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July-December 2016Volume - 6, Issue - 3

Education 06 Healthcare 08Greening 02 Blood Donation 12Skilling 10

On 12th December, 2016,

Cyclone Vardah tore into

the city of Chennai with

a vengeance buffeting it

with 200+ km strong winds

and torrential rains. By the

time the storm had abated,

the lid had been blown off

the city’s green cover with

roughly 3,000 – 4,000 trees

uprooted.

Amongst these was a banyan

tree in Little Mount, Chennai

that had stood the ravages of

time for more two centuries!

As the city authorities literally

swung into action to clear

the fallen trees, surprisingly

they found some life in this

particular tree! Immediately,

environmentalists and tree

lovers were called in to try

and rescue this tree.

L&T was approached to lend

a hand for this exercise and a

team from Heavy Civil IC lent

their mite and machines to

lift the hefty trunk into place.

“It was tough work and we

had to work very carefully,”

says Rupam Kohli, Manager

– P&M, who is currently

working on the CMRL – UG

THankS To L&T, a 200-yEar-oLD TraDiTioniS finDinG nEw rooTS!

3 project. “We worked under

lights well into the night and

finished erecting the tree by

about 1.30 in the morning!”

Rupam and team’s labors

have borne green shoots as

the tree has started to flower

once again! Long live this

200+ year old tradition!

It was tough work and we had to work very carefully

- Rupam Kohli Manager - P&M

Although blessed with three

rivers and 300+ lakes, water

has perennially remained

a matter of grave concern

for Chennai. However,

paradoxical though it may

sound, a lot of attention has

been trained on maintaining

the existing water bodies and

creating new ones.

Administrative Boundaries

Kancheepuram District

One case in point is

the suburban village of

Karasangal nestled outside

the Tambaram, Kanchipuram

district on the Vandalur-

Oragadam highway that is

home to a large lake, 4 ponds

and a connecting stream to

the Adyar River. The floods of

December 2015 ravaged the

Stages of restoration:

Manual and voluntary clean up of the lake to remove physical and non-degradable trash from the water body.

Scientific mapping to understand the water and soil type

Mechanized desilting and deepening of the water body across the lake bed area to increase water holding capacity by 20%. 2 to 3ft silt was removed from across the contour based on measurements. The excavated silt was used to lay bunds around the lake.

Bund strengthening efforts through packed layers of fresh bund and its maintenance

Protective fencing of the bund area to prevent future accumulation of trash

Planting of native species

Inlet and outlet channels regulated to ensure free flow of water

Extended awareness campaigns throughout the project period in the neighborhood to sustain the efforts of maintaining the restored lake

Name of Lake

Karasangal Lake

Area

23 Acres

Length of Bund

1.36kms

Type

Freshwater Lake

2 Greening

GivinG new life to KArASAngAL LAKe

area and its environs forcing

these water bodies to be

restored on a war-footing.

L&T took the lead and along

with the Environmentalist

Foundation of India (EFI)

have been in the process of

restoring the Karasangal lake

over the last 7 months.

Voluntary Scientific

restoration of the lake

was undertaken with

permissions from the

district administration. L&T

supported the initiative with

machines, fuel, raw material

and labor. Executed by

EFI as a community based

conservation project, it

involved the local community

right through from the initial

stages to completion.

Project Green Hands is a

green initiative started by L&T

Construction with the help

of ISHA Foundation originally

in the form of an in-house

‘Nursery’ over a 500-sq-feet

area where tree saplings

are nurtured, transplanted

and distributed to various

locations for planting.

The nursery is nurtured by

employees who find time

during lunch breaks, evenings

and/or over weekends. They

also assist a full time gardener

for pocket filling, seedling,

transplanting, pocket shifting,

cleaning, etc. Different

species of tree saplings like

fruit bearing, flower, shade

trees and timber trees are

grown in the nursery to meet

public demand. The pockets

and seeds are provided by

Isha Foundation free of cost

apart from their expertise as

and when needed.

