, Member on the
L&T Board & Sr. Executive
Vice President (Infrastruc-
ture & Construction), Mr. M
V Satish, Senior VP & Head
– B&F IC and Mr. S Kanap-
pan, Head & Chief Execu-
tive, L&T GeoStructure. The
cycles, meant for employees’
use for inter campus com-
mute, are aimed at getting
them used to a greener mode
of transportation and even
urge them to adopt cycling
as their choice for daily com-
mute to office.
A new leash of life!
A large environment-con-
scious set of people were en-
gaged in planting saplings to
mark their unwavering com-
mitment towards the green
cause. Saplings were planted
by SNS, Mr & Mrs MVS, Mr
& Mrs B. Ramakrishna, Mr.
Kanappan, Mrs. Nirmala
Anathakumar of Prayas, Mr.
V S Ramana, Mr B Murug-
esan and other members of
the Samaaja Seva Committee
of the ECC Recreation Club,
HQ Chennai
Merchandise that make a
difference!
Following the sapling plan-
tation, the dignitaries pro-
ceeded towards the AR Cen-
tre where several stalls that
promote green products were
inaugurated by the members
of Prayas Trust, Chennai.
Visitors took keen interest
in the stalls that displayed
products such as organic
food, terracotta accessories,
bamboo based gardening
implements, seeds, vermin
compost, planter boxes, etc.
To promote a healthy life-
style, stalls that focused on
participation in marathons
using cycles and developing
healthy eating habits were
also part of the exciting ex-
hibition that drew crowds
in large numbers throughout
the day.
A rendezvous with nature
@ Project GreenHands
SNS along with senior ex-
ecutives took a tour of the
Project GreenHands nursery
– a unique green movement,
that has in the last 5 years
nurtured and planted over
2,50,000 saplings across Ta-
mil Nadu through the collec-
tive efforts of the L&T Con-
struction’s Green Brigade.
How Green is your
consciousness?
While the celebrations con-
tinued throughout the day, it
was also an occasion to propa-
gate the green word across the
L&T fraternity and their fami-
lies through an on-line quiz,
photography and poster com-
petitions. The on-line quiz had
more than 2000 participants
while the children of employ-
ees expressed their creativ-
ity and eagerness to save the
world through their poster
paintings.
L&T raises its voice for a cause - WED celebrations at HQ
7Tree Plantation
Green competitionwinners at WED 2014As a part of the World Environment Day campaign at HQ
Chennai, poster painting and photography contests were
held for the L&T fraternity and their families. Both the com-
petitions had a large number of participants and highlighted
strong messages on environment protection. The paintings
by children communicated the importance of green ini-
tiatives and also portrayed the consequences if protective
measures are not taken. A professional jury reviewed the
entries and selected the three presentations. The on-line
quiz had an overwhelming participation of 2074 employ-
ees. Noted environmentalist, Mr. ‘Vellore’ C Srinivasan of the
Satyameva Jeyate fame, the chief guest for the valedictory
function, distributed the prizes to the winners.
WinnErsWinnErs
Photography Competition for the Employees
Painting Competition for Employee’s kids
1st Prize: Mr. Gopi Kannan, Corporate Communications Department
2nd Prize: Mr. Ahilan Shanmugam, B&F IC , HQ
3rd Prize: Mr. Manu Babu, Administration & IR, HQ
1st Prize: Ananya A. D/o Ms. V. Lakshmipriya, ISD
2nd Prize: Lakiah A. D/o Mr. Syed Ibrahim T, ISD
3rd Prize: R. Sai Nithyashri, D/o Ms. Sai Gayatri R, PT&D.
A bio gas plant has been set
up at Orient Cement Pro-
ject, Chittapur to effectively
manage food waste and
develop alternative energy.
Set up by Calorifiqe Renew-
able Energie, Hyderabad, the
plant at the workmen camp
utilizes food waste amount-
ing to 500kgs per day, which
generates up to 27kgs of
fuel for cooking. The 100
liters manure produced by
Bio gas plant at orient cement project helps generate alternative energy
the plant is being used for
gardening.
