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Swachh Bharat: Public Sector Takes a Lead................................................................. 11 by Dr. U. D. Choubey, DG, SCOPE

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas-Enabling Initiatives towards a Clean India ......................................................................................................... 14

Initiatives taken by CPSEs under

Ministry of Coal towards Swachh Bharat ..................................................................... 17

State Bank of India ............................................................................................................... 21

Indian Oil Corporation Limited........................................................................................ 24

NTPC Limited ......................................................................................................................... 28

GAIL (India) Limited ............................................................................................................. 31

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Rural Electrification Corporation Limited .................................................................... 46

Container Corporation of India Limited ....................................................................... 49

MMTC Limited ....................................................................................................................... 52

Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited .............................................................................. 55

Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited ........................................................................................... 57

SJVN Limited .......................................................................................................................... 60

Bharat Coking Coal Limited .............................................................................................. 63

National Small Industries Corporation Limited ......................................................... 64

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Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited ............................................................. 112

Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited ......................................................................... 115

Konkan Railway Corporation Limited ........................................................................... 117

National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Dev. Corporation ....................................... 120

National Scheduled Castes Finance & Dev. Corporation ....................................... 122

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It is an honour and privilege for me to take over as Chairman SCOPE and take forward the cause of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) in bringing excellence in Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs). I

believe that, with your support, PSEs can become even more professional and competitive and redefine the industrial and social infrastructure of the nation.

Public Sector Enterprises have been making significant contribution to the national economy. It was another glorious moment for SCOPE, Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) and entire Public Sector frater-nity when Hon’ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee graced the occasion of 8th Public Sector Day and presented SCOPE Awards. Hon’ble President acknowledged the exceptional performance shown by Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) at a time when the world is dealing with un-certain economic scenario and not so encouraging industrial climate. I

sincerely hope that we as Public Sector entity will keep on striving to set the bar higher for our performance and contribution towards nation building.

Swachh Bharat is one such step towards nation building which was initiated by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi. Taking forward the vision of Mahatma Gandhi, Swachh Bharat Mission aims for a clean India by 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi ji in the year 2019. In order to create a hygienic and clean India, this mission has come as a boon for the nation. As per Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, since October 2nd 2014, 392.94 lakhs toilets have been built in the rural India and 133 districts have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) while 191,643 villages have been declared ODF and 595 cities have been declared ODF. 100% door to door waste collection has been achieved in 42,948 wards while waste to compost production is nearly 1,64,891.6 Metric Ton as on April 18, 2017.

Public Sector Enterprises are playing crucial role in this mission. During the year 2015-16, 106 CPSEs have spent Rs. 4028.04 crore on CSR activities out of the allocated amount of Rs. 3904.90 crore for the purpose, which also includes contribution to the ‘Swachh Bharat Kosh’ set up by the Central Government for the promotion of sanita-tion and making available safe drinking water.

PSEs have demonstrated their strong commitment to this noble mission. A number of activities have been under-taken which include Swachhta Pakhwada, Awareness Programs, Organization of Essay Competitions, Planting of Saplings etc. to bring about a change in our attitude towards cleanliness. Integrated projects in the rural areas are being undertaken to build toilets and also to emphasise on the need to have a clean surrounding. Even in offices, PSEs are promoting greener technology for less waste disposal and therefore increase in revenue gen-eration. Employees too are being encouraged to promote Swachh Bharat Mission in their daily course. PSEs are also saving power to have a greener environment. SCOPE alone was able to save 1.12 million units in both of its building viz. SCOPE Complex and SCOPE Minar resulting in the saving of Rs. 1.23 crore for the year 2015-16.

PSEs have always been a pillar of support to the Government’s agenda of inclusive growth. With firm belief in social upliftment, I hope PSEs will continue making their best efforts towards this endeavour. This issue of KALEIDOSCOPE covers the amazing work done by PSEs in area of Swachh Bharat Mission. I am sure this issue of the magazine would prove to be a valuable repository for both academic and professional purposes.

CHAIRMAN’S DESK

(Ved Prakash)Chairman, SCOPE

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speak for themselves. There is day to day monitoring and if one goes to Swachh Bharat website, the progress can be witnessed on real time basis. The mission com-pletes 2 and half years by April 2017 and in this period a strong sense of cleanliness is created across India.

As per the available data, 595 cit-ies in the country have become Open Defecation Free (ODF). Tirunelveli city in Tamil Nadu recently became the first city in the country to achieve 100 per-cent segregation of waste into bio

The aim of this nation-wide clean-liness campaign, Swachh Bharat, is to provide sanitation facilities in the country, including toilets to improve solid and liquid waste disposal systems and realize the dream of a clean India. As a befit-ting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the government has set itself to achieve this stupendous task by 2019, the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

As a result, the sanitation issue, which was moving at a slow pace in the last 70 years, has gained rapid momentum and the records

Father of the nation Maha-tma Gandhi had once said “Sanitation is more im-

portant than independence”. Sanitation and Cleanliness were integral part of Gandhiji’s life who dedicated his entire life for the Nation. His life consistently teaches us to remove impurities from the surroundings and from within. Prime Minister’s vision for and mission to Swachh Bharat has revolutionized the country. All Public Sector Enterprises en-thusiastically came forward and demonstrated their genuine com-mitment to this noble initiative.

dr. U. d. ChoubeyDirector General, SCOPE

Swachh Bharat:

Public Sector Takes a Lead

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and non bio degradable. Today, nearly 90 Mw of power is gener-ated from bio-waste and 1.64 lakh metric tonnes of compost are pro-duced from waste stepping up the use of organic manure. Since the mission was launched, 31.14 lakh of individual toilets and 1.15 lakh of community toilets have been built in urban areas and 3.94 crore toilets have been built in rural area. Nearly 43,000 wards in the country have 100 percent waste collection system. These are no small numbers and both central, state governments, Public Sector Enterprises and panchay-ats have worked hard to achieve this. The country cannot rest on its laurels and there is still a long away to go to achieve the targets set for 2019. As of October 2nd, 2019, government proposed to construct 12 crore toilets in ru-ral India at a cost of Rs 1.96 lakh crore to make India ODF.

Without the cooperation of citi-zens, it would be impossible for any government or civic body to ensure clean streets and pub-lic places. However, it was sym-bolic when our PM swept with a broom, conveying a strong mes-sage that efforts must be made to de-stigmatize the act of cleaning, and the participation of citizens in large numbers in a mass clean-ing exercise. However, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is not merely confined to building up of toilets and removing Open Defecation in rural and urban areas. It has a broader perspective and cov-ers everything that is essential for the sustainable development. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan also promotes the adoption of 3Rs- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle for a bet-ter present and sustainable future for generations to come.