With the help of the CSR

team the grown saplings are

transplanted in public places

like government schools,

parks, institutions and some

sent to ISHA for redistribution

to other nurseries. Employees

are also encouraged to

increase the green cover by

planting tree saplings in and

around their living areas.

Two ‘bio-bins’ are used for

composting vegetable waste

collected from the various

canteens. This is a continuous

process that involves collection

and segregation of wet and

dry vegetable wastes. At the

bottom of the bio-bin is a

pipe through which the waste

water is drained out leaving

only the dry vegetables at

the top of the bin. A thin

layer of cow dung is spread

over layers of vegetable peels

that provides the necessary

microbes for compost. After

40 days, the dry waste

becomes a fine powdered

organic manure which is

then used for plants. On an

average 30 kgs of manure

gets produced through this

process. All plants nurtured

in the nursery are chemical

free as only organic manure and panchakavyam are used for

growing them.

In the past six months, more than 12000 saplings have been

nurtured and transplanted and around 9325 saplings distributed

to various schools, universities, nurseries across Chennai and

several villages in Sriperumbudur and Kancheepuram districts.

4,50,000 saplings and counting A healthy green contribution by Project Green Hands

With the collective efforts of all its patrons, the nursery has till date nurtured and planted over 450000 saplings across Tamil nadu and Andhra Pradesh

3Greening

rebuilding the green cover of the campusThe Manapakkam campus was not spared the wrath of Cyclone Vardah and close to 100

trees were broken or uprooted. Attempts are on to ‘rescue’ some of them.

WET IC’s TVSW 120 MLD STP Plant project, Varanasi - 325 saplings

Mega Lift Irrigation Cluster-VI project, Cuttack - 410 saplings

SUCG JV, CC-27 project, Puri - 525 saplings

Rewa Katni lakhnadon road project, Jabalpur - 1500 saplings

water distribution project, Pudukkotai - 1000 saplings

Water Supply project, Dhanbad - 200 saplings

Metro Tunnelling project, Delhi - 525 saplings

Dahej Water Suppy project, Bharuch - 1790 saplings

Rampur Sewerage Works Zone- V, Janoovi - 1030 saplings

Water Distribution project, Dindigul - 2500 saplings

Sewerage Scheme Phase-1 project, Moradabad - 1050 saplings

100 MLD CETP project, Narol - 750 saplings

Drinking Water Supply project, Khammam - 1900 saplings

IWS- Bansujara project, Khargapur - 600 saplings

Sauni Yojana - L4P3 project, 1200 saplings

Sewerage Network project, Allahabad - 100 saplings

Cluster Sewerage project, Bhiwadi - 400 saplings

Waste Water project, Nellore - 560 saplings

4 Greening

L&T finds 45,000+ reasons To make The pLaneT greener

Drinking Water Supply project, Bellampally - 530 saplings

Sewerage Work project, Pali - 980 saplings

Kamal Vihar Project, Raipur - 100 saplings

Kamal Vihar Project, Raipur - 907 saplings

Mega Lift Irrigation cluster XI team, Jajpur - 300 saplings

Mega Lift Irrigation project, Bargarh - 860 saplings

MLIP Cluster-VI project, Cuttack - 1000 saplings

Mohanpura LIS project, Rajgarh - 500 saplings

Waster Water project, Nellore - 1450 saplings

PBEL CITY Project, Hyderabad - 300 saplings

Plant Water System project, Raichur - 650 saplings

RDA Kamal Vihar project, Raipur - 259 saplings

RKJLR project, Jabalpur - 300 saplings

Sauni Yojna project, Thane - 1500 saplings

Water Supply Project, Adilabad - 940 saplings

RWSS - UDSK project, Nagana Kalyanpur - 200 saplings

WSS project, Udaipura - 500 saplings

UFW - D2a & D2b project, Malur - 5000 saplings

UGD project, Junagadh - 1500 saplings

WDFC CTP 1 & 2 project, 13000 saplings

5Greening

6 EDUCATION

The Single Teacher Schools programme,

L&T Construction’s flagship CSR initiative,

has already embraced 3,125+ students

across 125 locations in the Tamil Nadu

districts of Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur.

