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Volume - 6, Issue - 3 July-December 2016 Thanks to L&T, a 200-year-old tradition is finding new roots! On 12th December, 2016, Cyclone Vardah tore into the city of with a vengeance buffeting it It was tough work with 200+ km strong winds and torrential rains. By the and we had to work very time the storm had abated, carefully the lid had been blown off - Rupam Kohli Manager - P&M 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 L&T was approached to lend 3 project. “We worked under time for more two centuries! a hand for this exercise and a lights well into the night and As the city authorities literally team from Heavy Civil IC lent finished erecting the tree by swung into action to clear their mite and machines to about 1.30 in the morning!” the fallen trees, surprisingly lift the hefty trunk into place. Rupam and team’s labors they found some life in this “It was tough work and we have borne green shoots as particular tree! Immediately, had to work very carefully,” the tree has started to flower environmentalists and tree says Rupam Kohli, Manager once again! Long live this lovers were called in to try – P&M, who is currently 200+ year old tradition! and rescue this tree. working on the CMRL – UG

Greening 02 Education 06 Healthcare 08 Skilling 10 Blood Donation 12 2 Greening

Giving new life to Karasangal Lake

Name of Lake Area Length of Bund Type Administrative Boundaries Karasangal Lake 23 Acres 1.36kms Freshwater Lake Kancheepuram District

Although blessed with three One case in point is area and its environs forcing Stages of restoration: rivers and 300+ lakes, water the suburban village of these water bodies to be Manual and voluntary clean up of the lake to remove has perennially remained Karasangal nestled outside restored on a war-footing. physical and non-degradable trash from the water body. a matter of grave concern the , L&T took the lead and along for Chennai. However, district on the - with the Environmentalist Scientific mapping to understand the water and soil type paradoxical though it may Oragadam highway that is Foundation of (EFI) sound, a lot of attention has home to a large lake, 4 ponds have been in the process of Mechanized desilting and deepening of the water body been trained on maintaining and a connecting stream to restoring the Karasangal lake across the lake bed area to increase water holding capacity the existing water bodies and the Adyar River. The floods of over the last 7 months. by 20%. 2 to 3ft silt was removed from across the contour based on measurements. The excavated silt was used to lay creating new ones. December 2015 ravaged the Voluntary Scientificbunds around the lake. restoration of the lake Bund strengthening efforts through packed layers of was undertaken with fresh bund and its maintenance permissions from the district administration. L&T Protective fencing of the bund area to prevent future accumulation of trash supported the initiative with machines, fuel, raw material Planting of native species and labor. Executed by EFI as a community based Inlet and outlet channels regulated to conservation project, it ensure free flow of water involved the local community Extended awareness campaigns throughout the project right through from the initial period in the neighborhood to sustain the efforts of stages to completion. maintaining the restored lake Greening 3

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

free as only organic manure and panchakavyam are used for With the collective efforts of all its patrons, the nursery growing them. has till date nurtured and planted over 450000 saplings across and Andhra Pradesh In the past six months, more than 12000 saplings have been nurtured and transplanted and around 9325 saplings distributed Project Green Hands is a parks, institutions and some to various schools, universities, nurseries across Chennai and green initiative started by L&T sent to ISHA for redistribution several villages in Sriperumbudur and Kancheepuram districts. Construction with the help to other nurseries. Employees of ISHA Foundation originally are also encouraged to in the form of an in-house increase the green cover by ‘Nursery’ over a 500-sq-feet planting tree saplings in and area where tree saplings around their living areas. are nurtured, transplanted Two ‘bio-bins’ are used for and distributed to various composting vegetable waste locations for planting. collected from the various The nursery is nurtured by canteens. This is a continuous employees who find time process that involves collection during lunch breaks, evenings and segregation of wet and and/or over weekends. They Rebuilding the green cover of the campus dry vegetable wastes. At the also assist a full time gardener The Manapakkam campus was not spared the wrath of Cyclone Vardah and close to 100 bottom of the bio-bin is a for pocket filling, seedling, trees were broken or uprooted. Attempts are on to ‘rescue’ some of them. pipe through which the waste transplanting, pocket shifting, water is drained out leaving cleaning, etc. Different only the dry vegetables at species of tree saplings like the top of the bin. A thin fruit bearing, flower, shade layer of cow dung is spread trees and timber trees are over layers of vegetable peels grown in the nursery to meet that provides the necessary public demand. The pockets microbes for compost. After and seeds are provided by 40 days, the dry waste Isha Foundation free of cost becomes a fine powdered apart from their expertise as organic manure which is and when needed. then used for plants. On an With the help of the CSR average 30 kgs of manure team the grown saplings are gets produced through this transplanted in public places process. All plants nurtured like government schools, in the nursery are chemical 4 Greening