To make the effort sustainable it is also important to give empha-sis on proper maintenance and use of toilets and also on making dysfunctional toilets functional. Water and electricity should also be provided to ensure proper

usage of toilets. Efforts should also be made to create awareness so as to bring behavioral change in rural population that accus-tomed to open defecation.

PSEs leading the wayThe role of Public Sector Enterp-rises has been significant. Several enterprises have taken a lead role in building toilets particularly in schools, biogas plants and com-munity toilets in various States of the country. Their cleanliness drive, particularly in the area around their location is notewor-thy. They have also taken innova-tive measures utilizing the money under their corporate social re-sponsibility programme. Under Swachh Vidyalaya Mission, PSEs have achieved the targets of con-structing seperate toilets for boys & girls in government school all across the nation. There are sev-eral examples of PSEs towards the Swachh Bharat Mission. For instance Eastern Coalfields Ltd. has taken an initiative to convert organic waste generated by major temples near its locality to pre-vent pollution of rivers like Ganga due to throwing of flowers, leaves and other items. The project has

PSEs are contributing

immensely towards the

success of the mission

that is being worked upon

vigorously in practically all

the states of the country.

Sincere efforts of Public

Enterprises in this regard

have gone unnoticed as

these are happening in

rural India. As always,

PSEs have set a benchmark

in fulfilling Prime Minis-

ter’s commitment to make

India Clean and Open

Defecation Free by Gandhi

Jayanti in 2019.


maintenance of pay and use com-munity toilets in public private partnership mode. The scheme has twin objectives of cleanliness and providing livelihood to safai karamcharis and liberating man-ual scavengers.

PSEs are contributing immensely towards the success of the mission that is being worked upon vigor-ously in practically all the states of the country. Sincere efforts of Public enterprises in this regard have gone unnoticed as these are happening in rural India. As al-ways, PSEs have set a benchmark in fulfilling Prime Minister’s com-mitment to make India clean and Open Defecation Free by Gandhi Jayanti in 2019.

PSEs efforts towards this noble mission should not be counted in terms of numbers. This progress should be counted in terms of the message that has gone through-out the nation, the level of aware-ness their efforts have generated and the sense of responsibility towards making India clean and green. However, cleanliness is a collaborative effort and no gov-ernment initiative can succeed unless fully backed by the citi-zens of India.

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has taken up nearly 3,500 cleaning up activities in various locations. It is not only that of building toilets in several states for com-munities and schools but also in-cludes cleanliness drives around plant premises, townships and locations in the vicinity of instal-lations on a regular basis. Apart from awareness campaign, oil distribution major has organized walkathons, competitions, tree plantations, talks, anti-plastic campaign and providing drink-ing water and dustbins in thou-sands of locations.

GAIL, Goa Shipyard, Mum-bai Rail Vikas Corporation, BEML, BHEL, NMDC, SAIL, HAL, NLC among others have taken number of Swachh Bharat ini-tiatives throughout the length and breadth of the country. The construction of toilets in various schools has reduced the dropout rate of girl students across the country.

The National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corp-oration has launched Swachhta Udyami Yojana, on October 2nd 2014, which provides term loans up to Rs 25 lakh to target groups for construction, operation and

converted waste into wealth by converting organic waste in tem-ples into organic compost. Four sites have been identified namely Dakshineswar Temple in Kolkata, Baba Baidyanath Mandir in Deoghar, Jharkhand, Kalighat Temple, Kolkata and Tarapith Temple in Birbhum. This initia-tive has been taken by ECL under CSR. MSTC Ltd. is a Mini Ratna company that has developed a se-ries of initiatives to recycle waste and protect environment.

SJVN Ltd. is another example of a PSE which has taken several steps for Swachh Bharat. Under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan 2421 toilets have been constructed in schools, garbage disposal efforts have been taken up, sewerage treatment plants set up and sev-eral natural water bodies restored and rehabilitated.

Hindustan Petroleum Corpora-tion Ltd. has constructed 1344 toilets under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan ensuring Sanitary fa-cilities for a large number of boys and girls in remote areas. It had also launched number of Swachhta awareness campaigns in schools and villages.

The role of Public

Sector Enterprises has

been significant.

Several enterprises

have taken a lead role

in building toilets

particularly in schools,

biogas plants and

community toilets in

various States of the

country.


multifaceted initiatives under Corporate Social Responsibility to build infrastructurethat sup-port sanitation but have also whole heartedly participated in the movement towards attaining the goals of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

The SBA encompasses number of activities including cleanliness drives in and around office prem-ises, development of swachta town/model villages, spreading awareness amongst stakehold-ers through various Information Education & Communication (IEC) materials, installation of signage boards, banners, hoard-ings, notifications in portals/so-cial media and organizing ofvari-ous competitions like poster/slogan/essay competitions. Such activities have witnessed enthu-siastic participation of employ-ees, customers, community, etc. All CPSEs have been advised to spend 33% of CSR funds on Swachh Bharat Activities.

Some of the important activities-which have been undertaken by Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Oil & Gas Central Public Sector Enterprises and its Joint Ventures (CPSEs/JVs) under the administrative control of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas are detailed below:

Swachh Bharat Pakhwada (SBP) Activities:MoP&NG/ Oil & Gas CPSEs observed Swachhta Pakhwada week on 16-31 May, 2016 and 16-30 June, 2016 respectively. Under SBP, pledge was administered in the Ministry of PNG for cre-ating awareness towards im-portance of cleanliness at the workplace on 26.5.2016. Towards creating awareness banners, post-ers, essay competitions, semi-nars, workshops, etc. were or-ganized All concerned offices were requested to undertake pe-riodical recording/reviewing and weeding out of the old records

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) is a national level transformational initiative

launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on 2nd October 2014, to keep our country clean & green. It is one of the biggest coordinated efforts towards achieving universal sani-tation, improving cleanliness & eliminating open defecation in our country. 8 Group of Secretaries were constituted to come up with the ideas for transformative changes in various areas of gover-nance including Swachh Bharat & Ganga Rejuvenation. This report emphasized that the focus should be on people’s involvement and sustainability of program with behavioral, attitudinal & trans-formational change becoming the prime focus. Sustaining the momentum, Oil & Gas Central Public Sector Enterprises and its Joint Ventures (CPSEs/JVs) under the administrative con-trol of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas have not only taken

“Cleanliness and sanitation is even more important than political independence! So long as you do not take the broom and the bucket in your hands, you cannot make

your towns and cities clean.” Mahatma Gandhi

Enabling initiatives towards a Clean India

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Mr. K. D. Tripathi, IASSecretary

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas


provision pertaining to availabil-ity of clean toilets has been classi-fied under ‘Major irregularity and the penalty provisions have also been suitably amended. OMCs have provided separate waste bins (for dry & wet waste) across all retail outlets & an action plan has also been prepared to have separate toilets for men & women at all Retail Outlets on National Highways & State Highways by 2018-19.