Through an integrated approach, children

in the primary and middle levels are

strengthened with learning thereby giving

them the hope for a better tomorrow! The

programme’s versatility is that it is proving

to be a sound platform to launch other

CSR initiatives.

Single Teacher Schools

programme is making

consistent progress in the

areas of nurturing academic

excellence and improving

soft skills among some 3125

children. The programme

aims to infuse quality

into education through

supplementary supports after

regular schooling hours. Now,

three years old, the results are

very evident and encouraging.

The learning levels and

performance of children in

schools have gradually risen

and as of today more than

seventy percent of students

have scored above 80% in

assessment tests.

A significant value-addition

to the programme has

been the creation of a

children’s newsletter with

the entire content exclusively

contributed and prepared by

L&T’s Single Teacher Schools programme is getting stronger by providing the foundation for other CSr initiatives

Creating a platform for children to have a say!

500+ underprivileged children of new Delhi have the privilege of learning!

the children. The motive is to

infuse a love for writing in the

children and thereby improve

their linguistic skills from a

very young age. Trained for

this purpose, they came up

science, etc. This not only

helps build and develop their

confidence in communication

and creative writing but also

makes them think about their

community.

An editorial committee

formed by the children drawn

from the higher primary

classes collect and decide

the stories to be carried on

the basis of merit and other

parameters.

Children have been

enthusiastically participating

in this exercise and are, just

as adults, overjoyed to see

their creations in print which

makes it aspirational for other

children to start participating

and be a part of Chutti Madal.

This exercise has made

everyone realize that children

have things to say!

Seth Vidyalaya is a co-

educational primary school

located at Madanpur Khadar,

New Delhi that provides

education to over 500

children belonging to the

underprivileged sections

of society from the nearby

colonies. The school has

employed qualified and

experienced teachers to

provide quality primary

education that will help

mainstream them into

Government schools.

L&T has been lending

educational and infrastructure

support to this school for a

while and as a CSR initiative,

the Delhi Regional Office,

along with Prayatan has taken

up the development of Seth

Vidyalaya.

Through participative

learning, the potential of

the children is developed to

the fullest preparing them

to be confident to face the

challenges of the world. The

progressive and dynamic

methods of teaching adopted

inculcate the desirable values,

proper attitudes and habits in

the children. By attending the

school, children are exposed

to educational programmes

in a comfortable environment

which reduces the incidence

of drop-outs and certain

essential levels of learning

are achieved. The quality

of education imparted, the

low fees and the superior

performance of the children

when compared to those of

other neighboring schools

have made Seth Vidyalaya a

big hit with the parents and

teachers of the area. Personal

monitoring is ensured at all

levels and special coaching

is provided to slow learners

to bring them up to the

with a title for the newsletter

- ‘Chutti Madal’ (children’s

souvenir).

Children voluntarily contribute

to the newsletter by way of

articles on issues relating to

their village, social issues,

information gathering on

7EDUCATION

nurturing young talents of Pardada Pardadi School

Anupshahr, a tehsil in one of

the most backward districts

of Bulandshahr in UP, ranks

abysmally low on human

development indicators. The

societal make-up is highly

patriarchal and entrenched

gender beliefs prevent girls

from availing educational

opportunities. The male

literacy rate is just 51% while

that of females is even lower

at 45%.

The objective of the project is

to develop student leadership

skills and provide an avenue

for the students to display

their intellectual and other

talents outside the school

curriculum.

The above objectives are

achieved through structured

activities in the form of:

•   Academic Support (regular 

syllabus education)

•   Supplementary  Talent 

Development (Spoken

English / Computer

proficiency programme /

Digital Literacy)

•   Value  Added  Education 

(Human / Child Rights,

Moral Education and

imbibing values - Honesty,

Respect & Discipline)

•   International  Scholarship 

preparation / vocational

training assistance support

•   Teachers  Training 

Programme to improve

teaching standards

The Academics and Talent

Development programme

has been uniquely designed

that divides the school

hour into two halves. In

the first half, the students

receive academic education

while in the second, they

have talent development

courses. Talent development

sessions help students

gain confidence, widen

their scope of knowledge,

improve communication and

language speaking skills,

gain leadership quality.