Mr. B. Srinivasa Rao, CPM,
HYCL B&F IC along with Mr.
G. Madhava Kumar, Clus-
ter EHS Manager and Mr.
Kishore. A. Chalke, Cluster
Materials Manager sup-
ported this initiative along
with the project team and
the bio gas plant was inau-
gurated on 26th March by
Mr. Singhania, Vice Presi-
dent Projects, Orient Cement
with a customary milk boil-
ing ceremony.
This first-of-its-kind initia-
tive taken by a project team
is a skid mounted type bio
gas plant that can be easily
shifted from one project site
to another.
Environmental awareness session
The day concluded with
key note address by the
noted environmentalist
‘Vellore’ C Srinivasan on
“Integrated & Sustainable
Solid and Liquid Resource
Management (SLRM). He
is spearheading the waste
management movement for
past two decades and has
created a long lasting im-
pact in various parts of the
country. The session was un-
doubtedly resourceful about
waste management. The ses-
sion elaborated on source
segregation of waste into
bio degradable and non-bio
degradable waste, compost-
ing of bio degradable waste
(home based), terrace gar-
dening etc. The environ-
mental speech backed by
visuals reminded everyone
of an individual’s responsi-
bility towards resource con-
servation and the need for
environmental friendly liv-
ing. The documentary titled
“Garbage to Gold” was also
screened which showcased
a development model from
Vellore on Zero waste man-
agement.
8 Tree Plantation
As many as 124 Green lovers
gathered at L&T Construc-
tion’s Project GreenHands
nursery on 1st May, 2014, for
a fun-cum-green camp. The
members of the CSR Cell,
Project GreenHands, Green
Cell and Social Committee of
the Recreation Club, jointly
organized this event on the
77th birthday of L&T.
The event commenced at 7.30
am with Mr. V.S.Ramana, GM
– CSR & CSTI addressing the
gathering on the genesis of
the nursery in 2008 in col-
laboration with Isha Foun-
dation. He thanked KVR
for having initiated ‘Project
124 green lovers gathered at the Project GreenHands nursery for a fun-cum-green camp
GreenHands’ and kick started
the proceedings by planting
the first seed. The nursery
has distributed more than
250000 saplings to schools,
colleges and associations
across Tamil Nadu.
Mr. B. Murugesan, Head –
Technology Centre explained
the importance and benefits
of trees and an individual’s
responsibility towards plant-
ing at least two saplings to
have 33% green cover which
is essential for healthy liv-
ing. The participants were
divided into groups and en-
gaged in activities like soil
filling in packs, transplanting
saplings, cleaning of the OSR
area, seeding, etc. Totally
1176 packets were filled with
soil, 400 saplings were trans-
planted and 650 saplings
were transferred.
Dr. K A Shanmugasundaram
from the Tamil Nadu Agri-
cultural University graced
the occasion and shared his
ideas on kitchen gardening,
rooftop gardening and home
composing. A demonstration
was made on preparing ma-
nure from kitchen waste and
wealth out of waste. It was a
fun filled day for the partici-
pants especially the kids who
loved cladding themselves in
the mud and water and had
a welcome break from their
routine schedule. The team
enjoyed a natural breakfast
and also played a few fun
games including an interest-
ing quizzing session for the
children.
L&T’s Buildings and Factories
IC’s Chennai-based sites col-
lectively donated more than
100 litres of blood across
various campaigns. The good
work was aptly recognized
at the World Blood Donor
Day celebrations on June 14,
2014 by the Dr. M.G.R Medi-
cal University, Department of
Transfusion Medicine.
