~ Receives special appreciation for the best environment friendly
and decorative display of plants ~
Tata Power, India's largest integrated power company, is committed towards resource conservation, environment protection and sustainable development of the communities living in and around its operational areas. Their win at the recently held Flower Show by the Lonavla Municipal Council (LMC) is a testament of this.
The event exhibited Tata Power’s environment friendly and decorative range of plants grown organically with in-house composting thereby promoting the brand’s philosophy to support zero usage of plastic bags & plastic pots. It also involved a special appreciation by LMC for Tata Power’s efforts to provide them with 10,000 saplings of native tree species of Western Ghats which will be planted as a part of the State Government’s 13 Crore Tree plantation programme this year in Monsoon. LMC will be carrying out this plantation drive in Lonavla alongside volunteers from Tata Power, school and college students, local Government bodies, and another local NGO’s. Apart from Tata Power, the Flower Show saw an active participation from L&T Training and Development Centre, Hotel Dukes, Hotel Fariyas, Avion Resort, and others.
Talking about the initiative, Mr. Ashok Sethi, COO & Executive Director, Tata Power, said, “We are glad to win this honour from LMC and would always remain committed towards being environment friendly for the betterment of the society. This award has not only proved that Tata Power cares for the environment but also will further motivate us in our efforts towards being a world class organization.”
As responsible custodians, Tata Power has always looked to preserve and enhance the biodiversity around areas related to catchments of six lakes in the Western Ghats. They have been intensifying the plantation drive since 1991 by planting six to seven lakh trees every year and has planted about 78 lakh saplings over a period of 27 years. By extending their wholehearted support, they have preserved and restored the habitat for selected fauna in biodiversity hotspot areas of Western Ghats, like the Walwhan garden. The garden serves as an instrumental place in educating students from botany, zoology & environment sciences about various species and boasts of many medicinal plants from North Western Ghats on a large scale thereby ensuring conservation.
Tata Power is India’s largest integrated power company with a growing international presence. The Company together with its subsidiaries and jointly controlled entities has an installed gross generation capacity of 10757 MW and a presence in all the segments of the power sector viz. Fuel Security and Logistics, Generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind), Transmission, Distribution and Trading. It has successful public-private partnerships in Generation, Transmission and Distribution in India namely “Tata Power Delhi Distribution 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. Tata Power is serving more than 2.6 million distribution consumers in India and has developed the country’s first 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra (Gujarat) based on super-critical technology. It is also one of the largest renewable energy players in India with a clean energy portfolio of 3417 MW. Its international presence includes strategic investments in Indonesia through a 30% stake in the leading coal company PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), 26% stake in mines at PT Baramulti Suksessarana Tbk ("BSSR"); in Singapore through Trust Energy Resources to securitize coal supply and the shipping of coal for its thermal power generation operations; in South Africa through a joint venture called ‘Cennergi’ to develop projects in sub-Sahara Africa; in Zambia through 50:50 joint venture with ZESCO for 120 MW Hydro which has become operational in 2016; in Georgia through AGL which is a joint venture with Clean Energy, Norway & IFC for development of 187 MW hydro project and in Bhutan through a hydro project in partnership with The Royal Government of Bhutan. With its track record of technology leadership, project execution excellence, world class safety processes, customer care and driving green initiatives, Tata Power is poised for a multi-fold growth and committed to 'lighting up lives' for generations to come”. Visit us at: www.tatapower.com