L&T finds 45,000+ reasons to make the planet greener

WET IC’s TVSW 120 MLD STP Plant Mega Lift Irrigation Cluster-VI project, SUCG JV, CC-27 project, Puri - Rewa Katni lakhnadon road project, project, Varanasi - 325 saplings Cuttack - 410 saplings 525 saplings Jabalpur - 1500 saplings

water distribution project, Water Supply project, Dhanbad - Metro Tunnelling project, Delhi - Dahej Water Suppy project, Pudukkotai - 1000 saplings 200 saplings 525 saplings Bharuch - 1790 saplings

Rampur Sewerage Works Zone- V, Sewerage Scheme Phase-1 project, Janoovi - 1030 saplings Moradabad - 1050 saplings

100 MLD CETP project, Drinking Water Supply project, Water Distribution project, Dindigul - 2500 saplings Narol - 750 saplings Khammam - 1900 saplings

IWS- Bansujara project, Sauni Yojana - L4P3 project, Khargapur - 600 saplings 1200 saplings

Sewerage Network project, Cluster Sewerage project, Waste Water project, Nellore - 560 saplings Allahabad - 100 saplings Bhiwadi - 400 saplings Greening 5

Drinking Water Supply project, Sewerage Work project, Mohanpura LIS project, Rajgarh - 500 saplings Bellampally - 530 saplings Pali - 980 saplings

Mega Lift Irrigation cluster XI team, Mega Lift Irrigation project, Kamal Vihar Project, Raipur - 100 saplings Jajpur - 300 saplings Bargarh - 860 saplings

MLIP Cluster-VI project, Waster Water project, PBEL CITY Project, Plant Water System project, Cuttack - 1000 saplings Nellore - 1450 saplings Hyderabad - 300 saplings Raichur - 650 saplings

RDA Kamal Vihar project, RKJLR project, Jabalpur - RWSS - UDSK project, Nagana Sauni Yojna project, Raipur - 259 saplings 300 saplings Kalyanpur - 200 saplings Thane - 1500 saplings

Water Supply Project, Adilabad - UFW - D2a & D2b project, Kamal Vihar Project, Raipur - 907 saplings 940 saplings Malur - 5000 saplings

UGD project, Junagadh - WDFC CTP 1 & 2 project, WSS project, Udaipura - 500 saplings 1500 saplings 13000 saplings 6 EDUCATION

Creating a platform for children to have a say!

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 Single Teacher Schools the children. The motive is to parameters. programme is making infuse a love for writing in the consistent progress in the children and thereby improve Children have been areas of nurturing academic their linguistic skills from a enthusiastically participating excellence and improving very young age. Trained for in this exercise and are, just soft skills among some 3125 this purpose, they came up as adults, overjoyed to see children. The programme L&T’s Single Teacher Schools aims to infuse quality into education through programme is getting stronger supplementary supports after by providing the foundation regular schooling hours. Now, for other CSR initiatives three years old, the results are very evident and encouraging. The Single Teacher Schools programme, The learning levels and performance of children in L&T Construction’s flagship CSR initiative, schools have gradually risen has already embraced 3,125+ students and as of today more than across 125 locations in the Tamil Nadu seventy percent of students districts of Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur. have scored above 80% in with a title for the newsletter their creations in print which Through an integrated approach, children assessment tests. - ‘Chutti Madal’ (children’s makes it aspirational for other children to start participating in the primary and middle levels are A significant value-addition souvenir). and be a part of Chutti Madal. strengthened with learning thereby giving to the programme has Children voluntarily contribute them the hope for a better tomorrow! The been the creation of a to the newsletter by way of This exercise has made programme’s versatility is that it is proving children’s newsletter with articles on issues relating to everyone realize that children to be a sound platform to launch other the entire content exclusively their village, social issues, have things to say! CSR initiatives. contributed and prepared by information gathering on