The B&F projects team re-
ceived accolades from the
Chief Guest, Dr C. Vijaya-
baskar, Health Minister of Ta-
mil Nadu, for organizing reg-
ular blood donation camps
at various projects on the
occasion, the following leads
at sites were presented with
appreciation certificates:
Mr. R.V. Sudhakar, CEHSM
– CNCL – Blood Dona-
tion Camp coordinator,
L&T Construction’s Bengalu-
ru team bagged the Red Cross
Corporate Donor Award for
conducting the maximum
number of blood donation
camps. Mrs. Madhura Ashok
Kumar, Vice Chairperson –
BLOOD DONATION CAMPS 9
MorE than 100 litrEs of blooD DonatED at l&t’s Chennai’s sites draw appreciation
Indian Red Cross Society,
presented the award to L&T at
the World Blood Donor’s Day
on June 14, 2014. Present at
the occasion were Chairman,
Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treas-
urer, other Committee Mem-
Red Cross corporate donor award for Bengaluru team
Mr.K. Ravichandran – Project
Manager, Hallmark Emerald,
Mr. C.Vijayanandan – EHSO,
Blood Donation Camp or-
ganizer – Hallmark Emerald,
Mr. Sankara Subramanian
– EHSM, CMRL, Mr. A Esak-
kimuthu – EHSO, Olympia
Grand, Mr. Vivek Surendran
– EHSO, Olympia Opaline
Squeal PH II, Mr. H Mahade-
van – EHS, DLF
bers of Indian Red Cross So-
ciety and other distinguished
guests including the Am-
bassador for Red Cross and
noted Kannada Film Actor,
Mr. Shishya Deepak. Mr.R.K.
Joshi, Admn & Acct Manager
along with Mrs. Geetha Sub-
ramanian, Manager (Market-
ing) accepted the honour on
behalf of L&T. L&T Construc-
tion, Bengaluru, is an active
blood donor to the Indian
Red Cross Society, Karna-
taka Chapter, and regularly
organizes blood donation
camps at the Regional office
and sites across Karnataka
which has resulted in ac-
complishing this feat.
BLOOD DONATION CAMPS10
Thoothukudi City Municipal Corporation Water Supply Improvement Scheme (TCMC WSIS)
25
Kharkai Barrage Project 52
Vriddhachalam - Ariyalur Railway Construction Project
63
Bengaluru Regional Office 40
CMRL - Ballastless Track Works Project 40
CSTI Kanchipuram 68
CSTI Panvel 33
Hyderabad Metro Rail Project 122
MBDA Project site, Gwalior 21
Western Dedicated Freight Corridor Project, Package B
40
5 4 The red brigade of L&T is ever-expanding as more and more volun-teers come forward to give hope and life through one of the noblest acts of humanity – ‘Blood Donation’. The badge of honour is a special feeling that unites the donors and provides inspiration to others to share the gift of life. We present glimpses of the red act of giving.
L&t-ites commit for life
Red Cross Gwalior adds 21 units to its reserve of blood
Blood donation FAQs
BLOOD DONATION CAMPS 11
DonatE blooD
52 Units of Blood Donated at Kharkai Barrage Project
We make a living by what we get, but we can make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill
WDFC Project donates 40 units to Swasya Kalyan Blood Bank
CSTI Kanchipuram donates 68 units of blood
L&T ites at Hyderabad Metro Rail Project donate blood on World Blood Donor’s day
L&T-ites donate blood on World Blood Donor’s DayCSTI Panvel adds 33 units to Indian Red Cross
Society’s blood bank
CMRL staff donate 40 units to Lions Blood Bank & Research Foundation
B&F IC’s Chennai Cluster sites receive Appreciation Certificates for rendering yeoman service towards
voluntary blood donation
Red Cross, Jindal says thanks to 86 noble hearts
12 PrAyAS TruST
A camp to detect kidney
stones was organized by the
Prayas Trust in association
with RG Stone Urology and
Laparoscopic Hospitals on
June 27, 2014 at the Medical
Centre in Virugambakkam.
Efforts were taken to create
awareness by distributing
fliers in Tamil to all the pa-
tients and the public. Sev-
eral patients who registered
Prayas Trust’s tuition centre
is becoming a hub for sev-
eral students who seek free
tuitions and aspire to achieve
excellence in their stud-
ies. During the April-June
quarter, nearly 150 students
benefitted from the tuitions
that were conducted at the
Virugambakkam Centre.