5 girls were selected for the

CCIP (Community College

Initiative Programme), a US

Government scholarship

programme. They have

cleared the first level and

are undergoing rigorous

preparations for the next

levels including TOEIC test.

473 children have enrolled and benefitted from the

Academics & Talent Development Programme and are

exceling in various aspects of development

25 selected teachers have been provided with

advanced teachers training on Child Development

5 girls have been selected for CCIP (Community

College Initiative Programme), a US Government

scholarship programme

L&T initiated an Academics & Talent Development programme for rural girl children of

the Pardada Pardadi School of Anoopsahr Village, Uttar Pradesh. The girls pursuing

education in this school come from the lowest economic strata of society.

FACT SheeT

average level of the class

through reading, writing,

arithmetics, recreation,

rights, responsibilities and

relationships.

L&T has provided

infrastructure support with

new computers, a computer

lab and facilities for clean

and hygienic drinking water

through a water cooler

fitted with a RO purifier.

The computer lab was

inaugurated by Mr. Rajan

Malhotra, Regional Manager

Delhi, in the presence of Mr.

Rajeev Sahajpal Sr. Manager

Administration DLRO and

other team members.

a holistic development of

the children is the prime

concern of Seth Vidayalaya.

Several extra-curricular

activities are organized

for the overall/personality

development of children.

8 HEAlTHCArE

In a world of increasingly unhealthy lifestyles, L&T with its outreach programmes is seeking to build and sustain a healthy society. Be it through comprehensive medical or specialized eye camps, the effort is to bring the smile back on faces even if they are elderly and have been abandoned on the streets of Chennai.

L&T increased its ambit of

influence in the villages of

Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram

by introducing visual care in

addition to the educational

intervention that was already

on stream. First, a base line

survey was conducted with

the support of Single Teacher

Schools to identify the villages

that required immediate

visual care based on which,

in association with Sankara

Netralaya, 11 exclusive eye

camps were organized either

at Government schools or

Village Panchayat Office

premises.

The initiative was extended

to the rural teachers of Single

Teacher School Villages as

well that benefited 409

women teachers.

L&T is helping the people of Tiruvallur & Kancheepuram see life in a new light!

Rural Eye Care camps are

being conducted with the

objective to provide total eye

care solutions to villagers.

Till date, 1642 villagers

have been screened and

670 people provided

with free spectacles.

Village nameTotal

Beneficiaries

no. of Free Spectacles Distributed

Maduramangalam 176 66

Ulundai 180 60

Nellikuppam 114 49

Ulundai 229 90

Chinnaveppedu 159 75

Molachur 159 84

Rayamangalam 147 64

Punnapakkam 114 54

PVK Kollmedu 89 45

Raja Annamalai puram 147 88

Melanoor 128 50

The exTenT oF ViSUAL CAre …

health is wealth!

9HEAlTHCArE

City streets can be very

unforgiving especially for

those with no help. The

streets of Chennai have

however been made just

a bit friendlier for the less

privileged elderly people

through the efforts of L&T

in partnership with HelpAge

India. What began as a rescue

initiative for the abandoned

elderly has grown into an

integrated health care service.

A toll-free number – 1253 -

has been integrated with a

modern control room at the

office of the Commissioner

of Police, Egmore, Chennai.

On receipt of a distress call

that elderly people have been

abandoned on the streets,

the Helpline van rushes to

the spot with a counsellor

and a social worker along

with a facility for medical

treatment and rescue. The

Chennai city police has

helped significantly to make

this initiative a huge success.

Further, the involvement

of multi stakeholders has

made this project far more

impactful.