500+ underprivileged children of New Delhi have the privilege of learning! employed qualified andThrough participative of drop-outs and certain experienced teachers to learning, the potential of essential levels of learning provide quality primary the children is developed to are achieved. The quality education that will help the fullest preparing them of education imparted, the mainstream them into to be confident to face the low fees and the superior Government schools. challenges of the world. The performance of the children progressive and dynamic when compared to those of L&T has been lending methods of teaching adopted other neighboring schools educational and infrastructure inculcate the desirable values, have made Seth Vidyalaya a support to this school for a proper attitudes and habits in big hit with the parents and while and as a CSR initiative, the children. By attending the teachers of the area. Personal Seth Vidyalaya is a co- children belonging to the the Delhi Regional Office, school, children are exposed monitoring is ensured at all educational primary school underprivileged sections along with Prayatan has taken to educational programmes levels and special coaching located at Madanpur Khadar, of society from the nearby up the development of Seth in a comfortable environment is provided to slow learners New Delhi that provides colonies. The school has Vidyalaya. which reduces the incidence to bring them up to the education to over 500 EDUCATION 7 Nurturing young talents of Pardada Pardadi School

Fact Sheet

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.

Anupshahr, a tehsil in one of • Academic Support (regular that divides the school the most backward districts syllabus education) hour into two halves. In of Bulandshahr in UP, ranks the first half, the students • Supplementary Talent abysmally low on human receive academic education Development (Spoken development indicators. The while in the second, they English / Computer societal make-up is highly have talent development proficiency programme / patriarchal and entrenched courses. Talent development Digital Literacy) gender beliefs prevent girls sessions help students from availing educational • Value Added Education gain confidence, widen opportunities. The male (Human / Child Rights, their scope of knowledge, literacy rate is just 51% while Moral Education and improve communication and that of females is even lower imbibing values - Honesty, language speaking skills, at 45%. Respect & Discipline) gain leadership quality.

The objective of the project is • International Scholarship 5 girls were selected for the to develop student leadership preparation / vocational CCIP (Community College skills and provide an avenue training assistance support Initiative Programme), a US for the students to display • Teachers Training Government scholarship their intellectual and other Programme to improve programme. They have talents outside the school teaching standards cleared the first level and curriculum. are undergoing rigorous The Academics and Talent preparations for the next The above objectives are Development programme levels including TOEIC test. achieved through structured has been uniquely designed activities in the form of:

average level of the class L&T has provided through reading, writing, infrastructure support with arithmetics, recreation, new computers, a computer rights, responsibilities and lab and facilities for clean relationships. and hygienic drinking water through a water cooler fitted with a RO purifier. A holistic development of The computer lab was the children is the prime inaugurated by Mr. Rajan concern of Seth Vidayalaya. Malhotra, Regional Manager Several extra-curricular Delhi, in the presence of Mr. activities are organized Rajeev Sahajpal Sr. Manager for the overall/personality development of children. Administration DLRO and other team members. 8 Healthcare

Health is wealth! 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 is helping the people of Tiruvallur & Kancheepuram see life in a new light!

L&T increased its ambit of The extent of visual care … influence in the villages of No. of Free Total Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram Village Name Spectacles Beneficiaries by introducing visual care in Distributed addition to the educational Maduramangalam 176 66 intervention that was already Ulundai 180 60 on stream. First, a base line Nellikuppam 114 49 survey was conducted with the support of Single Teacher Ulundai 229 90 Schools to identify the villages Chinnaveppedu 159 75 that required immediate Molachur 159 84 visual care based on which, Rayamangalam 147 64 in association with Sankara Punnapakkam 114 54 Netralaya, 11 exclusive eye camps were organized either PVK Kollmedu 89 45 at Government schools or Raja Annamalai puram 147 88 Village Panchayat Office Melanoor 128 50 premises.

