- Creates 192 jobs for educated youths at Khopoli with the opening for a Rural BPO
- Initiates promotion of modern agriculture practices for alternate income generation in Khopoli and Maval-Mulshi areas, 206 farmers already trained, 2000 targeted in 25 villages across Maharashtra
- Helps 50 families to generate additional source of income through Sericulture in Maval-Mulshi region
- Helps communities with environment friendly energy solutions, 1000 smokeless chullahs, 6 bio-gas units and solar lights installed in villages in Maval-Mulshi region
- Develops infrastructure facilities in rural areas of Khopoli, Lonavla and Maval- Mulshi region
- Imparts Computer education in association with Pratham to 408 students in Alibaug
As India’s largest Integrated Private Power Company, Tata Power has undertaken various community development programs for more than 9 decades in its endeavour to improve quality of life of the communities in and around its area of operation in Maharashtra.
In 2009-10, the Company enhanced its focus on vocational training schemes for unemployed youth, self-help groups for women, and income and employment generation for the people. In addition to this, infrastructure development schemes such as roads, schools and basic facilities for the villages were provided.
During the year, the Company also won two awards in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)- the Golden Peacock CSR Award and the TERI Corporate Award (2nd prize) for Business response to HIV/AIDS.
Key Community Development Initiatives in 2009-10:
- Rural BPO at Khopoli: In its endeavour to arrest unemployment and reduce the dependence on traditional source of employment by the local community, the Company started a Call centre in Khopoli with the objective of creating employment opportunities for the people residing in Khopoli and its surrounding villages. The call centre selects and hires youth from the socio-economically backward communities in the catchment areas of Khopoli and Lonavla. Till date, the call centre has provided jobs to 192 educated youth and aims at generating around 360 jobs in the near future
- Pisciculture and Sericulture at Khopoli and Maval-Mulshi:
The Company has undertaken the promotion of Pisciculture among villagers as an important activity, wherein, fast growing 4.5 lakh fingerlings fish were procured from Government hatcheries and were released in the perennial ponds of 14 villages in the Maval region. These fishes once grown can be consumed by villagers thereby adding nutritive value in the daily food diet.
Under Sericulture, which involves rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk; the company has set the path for 50 families to generate additional source of income through Tasar silkworm rearing. Each family involved in this activity has the potential of earning Rs. 4000 to Rs. 25000 per year. The first crop was harvested in December 2009 (in a period of 60 days) with an expected income of about Rs. 5,000 per family.
- Agriculture Promotion:
As part of its strategy to take the benefits of future trading to farmers’ doorsteps, the Company has joined hands with Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), and started ‘Sahyog’. Through this alliance, Tata Power aims at increasing the accessibility to spot and future prices of agricultural commodities traded on MCX and advisory services of water shed management to more than 2000 farmers across 25 villages of Maharashtra. The alliance will empower farmers to undertake well informed decisions of crop selection as well as deciding the time to sell their produce. The advisory service educates farmers on better agricultural practices across 50 villages of Khopoli, Maval-Mulshi. Till date, 206 farmers have been trained to adopt modern agriculture practices.
- Distribution of Mango Grafts:
12000 good quality mango grafts were distributed to the village farmers on their request to enhance their additional income.
-Watershed Development:
The Company has covered 400 families of 9 villages of the catchment areas in Kundali and Shirwata dam under this initiative. The major objective of the project is enhancing agriculture development, livestock development, women empowerment, water and land treatment. Tata Power has partnered with Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) for implementation of this project since July 2009 in these 9 villages.
68 Self-Help Groups were formed by 1115 members (85% women) in Hydro catchment area with savings of Rs 6.5 lakhs during the year.
Tata Power’s health care programmes endeavours to provide free and better healthcare services to the poor and needy in the remotest of locations. Mobile Medical Dispensaries have been started to undertake regular medicals camps for the villagers and till date a total of 16329 patients have been treated in the Maval and Mulshi region. Further, the Company also undertakes dental camps for students, which has examined and treated a total of 185 students for oral and dental related diseases.
The Company’s HIV/ AIDS awareness programme with an NGO, PSI, has reached out to over 10,300 people and facilitated volunteering, counseling and testing of 221 people. These HIV +ve patients are later referred to government hospitals in Mumbai for further treatment.
The Company has undertaken several infrastructure activities such as asphalting of roads, construction of bus stands and classrooms on an ongoing basis. 2.8 kms of road was asphalted was constructed in the Khopoli and Maval–Mulshi region to ensure connectivity to remotest of areas.
500 students are undergoing computer education in Dehrand (Alibaug), Khopoli, Mulshi and Bhira. Tata Power has partnered with Pratham, a well-known organization in the field of Education and Child rights; to conceptualize and implement the program. Today, over 408 school children have been sensitized and approximately Rs 6 lakhs have been spent under this program.
In its quest to propagate the message of reducing carbon emission, Tata Power is helping communities through environment friendly energy solutions. Till date, six bio-gas units have been constructed along with sanitation facilities in Mulshi, Maharashtra.
- Solar lights were installed in villages in and around Warnanagar, Maharashtra. 1000 smokeless chullahs were installed in 16 villages of Mulshi and Maval blocks.
Employee volunteers have contributed a total of 2311 hours for various social and environmental causes in serving Maharashtra. 3 volunteer workshops were conducted for 80 employees, upgrading their skills to create a positive impact on the community. The employees of Tata Power are involved in various volunteering activities for social and environmental causes through the year; that benefits the society and is undertaken without being motivated by any financial or material gains.
About Tata Power:
Tata Power is India's largest private sector power utility with an installed generation capacity of about 3000 MW and a presence in all the segments of the power sector viz Generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind), Transmission, Distribution and Trading. The Company has successful public-private partnerships in Generation, Transmission and Distribution - “North Delhi Power Limited” with Delhi Vidyut Board for distribution in North Delhi, ‘Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.’ with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for evacuation of Power from Tala hydro plant in Bhutan to Delhi and ‘Maithon Power Ltd.’ with Damodar Valley Corporation for a 1050 MW Mega Power Project at Jharkhand. It has acquired 30% stake in Coal Companies at Indonesia and is developing the first 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra (Gujarat) based on super-critical technology. With its track record of technology leadership, customer care and redefining contours of the Indian power sector, Tata Power is poised for a five-fold growth and committed to ‘lighting up lives’ for generations to come.
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