Awareness GenerationsOil & Gas CPSEs have undertak-en various activities for spreading awareness & bringing attitudinal change with the help of IEC ma-terials like awareness campaigns through social media & websites, organizing various competitions, plays, quizzes, walkathons, etc., to sensitize all stakeholders i.e. employees, customers, com-munity etc. Photographs, news

items and articles on various ac-tivities relating to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan have been regularly up-dated on the website of MoP&NG & CPSEs and also through social mediaincluding Facebook and Twitter.

Wealth from Waste: Waste to fuel projects & Waste ManagementUnder waste to fuel projects, Oil & Gas CPSEs have taken initia-tives for implementation of waste to fuel projects on a pilot basis across 7 States. CPSEs are also en-gaged in improving community waste management with the help of local bodies across different places. ONGC has undertaken Project Green Rameswaram (A Project launched by the former president of India, Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam) in association with, Hand in Hand, India, in 4 wards of Rameswaram. The project in-cludes various IEC activities, training, skill development etc. towards improving solid waste management system through door to door garbage collection, effective waste segregation, waste recycling/processing, behavioral change in household/commercial establishments through various IEC activities. 50 Bio gas plants have also been constructed by GAIL, a CPSE under MoP&NG in Auraiya district, Uttar Pradesh which have immense social ben-efits, like smoke and ash free kitchen, saving women from vari-ous respiratory infections and re-ducing the quantum of pollutants in the immediate environment.

Provision of clean water& community developmentOil & Gas CPSEs have undertaken

for maintaining good hygiene, cleanliness, sprucing of space andmaintaining conducive work-ing conditions. A special drive was also undertaken for dispos-ing off obsolete furniture, equip-ment, etc. in Library and Canteen during SBP. The attached Offices of the Ministry of P&NG also observed the Swachhta Fortnight and undertook different ac-tivities for maintaining clean working environment. For year 2017, MoP&NG and Oil & Gas CPSEs have planned Swachhta Pakhwada 16-31 July, 2017 and 16-31 December, 2017 respectively.

School ToiletsUnder the Swachh Bharat Vidya-laya Abhiyan, to reduce the drop-out rate among girl students due to non-availability of separate toi-let facilities, Oil CPSEs/JVs have constructed more than 20,186 school toilets costing around Rs 355 crore under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan. These toilets are used by more than 5 lakh girl students. More than 95% of the toilets have been constructed in rural areas

Clean Toilets at Retail ToiletsOil Marketing Companies (O- MCs) under the administrative control of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has initiated ac-tion to provide clean toilet at all the Retail Outlets (ROs). Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas hasadvised OMCs to revise the existing provision of Marketing Discipline Guidelines (MDG)-2012 pertaining to provision of facilities including clean toilets (male & female) at Retail Outlets (ROs). Accordingly, the revised

One of the initiatives of ONGC, a CPSE under MoP&NG, in partnership with Indian Mounta- ineering Foundation is cleaning expedition to remove the hazardous garbage/waste generated by tourists in Himalayas. The Team created aware-ness among all stakehold-ers involving local climb-ers, youth, Panchayat, NGO & school children about environment and cleaning the area.

Clean Himalaya Campaign


Temple, Amritsar have been ad-opted by IOCL, BPCL & HPCL respectively.

Ganga RejuvenationWith the aim of “Aviral Dhara”

various activities for provision of clean drinking water in schools, tourist spots, villages and holy places. Various projects for the benefit of the society as a whole are also being implemented by CPSEs; including activities like rejuvenation/ beautification of parks, development of water bodies, construction of commu-nity toilets for public purpose, installation of dustbins in public places, construction of individual household toilets, etc.

Swachh Iconic PlacesTourist/religious iconic places have been earmarked for Oil and Gas CPSEs with focus onspe-cial clean up initiative focusing on maintenance and upkeep of tourist/religious places. ONGC and OIL have adopted Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Titupati and Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati respectively. Taj Mahal, Agra has been adopted by GAIL. Vaishno Devi, Katra, Jammu,Meenakshi Temple, Madurai and Golden

Under Swachh Bharat

Abhiyan, a first of its

kind composting unit

and solid waste manage-

ment system has been

installed at Victoria

Memorial by Balmer

Lawrie. The unit is

equipped with cutting-

edge technology and has

a capacity to treat 500kg

of organic waste daily.

Composing Unit at Victoria Memorial

(Continuous Flow”), “Nirmal Dhara” (“Unpolluted Flow”), of Ganga river as well as geo-logic and ecological integrity, oil & gas CPSEs have undertaken a number of activities in river sur-face cleaning, modernization/construction of ghats, construc-tion of community toilets near river ghats, provision of drink-ing water ATMs and various IEC materials.

The Swachh Bharat Mission which epitomizes cleanliness has created a tremendous im-pact across the nation. A sense of responsibility has been evoked among the citizenry and through active participation of people; Swachh Bharat Mission has become a mass movement in cleanliness activities across the nation. The dream of a ‘Clean India’ once seen by Mahatma Gandhi has begun to take shape & as envisaged, CleanIndia is planned to be the best tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th Birth Anniversary in 2019.


administration, public sector en-terprises and corporates. Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) for Coal, Power and NRE gave a target of 1,00,000 school toilets to the PSUs coming under the purview of the three ministries. In due course of time, the PSUs constructed/reno-vated approximately 1,28,000 school toilets by the given dead-line. Out of these 53,412 (nearly 41%) toilets were constructed by Coal India Ltd.