The initiative was extended Rural Eye Care camps are Till date, 1642 villagers to the rural teachers of Single being conducted with the have been screened and Teacher School Villages as objective to provide total eye 670 people provided well that benefited 409 care solutions to villagers. with free spectacles. women teachers. Healthcare 9

Nearly elderly people have found solace Through Elderly HelpLine Project

City streets can be very Fact Sheet unforgiving especially for those with no help. The 8846 elderly people streets of Chennai have have benefitted till date however been made just through this project a bit friendlier for the less privileged elderly people 1012 elderly people through the efforts of L&T have been rescued from in partnership with HelpAge the streets of Chennai India. What began as a rescue and rehabilitated 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 During follow-up visits to the abandoned on the streets, Fact Sheet rescued elderly at old age the Helpline van rushes to homes, the need for health 750 elderly people the spot with a counsellor interventions not only for the have benefitted till date and a social worker along recued elderly but also for through community with a facility for medical other inmates was keenly felt. geriatric physiotherapy treatment and rescue. The Thus, geriatric and geriatric and have completed Chennai city police has physiotherapy camps were 4891 treatment sessions helped significantly to make initiated to address their provided to the caretakers this initiative a huge success. health concerns. Community of various elderly homes. Further, the involvement Geriatric Physiotherapy Awareness of the Helpline of multi stakeholders has rescued from the streets Observing the international supports the elderly to and the Geriatric services made this project far more underwent severe mental day of elderly persons, maintain their fitness and mobility levels as well as are also being propagated impactful. agony and thus psychosocial conducting heritage tours interventions through and celebrating various improve their self-confidence at various public spaces, It soon became evident that counselling and recreational festivals are part of the and self-esteem. Training in colleges and police stations the elderly people who were activities were introduced. overall programme. geriatric nursing is also being across Chennai. 10 Skilling

CSTI Panvel refreshment courses for training is only possible by wins trainers and master trainers’ using the right kind of tools programmes are regularly and material and the most conducted. No wonder that advanced in the market are Quality Award CSTI-Panvel scored 90.1% available to the trainees. marks and also got the grade Developing new trades as of A+ for FY 2015-16 in this per the Skills Standards area. To improve skilling in new trades as per specific basis of some sustained Falling under the aegis of B&F India, L&T established the needs from BUs, extent Superior trade performances over the last IC and serving exclusively to of site based training and infrastructure: first CSTI at Kanchipuram couple of years. The well- the RB&F BU, CSTI Panvel has support to the BUs, optimum in 1994. This was followed deserved award was decided The success of an institute been constantly upgrading its utilization of all resources like by the one at Panvel four on the basis of 6 parameters also depends on the quality existing conventional trades admin staff, trainers, training years later and presently with varying weightages: of trade infrastructure that to meet the needs of the BU infrastructure, teaching aids, there are eight CSTIs across 1| Quality Audit Reports embraces not only the like masonry to advanced tools & tackles, consumables the country that have been practical yards and materials masonry that has stimulated 2| Sourcing Methods and and adoption of new skills cumulatively adding to but also requirements of entire site activities and the Achievements training techniques to achieve the country’s skilled labor knowledge and skill sets CSTI have been able to send 3| Engagement (Placement) safety, quality, productivity, force. The numbers tell for each trade. It is directly trained candidates to B&F minimize wastage and ensure and Retention of connected with the number sites. The simulated trade the success of the CSTIs: proper housekeeping. Candidates of students, number of infrastructure accommodate over 50,000 technicians, Trainers are instructors practical exercises, number all trade variables in every 150,000+ workmen of 4| Support for Site-based Training and demonstrators: of practical yards, minimum practical module which has contractors and over tools & tackles, teaching been one of the standout 125,000 workmen through 5| Optimum Utilization of Experienced trainers are the aids, lesson plans and finally features of CSTI Panvel. MoUs and tie-ups have Training Resources backbone of any successful cost. At CSTI – Panvel, trade Similarly, a new trade of institute and their longevity been trained over the past 6| Customizing/Adopting infrastructure is spread over Tiling & Stone Work has vastly enhances the quality two decades. 200,000+ Innovative Practices as 8 acres of land and there are been developed and installed of training imparted. At CSTI workmen have also been part of Trade Training clearly earmarked training from curriculum design to Panvel, 80% of trainers are trained through e-learning yards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd trade infrastructure within 11 These attributes are analysed CSTI-trained students and modules. month’s training periods and months. The newly designed through the prism of more than 90% of them hence month wise learning, trade was evaluated by CSTI Panvel, walked away Skills Training Concepts, have been working since tracking and evaluation are High Bury College, UK with the Annual Quality achievement of yearly 2008! Various programmes possible. Further, sound under United Kingdom India Trophy for 2016 on the targets, development of like Training the Trainers, Skilling 11

