~ Raises awareness on adolescent health care among school girls~
Tata Power has always been focused on the well-being of community women. In line with this, TP Ajmer Distribution Limited (TPADL) through its women-centric club ‘Shakti’ recently installed a vending machine and incinerator for sanitary napkins at Senior Secondary Girls School, Ajmer which was inaugurated by Mr. Gajanan Kale, CEO, TPADL.
An awareness session was organised for adolescent girls with an aim to break the taboo attached to menstruation by creating a comfortable environment for these young girls to address menstrual health and hygiene issues. Furthermore, it highlighted that menstruation is a natural biological process and that the consideration of menstrual hygiene products & safe disposal of sanitary napkins is important to ensure a healthy life & wellbeing.
Commenting on this initiative, Mr. Gajanan Kale, CEO, TPADL, said, “TPADL has always strived to contribute to the well-being of women at large. By inaugurating this machine and incinerator, we aim to provide a caring, supportive and healthy environment for these young girls. We would like to thank Senior Secondary Girls School for its support in making this initiative a success. We aim to continue to drive the message and cover more schools and girls in the future.”
Mr Shyam S Choudhury, Chief – HR & IR, TPADL spoke on the importance of education and impact teachers have in nation building. With students being at the centre of this initiative, the company also honored teachers for their efforts to mould the future generations.
Tata Power is India’s largest integrated power company and, together with its subsidiaries & jointly controlled entities, has an installed capacity of 11,265 MW. A pioneer in the field, it has a presence across the entire power value chain: Generation of renewable as well as conventional power including hydro and thermal energy; transmission & distribution, trading and coal & freight logistics. With renewable energy assets in solar and wind accounting for 30% of the company's portfolio, Tata Power is a leader in clean energy generation. In line with the company's view on sustainable and clean energy development, Tata Power is steering the transformation of utilities to integrated solutions by looking at new business growth in EV charging & storage, distributed generation & rooftops, microgrids and home automation & smart meters.
It has successful public-private partnerships in generation, transmission & distribution in India namely: ‘Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd.’ with Delhi Vidyut Board for distribution in North Delhi; 'Tata Power Ajmer Distribution Ltd.' with Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. for distribution in Ajmer; 'Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.' with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for evacuation of Power from Tala hydro plant in Bhutan to Delhi; '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.
With growing international focus, Tata Power's global presence includes strategic investments in Indonesia through a 30% stake in the coal company PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC); 26% stake in mines at PT Baramulti Suksessarana Tbk (BSSR); in Singapore through Trust Energy Resources; in South Africa through a joint venture called ‘Cennergi’ to develop projects in sub-Sahara Africa; in Zambia through a 50:50 joint venture with ZESCO for 120 MW Hydro project; in Georgia through AGL which is a joint venture with Clean Energy, Norway & IFC for development of 187 MW hydro project; in Bhutan through a hydro project in partnership with The Royal Government of Bhutan.
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