Process The massive project was entrust-ed to 7 of CIL’s subsidiaries: The toilets were constructed in six states in more than 100 districts

• Chattisgarh• Jharkhand• Madhya Pradesh• Odisha

S. N.

Subsi-diary

Target Achiev- ement

1 ECL 3375 3375

2 BCCL 5121 5185

3 WCL 4478 5393

4 SECL 10776 11570

5 MCL 10404 10404

6 NCL 5635 5635

7 CCL 11326 11850

Total 51115 53412

• Uttar Pradesh• West Bengal First, the schools were surveyed for toilet requirement. According to the survey findings, the data was frozen and the numbers of toilets to be constructed and to be renovated were decided. For survey work, over 350 teams were formed in total. The teams remained on field for the entire duration and completed the work in time in spite of difficulties such as Delays due to elections, Left Wing Extremism, Difficult terrain etc. Thereafter, the construction was entrusted to different agen-cies which include:• Independent Contractors

through Open Tenders• CPSUs NBCC, Hindustan

Prefab Ltd (HPL), IRCON Infrastructure and Services Ltd .(IRCON-IS L)

• State Govt. of all the con-cerned states except Uttar Pradesh

• Central Public Works Department (CPWD)

During construction also, teams comprised of employees (execu-tives and non-executives of dif-ferent departments) were there on the project sites for proper monitoring and to ensure timely completion.

Initiatives taken by Coal India Ltd. on Swachh Bharat

Objectives and response to the needs of the communityOn 15th August 2014, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, from the red fort, announced a massive mission to make our beloved na-tion cleaner and more hygienic by 2019 (150th Birth Anniversary year of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of our Nation). The first step in this direction was to make all the schools of the country clean-er and more hygienic. Schools have a very important role to pray in these kinds of national missions. Habits of cleanliness inculcated from tender age into children will manifest into their behaviour for their entire lifetime. Also, lack of sanitation facilities is a major reason why girl students drop out of schools.

Owing to the above factors, “Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan” was envisaged with a target of providing toilets (Separately for boys and girls) in all the govern-ment run schools of the country by 15th August 2015. For timely completion of the project, con-tributions had to come in from everywhere, including district

Initiatives taken by CPSEs towards Swachh Bharat

Ministry of Coal

Mr. Sushil Kumar, IASSecretary

Ministry of Coal


initiatives like Skill India, Digital India etc. have been envisaged and taking cues from the Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan, PSUs’ infra-structure and manpower can be used for the success of the initia-tives too.

Conclusively, Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan has been a very impor-tant milestone for Coal India Ltd. Due to its noble cause and the efficiency achieved by CIL in completing the project. The project has reassured CIL’s faith in its leadership, sincer-ity and commitment towards the society. By providing toilets in some of the remotest areas of the country, CIL has remained true to its policy guidelines which put the benefit of the margin-alised at the top. The enthusi-asm with which all the employ-ees worked towards this project shows the sensitivity of CIL em-ployees toward social causes and the internalization of CSR in the company.

Taking improved sanitation to the household level CIL and its subsidiaries have also been involved in construction of Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs) to improve the access to sanitation among the under-privileged people. One such ini-tiative has been undertaken in Purulia district of West Bengal. CIL has identified 40 villages of the district for undertaking vari-ous measures for their holistic de-velopment, sanitation being one of them. With the aim of making these 40 villages Open Defecation Free (ODF), CIL is constructing IHHLs in these villages comple-menting the work done by the district administration in this direction.

Initiatives for Solid Waste Management India is home to many prominent shrines. Offering of flowers to the deities by devotees is a com-mon practice at almost all these shrines/temples. However, the disposal of flower waste is a prob-lem which is not well addressed. Moreover, these flower waste acts as a pollutant for rivers like The Ganges and The Bra hmaputra which house many famous tem-ples at their banks. CIL and its subsidiary ECL have set up flow-er waste processing plants at vari-ous temples for effective manage-ment of flower waste. These small plants convert the organic waste generated by these temples to manure which can then be sold in the local market. These units serve the dual purpose of solid waste management and employ-ment generation by employ-ing local youth to operate them. The sites at which these units have been installed/are being in-stalled are:

• Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi

• Vindhya Vasini Temple, Mirzapur

• Kama khya Temple, Guwahati

• Dakhsineshwar Temple, Kolkata

• One more plant in Varanasi caters to 9 smaller temples

Swachhta Pakhwadas Under the aegis of Ministry of Coal, CIL and its subsidiaries observe Swachhta Pakhwadas, a fortnight dedicated to spread the message of cleanliness every year starting from 2015-16. Various

To maintain transparency at ev-ery level and stage, all the sur-vey photographs were uploaded on Internet. A separate portal for this was created for PSUs of Coal, Power and NRE ministries. The portal www.vidyutindia.in gives detailed information about the contributions of these PSUs towards the mission. Images at 11 stages of construc-tion were captured for each toilet and uploading of the same on the portal is in process. -

Impact The initiative is expected to in-crease the enrolment and reten-tion of children in government schools (especially girls). The awareness drives which were conducted during the programme and in future are expected to en-hance the overall awareness level of people towards hygiene and cleanliness.

Sustainability Water and electric Connections have been provided in all the toilets. Also, contract for mainte-nance of the toilets for a period of 2 to 5 years have been signed / are in process with the SMCs (School Management Committees). Awa-reness campaign through differ-ent modes will be conducted so that over the time, the schools and the students develop a sense of ownership for the toilets and the project remains sustainable in the future also.

Potential for Replication The successful and in-time completion of the project has shown that PSLis can take up this kind of mission-mode proj-ects in future also. Several new


India by Gandhi Jayanthi 2019, the largest ever cleanness drive was launched by Govt of India on 02.10.2014. NLC India Limited with its commitment for the de-velopment of the country with its long CSR experience for over 5 decades in the region also con-tributed immensely during this cleanness drive.

Swachh Vidyalaya AbhiyanIn line with our Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision to provide sepa-rate toilets for girls and boys in all Government schools under SVA, NLC India Limited con-structed 1275 toilets in various Government schools located all over Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. The boy’s toilet consists of 5 uri-nals and a IWC with a water tub storage of water inside and an roof top water tank. The girls toilet consists of 4squatting type urinals and a IWC with a water tub storage of water inside and

an roof top water tank besides an incinerator for disposal of sanitary napkin. All the toilets are provided with pipe line con-nection from the nearest water point available within the school. All the toilets are functioning normally. In recognition of this commendable performance in completing the target of construc-tion of toilet blocks in various schools within stipulated time , NLC India Limited was felicitat-ed by Shri,Piyush Goya!, Hon’ble Minister of state for Coal, Power and New & Renewable energy at a Felicitation Ceremony held at Air Force Auditorium, New Delhi on 02.112015.