It soon became evident that

the elderly people who were

neArLy

rescued from the streets

underwent severe mental

agony and thus psychosocial

interventions through

counselling and recreational

activities were introduced.

ELDErLy pEopLE HaVE founD SoLaCE THROUGH ELDERLy HELPLINE PROjECT

750 elderly people

have benefitted till date

through community

geriatric physiotherapy

and have completed

4891 treatment sessions

FACT SheeT

8846 elderly people

have benefitted till date

through this project

1012 elderly people

have been rescued from

the streets of Chennai

and rehabilitated

FACT SheeT

During follow-up visits to the

rescued elderly at old age

homes, the need for health

interventions not only for the

recued elderly but also for

other inmates was keenly felt.

Thus, geriatric and geriatric

physiotherapy camps were

initiated to address their

health concerns. Community

Geriatric Physiotherapy

supports the elderly to

maintain their fitness and

mobility levels as well as

improve their self-confidence

and self-esteem. Training in

geriatric nursing is also being

Observing the international

day of elderly persons,

conducting heritage tours

and celebrating various

festivals are part of the

overall programme.

provided to the caretakers

of various elderly homes.

Awareness of the Helpline

and the Geriatric services

are also being propagated

at various public spaces,

colleges and police stations

across Chennai.

To improve skilling in

india, L&T established the

first CSTi at Kanchipuram

in 1994. This was followed

by the one at Panvel four

years later and presently

there are eight CSTis across

the country that have been

cumulatively adding to

the country’s skilled labor

force. The numbers tell

the success of the CSTis:

over 50,000 technicians,

150,000+ workmen of

contractors and over

125,000 workmen through

MoUs and tie-ups have

been trained over the past

two decades. 200,000+

workmen have also been

trained through e-learning

modules.

CSTI Panvel, walked away

with the Annual Quality

Trophy for 2016 on the

basis of some sustained

performances over the last

couple of years. The well-

deserved award was decided

on the basis of 6 parameters

with varying weightages:

1| Quality Audit Reports

2| Sourcing Methods and

Achievements

3| Engagement (Placement)

and Retention of

Candidates

4| Support for Site-based

Training

5| Optimum Utilization of

Training Resources

6| Customizing/Adopting

Innovative Practices as

part of Trade Training

These attributes are analysed

through the prism of

Skills Training Concepts,

achievement of yearly

targets, development of

new trades as per specific

needs from BUs, extent

of site based training and

support to the BUs, optimum

utilization of all resources like

admin staff, trainers, training

infrastructure, teaching aids,

tools & tackles, consumables

and adoption of new skills

training techniques to achieve

safety, quality, productivity,

minimize wastage and ensure

proper housekeeping.

Trainers are instructors

and demonstrators:

Experienced trainers are the

backbone of any successful

institute and their longevity

vastly enhances the quality

of training imparted. At CSTI

Panvel, 80% of trainers are

CSTI-trained students and

more than 90% of them

have been working since

2008! Various programmes

like Training the Trainers,

refreshment courses for

trainers and master trainers’

programmes are regularly

conducted. No wonder that

CSTI-Panvel scored 90.1%

marks and also got the grade

of A+ for Fy 2015-16 in this

area.

Superior trade

infrastructure:

The success of an institute

also depends on the quality

of trade infrastructure that

embraces not only the

practical yards and materials

but also requirements of

knowledge and skill sets

for each trade. It is directly

connected with the number

of students, number of

practical exercises, number

of practical yards, minimum

tools & tackles, teaching

aids, lesson plans and finally

cost. At CSTI – Panvel, trade

infrastructure is spread over

8 acres of land and there are

clearly earmarked training

yards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd

month’s training periods and

hence month wise learning,

tracking and evaluation are

possible. Further, sound

CSTi Panvel WinS

Quality Award

10 SkIllING

training is only possible by

using the right kind of tools

and material and the most

advanced in the market are

available to the trainees.