Tuitions are offered to de-
serving students from 4.30
p.m to 6.30 p.m -Monday to
Friday and Spoken English
Classes are conducted eve-
ry Saturday for students in
classes 5 to 9.
Urology campin advance benefitted from
this camp.
Dr. Prabhakar, Radiologist,
and his team, ably support-
ed by the Prayas members
examined the participants
from 9.30 am to 3.00 pm.
Of the 63 people who were
screened, 30 were found to
have renal calculi (kidney
stones). The initial lab test
and X-Ray of (Kidney-Ure-
ter-Bladder) were done at the
medical centre and the pa-
tients were then referred to
RG Stone Hospital for further
consultation and treatment.
Prayas also volunteered to
absorb the cost of surgery for
5 patients.
The radiology team was hon-
oured with mementoes for
their selfless service.
tuition centre
Number of beneficiaries in April-June Quarter:
12,204
No. of dialysis performed at Medical Centre: 340
No. of beneficiaries at Dialysis Unit: 17
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 – Sup-
ported 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.
Prayas Medical Centre
Chennai
13PrAyAS TruST
An outbound training pro-
gramme was arranged at
MDC-Lonavala on June 28-
29, 2014 for the consultants
of Andheri Health Centre
and representatives of other
Community Health Centres
across India to interact and
Prayas lent a helping hand for a Panchayat School, where
more than 250 children are studying in different classes
at Kovoor, about 10 km from L&T’s office at Manapakkam,
Chennai, by constructing rest rooms. Members of the Prayas
Trust visited the school on June 10, 2014. The Principal of
the school welcomed the Prayas team and expressed his grati-
tude for the support of the Trust. He also conducted them
around the class rooms and the kitchen area where food is
cooked for the children.
The Prayas members offered a few suggestions for the upkeep
of the kitchen considering the hygiene and health of the stu-
dents and presented cooking utensils.
For another high school at Kolapakkam, the Prayas team con-
ducted a Medical Camp and distributed IDs to the students.
For the benefit of the students, Prayas appointed a Tamil
teacher whose salary is being borne by the Trust.
A summer yoga camp was
held in association with the
Art of Living at the Tuition
Centre from April 17 to 20,
2014. Sixteen children from
the neighboring area partici-
pated in the camp which was
conducted by Mr Maruth
and Ms Jayachandrika. For
four days, children spent
three and half hours learn-
ing different techniques of
meditation and breathing,
Sudarshan Kriya, simple ten-
ets for daily life, techniques
for mental focus and con-
centration, overcoming fear
& anxiety and enhancing in-
teractive processes.
Team games, group discus-
sions and outdoor activities
were also conducted and top-
ics such as food awareness
and service to others were
taught. At the end of the
camp, gifts and track-pants
were distributed to all the
children. Ms Shyla, Ms Ezhil,
Ms Sumathi Ramakrishnan,
Yoga camp for childrenMs Radhai, Ms Latha Arvind, Ms Sathya Ravichandran and Ms Akshaya volunteered and co-
ordinated different activities at this camp.
A helping hand for government schools
training programme at Lonavalaexchange best practices and
knowledge.
Mrs. Meena Subrahmanyan,
President, Mrs. Vasanti Sat-
ish, Secretary and Mrs. Ezhil
Jayakumar, Joint Secretary
represented Prayas Trust,
Chennai and narrated the
success story of the Medical
Centre and the outcome of
various programmes/camps
that are structured for the
underprivileged. Their pres-
entation was well appreci-
ated and the team efforts
was lauded by all the partici-
pants.
A happy home for differently abled childrenThe Ladies Club – Shrad-
dha from L&T’s Kolkata of-
fice extended support to
build a dormitory facility for
the physically challenged
children of Kolkata’s Voice
of World School. Shraddha
added a 2nd floor to their
existing building to provide
accommodation for 150
inmates of the school. On
28th March, the members of
Shraddha inaugurated the
new facility in the presence
of the school principal, Mr.