Swachh Bharat Mission Pakhwadas In continuation of above initia-tives, NLCIL have arranged sev-en Swachh Bharat Mission Pa kh-wadas (Fortnights) to create mass awareness among the public. The details are as follows:

innovative activities for aware-ness generation and sensitization are being taken up during this pe-riod. The major activities during the 2015-16 Pakhwada were:

• Honouring municipal work-ers for their contribution towards cleanliness

• Distribution of safety kits among sanitation workers

• Cleaning of local premises at different levels

• Awareness generation by way of rallies, competitions etc. among school students

• Installation of dust bins for collecting solid waste

These Pakhwadas have garnered support from employees as well as local people and they are ex-pected to go up in their scale and scope in years to come.

Initiatives taken by NLC India Ltd.To accomplish the vision of clean

S. No. Period Activities

1 16th to 30th April 2016

In connection with World Heritage Day on 18th April, cleanness drives around heritage sites and Monuments were arranged.

Cleaning drive was launched at Natarajar Temple at Chidambaram, Vrid ha chala m Temple, and Sreemushnam Temple.

Student volunteers from scouts & Guide, Junior Red cross, NSS & NCC from the schools of Neyveli and Chide mbaram participated.

2 1st to 15th May 2016

In connection with International Labour Day on 1st May, cleanness drives in and around factory premises were arranged.

The employees of 3 Lignite Mines and 4 Thermal Power Stations including other service units and offices numbering around 15000 participated.

3 1st to 15th September 2016

In connection with Teachers Day on 5th September, Sensitisation meetings with parents on im-parting message for cleanliness and sanitation among children were conducted by Teachers.

700 teachers from 28 schools of Neyveli participated.


4 1st to 15th November 2016

In connection with Children’s Day on 14th November, sensitisation programmes by children to their parents about safe practices in cleanliness and hygiene and Cleanliness activities were taken up,

Mass Swachhta Pledge taking (in Tamil, Hindi & English) was carried out by around 5,000 students from High School & Higher Secondary schools along with CMD & other functional directors at Bharathi stadium, Neyveli.

Essay, Elocution & Drawing competition were conducted among school students and college students regarding cleanliness.

A special lecture Programme on Personal Hygiene & Prevention of Lectospirosis has been con-ducted by NLCIL’s Doctors for nearly 200 students of NLC schools, Mandarakuppam.

Volunteers of National Cadet Corps, National Service Scheme, Junior Red Cross, Green Cadets, Scouts and Guards of NLC Schools conducted an awareness rally in the nearby villages.

14 villages nearby Neyveli viz., Utha nga I, Kottarakuppam, Mettukuppam, Ka rung uli, Abatharanapuram, Ka mmapurarn, Arasakuzhi, Iruppu, Pa lakolla i, Ma rung ur, Mutha ndikuppa m, Kadampuliyoor, Vadalur, Venkatampettai were cleaned during the fortnight.

A mini marathon to spread the message of Swachh Bharat organized in the Neyveli Township on 10.11.2016, in which about 5000 students participated,

5 1st to 15th February 2016

In connection with World Cancer Day on 4th February & World day of the sick on 11th February massive cleanness drives in all hospital wards and hospital premises were arranged. Waste Bins were installed to segregate waste.

Sensitisation drive by doctors, Nurses and medical staff to patients and visitors on importance of SAFE sanitation and hygiene.

700 Para medical and Medical professional involved in creating awareness about cleanliness and sanitation among public in the surrounding villages.

6 1st to 15th March 2016

In connection with World Cancer Day on 8th March,training workshops for women SHGs in slums to empower them to lead behaviour changes and Initiatives in decentralised SWM and safe sani-tation in their communities were conducted.

Around 1100 Women employees of NLCIL participated.

7 16th to 31st March 2016

In connection with World Cancer Day on 8th March,training workshops for women SHGs in slums to empower them to lead behaviour changes and Initiatives in decentralised SWM and safe sani-tation in their communities were conducted.

Around 1100 Women employees of NLCIL participated.

In connection with World Water Day on 22nd March mass cleaning drives in all water bodies and mass cleaning of beaches and river banks are planned.

The widening and desilting the Sengal oda i which takes water from Mines to Paravanar River is in progress.

The work is under progress and nearing completion at the water bodies (Kundan Tank and Velludayanpattu Temple Pond) in Neyveli Township to make it a recreation destination as well as Pisciculture farm.


and dignity, particularly the girl students.

Being a premier and responsive Bank of the Nation, we had re-sponded to the appeal of Hon’ble Prime Minister to participate in the ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign’- under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. We have Pan India presence. Our 14 Circles represent the network of more than 17,000 branches. It was decided that each Circle will identify a district within their area of operation, preferably a remote tribal dominant district, in consultation with the state ad-ministration for construction of school toilets. Strategically, the girl’s schools having no sanitation facilities have been preferred. The

Responsiveness to the needs of the society and respon-sibility to meet those

needs is ingrained in the ethos of our Bank. CSR is not an isolated practice or initiative for the Bank but runs through its entire busi-ness paradigm.

We take pride in being the Banker to every Indian. This carries a tre-mendous responsibility to serve every Indian, a major section of whom is still beyond the pale of development. SBI serves the rich-est and the poorest with equal fe-licity thereby carrying on the no-ble task of building a progressive and inclusive nation and ensur-ing a fair living for the deprived sections of the society.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched on 2nd October, 2014. It is India’s largest ever cleanli-ness drive. The main objective of Swachh Bharat Mission is to clean the roads, public places, schools, government & corporate estab-lishments etc. and creation of awareness for cleanliness among the masses. It also aims to achieve Open Defecation Free India by 2019, through construction of in-dividual, cluster & community toilets and improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas, by promoting cleanliness,

hygiene and eliminating open defecation.

Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign is an initiative under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, to ensure that all Government Schools in the coun-try have a set of functional and well maintained sanitation facil-ity - separate for boys and girls.Girls are particularly vulnerable to dropping out of school, partly because many are reluctant to continue their education when toilets and washing facilities are not private, not safe or sim-ply not available. When schools have appropriate, gender sepa-rated sanitation facilities; an ob-stacle to attendance is removed. Students are assured of privacy

“Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”

SBI

Smt. Arundhati BhattacharyaChairman, SBI


An amount of Rs. 1000.00 lac has been invested in the construction of these toilet blocks.

The district administration in all the states has rendered whole-hearted and unconditional sup-port to our endeavour in rural area.

We encourage cost effective and appropriate technologies for ecologically safe and sustainable sanitation models.

We have prepared a road map of activities covering the 3 important phases necessary for the Programme:

• Planning phase

• Implementation phase &• Sustainability phase.