Developing new trades as

per the Skills Standards

Falling under the aegis of B&F

IC and serving exclusively to

the RB&F BU, CSTI Panvel has

been constantly upgrading its

existing conventional trades

to meet the needs of the BU

like masonry to advanced

masonry that has stimulated

entire site activities and the

CSTI have been able to send

trained candidates to B&F

sites. The simulated trade

infrastructure accommodate

all trade variables in every

practical module which has

been one of the standout

features of CSTI Panvel.

Similarly, a new trade of

Tiling & Stone Work has

been developed and installed

from curriculum design to

trade infrastructure within 11

months. The newly designed

trade was evaluated by

High Bury College, UK

under United Kingdom India

the site recommended

productivity. A monthly

internal quality audit is

conducted to assess the

trainees and the ground they

have covered which allows

for course corrections and/

or corrective actions. Though

the CSTI has been able to

retain their trainees during

the handholding period,

there have been discouraging

declines post it.

Cost per Trainee

connected with optimum

utilization of resources:

Target achievement is directly

connected with the optimum

utilization of trainers, trade

infrastructure, tools & tackles

and fulfilling the lesson plan

which has been consistently

high at CSTI Panvel.

Budgeting and monitoring of

costs have also been efficient.

Customizing innovation

practices to achieve

results

Being closely aligned to the

requirements of the BU has

made it easier for CSTI Panvel

to update its trade curriculum,

practices, modernize tools

& tackles and machinery to

improve safety, quality and

productivity which have also

been translated into efficient

site-based training, training

the trainers programs, sound

accounts & admin practices

on admission, placements,

training, certification,

distributing and tracking

of trainees for further

opportunities.

Innovation is also in the

adoption and use of material

to make courses more

industry relevant. A case in

point is the widespread use

of gypsum plaster instead

of cement & sand plaster. As

training cannot be conducted

on gypsum, through R&D,

the CSTI has found a new

material – sand-crushed,

limestone mix – as a very

good alternative.

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As our CSTIs have grown and

matured, they have assumed

relevance as a key aspect

of our Corporate Social

Responsibility programme

with more and more

unemployed rural youth

finding the opportunity to

train themselves and get

gainfully employed. We are

also proud that this endeavor

is an important component

of the PM’s Skill India

initiative!

– S N Subrahmanyan, Deputy Managing Director & President, L&T.

SkIllING

Education and Research

Initiative (UKIERI) scheme

and they have declared the

entire design as “FIT FOR

PURPOSE”. This is another

great achievement for CSTI-

Panvel.

Delivering results!

Despite its geographical

disadvantage of being

located in the outskirts

of Mumbai which is a

poor catchment area for

construction workers, CSTI

Panvel has been continuously

achieving its target of around

70% to 90%. In Fy 2015-16,

802 candidates were trained

against a target of 1100.

Placement & retention:

CSTI-Panvel helps place

high-end trade trainees and

monitors them for proper

fitment till they achieve

Hailing from the small village of

Chandoli near Pune, in Maharashtra’s

Khed district, Dyaneshwar Balasaheb

Sawant enrolled himself at CSTI Panvel

in 1999 after passing his 12th standard

and ITI in Carpentry to undergo a

3-month training course in Formwork.

As a Formwork Technician, he worked

at various L&T sites including the

Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Glen Mark Pharma, Goa and

Tarapur Atomic Power plant till 2003. Seeking brighter

prospects, Dyaneshwar parted ways with L&T but after

stints in other companies, he returned back to the fold in

2008 as an instructor with CSTI Panvel and has remained

committed till date.

Sharad Ramkrishna Kamble’s life

changed for the better in 2008 after

he enrolled at CSTI Panvel for a one-

month training course in Structural

Welding. An ITI-passed welder,

Sharad was placed in the Mumbai

Monorail project with a monthly

salary of Rs. 15,000 where he worked

for three years before he joined a

sub-contractor as welder. He still works at the same site

but his salary now is Rs. 50,000 a month!

how CSTi Panvel has changed lives

Dyaneshwar Balasaheb Sawant

Sharad ramkrishna kamble

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