Sukumar Chakraborty.
Prayas Bengaluru extended
support to Ananda Ashram,
a home that provides shel-
ter, food, and medical care to
senior citizens and orphan
boys.
When the management of
the ashram expressed their
need, the members of Prayas
extended their support by
donating stationery items
and other educational ma-
Prayas Bengaluru has been
supporting the orphan and
destitute children of St. An-
dal Girls Home for a very
long and on 31st May, the
members reached out to 35
children at the home by dis-
tributing stationery kits.
The children who always
look forward to the visit of
Prayas Bengaluru distributed
text books in Braille for the
academic year 2014-2015 to
underprivileged visually im-
paired PUC students. Books
covering subjects such as
English, Kannada, History,
Economics, Political Science
and Sociology were given to
40 students.
Prayas implemented this pro-
ject with the help of Gnana-
jyothi Trust for the Disabled,
a non-Government organi-
zation formed and set up by
a set of visually challenged
people. This organization
serves the disabled commu-
nity by rendering academic
support to the visually im-
paired students.
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Prayas – Bengaluru protects those unprotected
Prayas Bengaluru presents Braille books to visually impaired students
Prayas Bengaluru continues to support St. Andal girls home
terial for 15 orphan boys,
clothing and consumables
for 25 senior citizens, some
of whom were bedridden
and need nursing care 24x7.
Prayas Bengaluru distributed
these items on June 7th.
Prayas members presented
their cultural talent before
them and also shared some
of their projects.
In addition to the stationery
kits, Prayas distributed spe-
cial gifts to the top scorers in
academics and organized a
special lunch.
Activities include conver-
sion of the text books to
Braille format, printing on
an embosser, compiling &
editing, binding and post-
ing the same to the poor
blind beneficiaries all over
the state of Karnataka, free of
cost. Prayas funded these ac-
tivities and the members dis-
tributed the textbooks to stu-
dents of Bengaluru on 30th
May at Gnanajothi Trust
and also sent a few through
mail to outstation students.
The Prayas members were
delighted and enthralled by
the melodies rendered by
the students at this occasion.
L&T’s project team of Piped
Water Supply Scheme at
Bankura reached out to 117
children of Kukrakuri Prima-
ry School and improved the
infrastructure of the school
thereby creating a better at-
mosphere for the children’s
education. The site team do-
As a harbinger of infrastructure development, L&T has been continuously enhancing the quality of life in and around its areas of operation. L&T’s CSR in action is all about reaching out to diverse sections of the society and making a difference on the ground. Presenting a glimpse of the various initiatives undertaken by project teams across locations.
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Chennai was painted crimson by 5000 runners wearing bright
red T-shirts who participated in the 2014 edition of the Dream
Runners Half Marathon that was flagged off at 5 am from near
Elliot Beach, Besant Nagar in Chennai. Those who enthusi-
astically participated included athletes, first time runners,
children, elderly people and even a few differently abled who
challenged the odds to finish with exhilaration amidst loud
shrieks of cheering from those gathered at the finish point.
L&T was one of the sponsors of the event and had about 154
registrations with 54 doing the 21 km ‘half marathon’ and the
rest doing the 10 km run. It is a matter of great significance
that each year, the number of L&T-ites graduating to the half
marathon is increasing which indicates a positive trend in the
health and fitness awareness among employees. Many vet-
eran runners of L&T clocked their personal best at this event
and almost all of those who registered managed to complete
the marathon and return back proudly flashing their finisher
medals.