Specific preparation, concrete action plan and meticulous time lines are the success indica-tors for implementation of the project. Effective management of safe drinking water and sanita-tion facilities are the key elements of healthy nation. Adoption of positive hygiene behaviour will significantly contribute in reduc-ing child morbidity.

All three phases like planning phase, implementation phase and sustainability phase have been monitored by the officials of Premises and Estate department

of respective Circles. Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign is not just about construction/repairs of the toilets but also behaviour change and awareness generation pro-gramme for students, parents and teachers.

Across India, the education of millions of children was im-proved by having functional toi-lets at schools.

SBI Youth for India (SBI YFI)SBI YFI is a unique Indian rural fellowship Programme initiated, funded and managed by the State Bank of India (SBI) in partner-ship with reputed NGOs of the

implementation of the project had been entrusted to the NGOs of national repute like Sulabh Sanitation Mission foundation, Wockhardt Foundation etc. In few states the projects were assigned to local NGOs. Different models of construction have been implemented as per the local needs. Perennial water supply is the key success indicator for sustainability of the project. In most of the projects the responsibility of opera-tion and maintenance (O&M) of the toilets, for the period of 2 to 5 years, is entrusted to the NGO involved in construction of the toilet blocks. In other cases school management committee and Gram Sabha shoul-dered the responsibility to keep the toilets clean and functional.

Following is the list of projects undertaken by the bank:

SANITATION - SWACHH BHARAT INITIATIVES

S. N. State District NGO No. of schools

1. Uttar Pradesh Varanasi Sulabh Sanitation Mission Foundation 35

2. Madhya Pradesh Gwalior SankalpSamajSeviSanstha 20

3. Bihar Arwal Sulabh Sanitation Mission Foundation 63

4. Telangana Adilabad Wockhardt Foundation 27

5. Punjab Hoshiarpur Sulabh Sanitation Mission Foundation 50

6. Kerala Palakkad Wockhardt Foundation 50

7. Maharashtra Washim Wockhardt Foundation 28

8. Bengal South 24 Parganas Purba Gurgaria Desapran Rural Development Centre 57

9. Odisha Boudh Ruchika Social Service Organisation 42

10. Rajasthan SawaiMadhopur Wockhardt Foundation 10

11. Assam Kamrup rural, Jorhat, Hailakandi

Forum for Total Development of North Eastern Region

15

12. Meghalaya Ampati 5

13. Arunachal Pradesh Papumpare 5

14. Mizoram Serchhip 5

TOTAL 427


and State Bank residential quarters.

• Over 54,000 SBI group ATMs and Cash Deposit machines (CDMs) ensure reduced consumption of paper at Branches.

• Committed to financing of re-newal energy projects (solar) to the tune of Rs. 75,000 crores over the next 5 years in view of GOI target for generation of 10,000 MW from renew-able energy by 2019 subject to viability/feasibility and other laid down criteria pertaining to financing such projects.

• Tree plantation drive un-dertaken during monsoons across all Circles and more than 450,000 trees planted during last three years.

• CSR support to Municipal Corporation of Tirupati for acquiring Garbage Tipper for maintenance of cleanliness at Tirupati Town.

• Rainwater Harvesting Projects have been implemented.

All these initiatives supports in-directly to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

country. It provides a framework for India’s bright young minds to join hands with rural com-munities empathizes with their struggles and connects with their aspirations. The selected fellows, mostly from the urban back-ground and from some of the top institutes/Corporates work with experienced NGOs on chal-lenging grass root development projects. Apart from the assigned projects the SBI Youth for India fellows are engaged with the community for cleanliness cam-paign. The proactive initiative of these fellows has changed the face of the village. All sections of the society participated in the cleanliness campaign.

Other Initiatives support-ing Swachh Bharat AbhiyanThe Bank has also taken proactive steps to reduce the direct impact of its operations on the environ-ment. From recycling programs to energy conservation in offices and branches, the Bank is work-ing to reduce its operational foot-prints on the environment. Some of the measures introduced are:

• Wind based power projects commissioned and the power generated from these projects power Bank’s branches/offices

in the States of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

• Installed Solar ATMs, in-troduced Green Channel Banking (Paperless Banking)

• Initiated a pilot project to de-termine the Carbon footprint levels, which will help in de-termining the Bank’s resource consumption pattern and en-able the Bank to take effective steps to implement various measures for sustainable us-age in a cost effective way.

• The Bank has put in place SMART i.e. Specific, Measu-rable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound Green Ban-king Goals, some of which have obtained star rating at all Local Head Office prem-ises from Bureau of Energy Efficiency. Construction of ‘Green Buildings’, waste water treatment plants, pro-grams to sensitize staff on en-ergy Savings are some of the other initiative taken

• The recycling plant housed at the basement of the SBI Bhavan converts the waste generated to compost which is used at State Bank Bhavan

Inauguration event at Varanasi.


parks, approach roads, parking spaces, pathways, bus depots, school premises, etc. So far, 3404 such cleaning activities have been taken up in various locations of IndianOil, brief details of which is given below:

• Employees and stakeholders (viz. Retail Outlets dealers, LPG distributors, etc.) took pledge for Safai Abhiyan.

• Activities undertaken to maintain all ROs in excellent condition and to carry out regular inspections.

• Cleaning activities in and around the units/locations installations/ establishments

Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State, MoP&NG (I/c) and Mr. B. Ashok, Chairman, IOC joined Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

continues on regular basis at various locations. IOCians also continuously carry out cleanliness drives in the ad-joining areas of office com-plexes spread across the length and breadth of the country.

• Activities viz. toilet con-struction, cleanliness drives around plant premises, town-ships, and locations in the vicinity of installations are regularly taken up by various units every month.

• Awareness campaigns like walkathons, competitions, tree plantations, talks, inter-actions, plays, anti-plastic campaigns, Quiz/ Painting/Slogan/ Essay competitions, Banner display, wall paint-ings, Nukkad nataks, tree plantations, etc. are also taken up regularly by various units.

• Drinking water facilities and dustbins have been made available at all 26,091 IndianOil’s ROs. Clean toi-let facilities have been made available at 25,773 ROs so far. Efforts are still on to make drinking water, clean toilet facility and dust bin available at all ROs including the new upcoming ones.

Clean India movement under “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” was kick-start-

ed by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on 2nd October, 2014. IndianOil joined the campaign across the country in its various installations/locations and vicin-ity thereof. Chairman exhorted every IOCian to commit to the task of cleanliness and be fully dedicated to the Mission.