Success stories How CSTI Panvel has changed lives

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 Dyaneshwar 3-month training course in Formwork. Balasaheb Sawant 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 Education and Research poor catchment area for the site recommended committed till date. Initiative (UKIERI) scheme construction workers, CSTI productivity. A monthly and they have declared the Panvel has been continuously internal quality audit is Sharad Ramkrishna Kamble’s life entire design as “FIT FOR achieving its target of around conducted to assess the changed for the better in 2008 after PURPOSE”. This is another 70% to 90%. In FY 2015-16, trainees and the ground they he enrolled at CSTI Panvel for a one- great achievement for CSTI- 802 candidates were trained have covered which allows month training course in Structural Panvel. against a target of 1100. for course corrections and/ Welding. An ITI-passed welder, or corrective actions. Though Delivering results! Placement & Retention: Sharad was placed in the Mumbai the CSTI has been able to Sharad Ramkrishna Monorail project with a monthly Despite its geographical CSTI-Panvel helps place retain their trainees during Kamble salary of Rs. 15,000 where he worked disadvantage of being high-end trade trainees and the handholding period, for three years before he joined a located in the outskirts monitors them for proper there have been discouraging sub-contractor as welder. He still works at the same site of Mumbai which is a fitment till they achieve declines post it. but his salary now is Rs. 50,000 a month! Cost per Trainee connected with optimum utilization of resources: training, certification, As our CSTIs have grown and distributing and tracking Target achievement is directly matured, they have assumed of trainees for further connected with the optimum relevance as a key aspect opportunities. utilization of trainers, trade of our Corporate Social infrastructure, tools & tackles Innovation is also in the Responsibility programme and fulfilling the lesson plan adoption and use of material with more and more which has been consistently to make courses more unemployed rural youth finding the opportunity to high at CSTI Panvel. industry relevant. A case in train themselves and get Budgeting and monitoring of point is the widespread use gainfully employed. We are costs have also been efficient. of gypsum plaster instead of cement & sand plaster. As also proud that this endeavor Customizing innovation is an important component training cannot be conducted practices to achieve of the PM’s Skill India on gypsum, through R&D, results initiative! the CSTI has found a new Being closely aligned to the material – sand-crushed, – S N Subrahmanyan, Deputy Managing Director & requirements of the BU has limestone mix – as a very President, L&T. made it easier for CSTI Panvel good alternative. 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, 12 BLOOD DONATION CAMPS

We make a living by what we get, But we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill

Sauni yojna project - 19 units

LMRC Phase 1 LKE 1&2 project - 33 units Transmission Line for BSPTCL - 47 units

Integrated Sewerage Work project - 51 units Vizag Vessel project - 484 units

CTS - Hyderabad project project - 29 units CSTI Cuttack - 140 units SUCG JV CC-27

Hospet - Chitradurga Road project - 38 units Kharkai Barrage project - 56 units

Emami City Project - 51 units Upper Indravati Irrigation project - 172 units Mumbai City Surveillance project - 40 units

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