Making a difference on the ground
W&RE IC’s Bisalpur Tonk
Uniyara Water Supply Pro-
ject, Jaipur, sufficed a timely
need by providing six water
purifiers (RO) to police sta-
There was gleam in the eyes
of the 25 students from Ma-
hatma Gandhi Memorial
Government Higher Second-
ary School, Nedumbassery,
as they received study kits
from L&T’s Cochin Interna-
tional Airport project team
on 9th June 2014. The reach
out programme is a part of
the site’s CSR agenda and is
aimed at supporting students
25 students presented with study kits from economically weaker
sections of the society. The
incentives including school
uniforms and bags were pre-
sented at the school in the
presence of the Head Mis-
tress, the teaching staff and
the L&T team which includ-
ed Mr. Bennichan K Thomas,
Manager –Accounts & Ad-
min, Mr. K.Prakasan – IR Of-
ficer, Mr. S. Sudhakar – EHS
Asst. Manager. Mr. P. Venu-
gopal Kurup, Project Man-
ager, motivated the students
with an inspiring address,
“Love what you have. Need
what you want. Accept what
you receive. Give what you
can. Always remember, what
goes around, comes around.”
The school faculty expressed
their happiness and thanked
L&T for this kind gesture.
Providing a learning environment to 117 students
nated 15 sets of desks and
benches to the school au-
thorities. Mr. K.S. Suresh,
Cluster Head, Mr. P. Sankar,
Project Manager, Mr. E. Ku-
maresan, Asst. Manager EHS
and the site staff presented
the furniture to the children.
154 runners from L&t make a mark at dream runners Half Marathon 2014
drinking water stations for policemen tions in the remote areas of
Ghad, Mahendwas, Toda,
Tonk and Old Tonk in Ra-
jasthan quenching the thirst
of 250 policemen.
W&RE IC’s project team at
Underground Drainage site
in Porbandar, Ahmedabad,
reached out to the specially
abled children of Shishukunj
school on April 17, 2014 and
provided essentials to fa-
cilitate their education. The
event was a joint initiative in-
volving the project team and
the clients – Gujarat Water
Sewerage Scheme Board and
Tata Consultancy Engineers.
W&RE IC – WET SBG, Kol-
kata Cluster extended sup-
port to the inmates of Hope
Foundation, an NGO that
works for the all-round de-
velopment of street children
by providing shelter, nutri-
tion, education, medical and
health care.
MBRO Cluster organized a health camp at the Juvenile Home in Mumbai on 28th May 2014
with the support of L&T Health Centre and its consultants. A full health checkup was done for
more than 200 children. Free medicines for diseases like epilepsy, fever and chicken pox were
distributed. The initiative was led by the CSR team with help of ’My Home India’ a Mumbai
based NGO.
The project team at 125MW
CSP site organized an eye
check-up camp in association
with Pokhran Medical Centre
at Lawan village. The camp
was inaugurated by Project
Director,Mr. K.Vellaichamy
PT&D IC reached out to the children and infants of Vatsalya Trust
– Home for the Orphans and Destitute kids and donated much
needed essentials such as locatogen powder and other food sup-
plements on April 7, 2014. The gesture was a timely aid for the
home that houses 150 children including 52 infants.
Mr. Deepak Kumar Nayak –Cluster Operation Head, Mr. N Kalin-
garajan along with the CSR coordinators took part in this initia-
tive. Trustees of Vatsalaya Trust lauded L&T for its support.
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42 special children at Shishukunj receive new school kits
42 children were presented
school uniforms along with
books and stationery items.
The students were thrilled
to receive the new school
kits. The school authorities
thanked L&T for this kind
gesture. The school provides
education to the children
who hail from the economi-
cally weaker sections of the
society.
L&T-ites donated educa-
tional material and school
stationery for the children.
Mr. K. Suresh, Cluster Head,
along with other employees,
distributed the materials to 79
girl children. The authorities
and the children thanked L&T
for its kind gesture.
Putting promises to work for 79 children at Hope Foundation
200 children at juvenile home undergo a free health scan
Sufficing a timely nutritional need
117 people benefit from an eye check-up camp
117 people from the village
benefitted from this screening
camp. 40 people were provid-
ed power glasses free of cost.
Eye drops and medicine were
also provided for the patients.
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