Cleanliness Activities around the operational areas Physical cleanliness activities were undertaken by units/ in-stallations in their operations ar-eas and outside viz. in markets,

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

IOC

Mr. B. AshokCMD, IOCL


Tito Marg, Delhi and visiting customers were cleanliness.

• CSR activities were also un-derkaken at Janta Adarsh Blind School, Sadiq Nagar.

Swachhta Pakhwada Swachhta Pakhwada was ob-served across the organization from 16.06.2016 to 30.06.2016. Units/office establishments un-dertook various initiatives such as pledge taking, cleanliness drives within and outside unit premises, awareness talks, walkathons, cy-clothons, poster making, painting competitions, debate competi-tions etc. More than 600 such ac-tivities were undertaken during the fortnight.

Public Toilets Constructed• 4 Public toilet complexes

in Varanasi have been con-structed during Jan-Mar-2016 at Govt. High School, Sag-hat, Govt. High School, Chitaipur, Govt. Girls Inter College, Maldahiya and Lab-our Commissioner Office, Dhupchandi.

• 5 Public toilet complexes in Puri have been construct-ed at Bata Mangala chowk Parking area, NCC com-plex, Grid Chhak, Kamla Hospital and OSRTC land near Narendra Kona. 2 more Toilet Complexes are under construction near Siddha Mahavir Temple & Mangla Ghat Parking area.

• 4 Public toilets have been constructed at prominent market places of Delhi in Lajpat Nagar and Nehru

Place through South Delhi Municipal Corporation.

Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidy-alaya Abhiyan (SVA) Under SVA, IndianOil constructed/ repaired 2855 school toilets in 76 districts across 16 States. 1404 toilets were constructed/repaired directly by IndianOil and 1451 toilets were constructed/repaired through the State Government agencies (in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal) on de-posit work basis.

Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan is the national campaign initiated by our Honourable Prime Minister. This initiative provides millions of students with adequate sanita-tion facility in schools. The move also fosters a sense of empower-ment among girls, who earlier used to drop out of schools due to non-availability of separate toilets for girls. It also inculcates a sense of cleanliness among the students in particular and the young and upcoming generation in general.

Schools allotted to IndianOil were located in remote areas of Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh & Odisha and hence, execution was a herculean task. Some schools did not have any approach road

Installation of Dustbins: Clean Aizawl City Initiative, Mizoram CSR Project for providing 890 dustbins for installation at dif-ferent public places in the city of Aizwal in Mizoram as part of Swachh Bharat Mission. The ini-tiative was undertaken in May 2016 in collaboration with Urban Development Department of Govt. of Mizoram.

Swachhta Diwas Celebrated during 2nd - 3rd Oct., 2016• Swachhta Diwas was ob-

served at various locations/ units of IndianOil across the country on 2nd - 3rd Oct., 2016.

• Activities such as cleanliness drives, walkathon, awareness camps etc. were organized.

• At Corporate Office, New Delhi a nukkad natak was or-ganized to sensitize employ-ees on Swachhta and environ-mental protection. The natak was also organized at Sadiq Nagar market for the general public.

• Nukkad natak was also orga-nized at 3 company owned company operated ROs’ at J B

Nukkad Natak during Swachhta Diwas.

Swachhta Pakhwada.


connectivity also created many hurdles. The remotest location was about 100 km away from Bhawani Patna, the district HQ. In order to achieve the daunting task of achieving the SVA targets/objectives, IndianOil had mobi-lized about 200 officials as FPRs (First Person Responsible). Few snippets of the unique challeng-es faced by our field officials are briefly described below:

Wading through Knee deep waterWhile IndianOil team was vis-iting Thuamala Rampur block in Kalahandi for inspection of toilet construction, with the lo-cal headmaster as the guide, it rained heavily. After travelling 75 kms, their vehicle was stuck in the mud and could not move. They had to move ahead on foot. At around 4 PM, they came across a river, 20-30-metre-wide, flow-ing at knee deep level. Having come such a long distance, they decided to proceed further, and crossed the river bare foot with shoes in their hands! With a lot of difficulty, they complet-ed the inspection. While return-ing, it was also raining heavily. It would have been too danger-ous or impossible to cross the river, if the river overflowed. Fortunately, it did not and they could cross the river and returned to Bhawanipatna at 9 PM. In the words of our field officers, this was indeed, the riskiest day of their lives.

Bus stuck in mudIn another case, they were travel-ling by bus to reach their destina-tion. On a very narrow road, they found a bus stuck in mud in front

of theirs. They were stuck there for hours. Just after the bus could manage to extricate itself, it was the turn of their bus to get into the slush. After a lot of struggle, their bus could come out. And they could reach their destination to complete inspection.

Road washed awayIn another incident, they were travelling in a Bolero. On their way, suddenly, they noticed a breach on the road in front of them. The road had been washed away by heavy rains. “The Bolero will not be able to move even an inch ahead, Sir!” said the driver. Having no choice, they proceed-ed on foot for about 3 KM and reached the school and complet-ed the inspection.

Famous hello point at KalahandiNetwork connectivity in Kalahandi is a major problem. While on a visit to a school, our officials requested the Circle Resource Cluster Coordinator (CRCC) of Kalahandi District

and construction materials had to be carried on head load, and sometimes, crossing rivulets and hillocks. Availability of land, convincing stake holders to al-low construction of toilets, etc. were some of the key challenges. However, these difficulties could not stop IndianOil from achiev-ing the set goals. IndianOil not only achieved the target on time, but also constructed additional toilets beyond the targets given by MoHRD/ MoP&NG. A few of the unique challenges faced by IndianOil’s field teams are given below:

Toilets Construction/ Repair work in OdishaIn Odisha, IndianOil construct-ed toilets in seven districts viz. Cuttack, Kendrapara, Sonepur, Kalahandi, Jagatsinghpur, Kho-rda and Sambalpur. The most daunting challenge was construc-tion of 500 toilets in 8 blocks of Kalahandi district. Officials had to travel long distances to reach the remote schools. Often, sud-den rains resulted in river swell-ing and road blockade. Poor road and telecommunication

Public toilets constructed by company.

Inauguration of Clean Aizwal City initiatives.


(Patna), our field team had to negotiate a kutcha, narrow, non-metaled road before crossing a dry river bed. But due to heavy rains, the river was in full flow. Our team was stuck. Thankfully, they found a boat. As soon as they entered the boat to go across, they realized, it was leaky! By the time, they reached the other side, their shoes and trousers were drenched and hands and trou-sers were smudged with leftover coal tar in the boat. Finally, they climbed up the banks on the oth-er side and walked through the slippery, marshy and slushy land to reach the school. They came to know that all materials and la-bour were also transported only by boat.

Working day and night in KarnatakaIn Bangalore, it was planned to complete all the roof casting works before the onset of monsoon, i.e. before early June. However, due to many constraints including village festivals, local issues and local Panchayat elections (for which schools were used as poll-ing booth), some activities had to be postponed. Work in 3 villages had to be stopped for one week due to entry restrictions. Our of-ficials came up with the idea of working 24x7. Lighting arrange-ments were made and work con-tinued day and night. By so do-ing, all the toilet roofs could be casted on time.

Waste to Fuel Project at VaranasiWaste to Fuel has been a flagship initiative of the Govt. of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission. Under this mission, IndianOil is setting

up ten decentralized Waste to Fuel plants of 5 tons per day (TPD) capacity each, in the city of Varanasi. The plants shall convert Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to manure and biogas. While the manure shall be provided to Varanasi Nagar Nigam (VNN), the biogas will be used as a fuel to generate electricity, which shall power street-lights in the vicinity of the plant, at no-cost basis to the end-user. The MSW from ten dif-ferent sites will be collected and converted into biogas.

Each plant shall generate 600 Nm3 of biogas and 400 kgs of manure per day. This project will help accrue multiple ben-efits viz. prevention of disposal of organic waste to landfill sites, reduction in land requirement for waste disposal, reduction in elec-tricity requirement in powering local street lights, production of manure, and potential reduc-tion in foul smell and related health impacts of land filling of waste. The first unit has been installed at Bhavniya Pokhri in December 2016. The unit is opera-tional and supplying electricity to illuminate street lights in Jal Kal’s premises.

to guide them, as the area was very remote and asked him to meet them at an agreed location. When they reached the location, the CRCC was not available and there was no way to contact him. The local people told them about the “Hello Point”, the only place, where one can catch mobile sig-nal. They went there on foot, which was about 1 km away. But it proved to be a futile exercise, as the CRCC could not be contacted even from the “Hello Point”, be-cause no network was available elsewhere in the area. They came back and re-scheduled their visit for another day.

Toilet Construction/Repair work in Andhra Pradesh & TelanganaIn a remote village (Kilathoradi) in Chittoor district, with no proper access road, a girls’ toilet block was to be constructed in a Mandal Parishad Primary School. The path that lead to the village from the main road was 3 km long, highly bumpy, muddy and was a very narrow cart track. Many difficulties were faced in bringing the materials to site. On one occasion, the lorry carrying the materials almost toppled with its two wheels getting stuck in the mud on the downside of the road. The vehicle was stuck for one full day. With the help of other vehi-cles and nearby villagers, it was finally pulled out.

The progress of work was seri-ously hampered. Nevertheless, with the cooperation of the vil-lagers and school authorities, the work was completed success-fully within the schedule time. Toilets Construction/Repair work in Bihar On an inspection to a Primary School in Dhanrua block

Bus stuck in mud.


Initiatives towards Swachh Bharat

NTPC

Mr. Gudeep SinghCMD, NTPC

and community.

Revival of Municipal Solid Waste Processing PlantMunicipal Solid Waste (MSW) processing plant in village Karsada of Varanasi was pro-posed under PPP model and the related tripartite agreement in this regard was signed on 17.04.2010 between Varanasi Nagar Nigam, C&DS, UP Jal Nigam and M/s A2Z Waste Management (Varanasi) Ltd. MSW processing plant with dedicated Sanitary Land Fill (SLF) was set up with the primary aim of:

• Reduction in net waste to

be dumped by 80 % by re-covering compost (20%), recyclables (15%), landfills (25%) and Refuse Derived Fuel i.e. RDF(20%)

• Scientific filling of remain-ing waste (mainly inerts) in SLF to block contamination of ground water.

Project was funded by central and state government under JNNURM. However, work re-mained incomplete due to dis-pute between concessionaire (M/s A2Z) and State Govt and the plant is not in operation since last four years.

NTPC agreed to deploy re-sources to make installed facili-ties of MSW processing plant at Karsada, Varanasi operational and provide operational support for plant/ machinery of the plant at Varanasi for limited period. In this regard NTPC took up revival and completing balance work & undertaking O&M of MSW processing plant at Karsada, Varanasi.

Pilot Project for Mechanized Sweeping, Collection and Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a campaign by the govern-ment of India to clean the

streets, roads and infrastructure of the country’s 4,041 statutory cities and towns. The campaign was officially launched on the 145th birthday anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, 2nd October 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is India’s largest ever cleanliness drive with 3 million government employees, and especially school and college students from all parts of India, participating in the cam-paign. The objectives of Swachh Bharat are to reduce or eliminate open defecation through con-struction of individual, cluster

Municipal Solid Waste Processing Plant.


VNN detailing responsibilities related to implementation of the project, monitoring methodology, progress linked payments, sub-mission of progress reports and utilization certificate and publicity to NTPC.

Construction of toilets in Government schools under Swachh Vidyalaya AbhiyanSwachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya is the national campaign driv-ing ‘Clean India: Clean Schools’. A key feature of the campaign is to ensure that every school in India has a set of functioning and well maintained water, sanita-tion and hygiene facilities. Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools refers to a combination of tech-nical and human development components that are necessary to produce a healthy school envi-ronment and to develop or sup-port appropriate health and hy-giene behaviors.

Prime Minister called upon corporates to take up building toilets in schools as a priority

under their corporate social re-sponsibility (CSR). In response to clarion call by Hon’ble Prime Minister for Swachh Bharat, NTPC whole heartedly came forward for realizing this dream and an Approach Paper was prepared on advice of Hon’ble Minister. An official communica-tion regarding Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign (SVA) was sent to all ministries by MoHRD. In contin-uation, an official communication was received by NTPC from MoP for construction of toilets in Govt. schools under SVA. A target for construction of 8000 toilets was given to NTPC which were fur-ther revised to 24000.

Process of Implementation (stakeholders, dialogue mechanism, etc.)• List of identified sites for

taking up toilet construc-tion/repair was made avail-able by MoHRD on web-site. Approval accorded by MoHRD after consultation with concerned State Govt. officials for taking up the ac-tivity at identified locations.

(MSW) in VaranasiVaranasi Nagar Nigam (VNN) has desired to put in place a credible Mechanized and Automatized system for solid waste collection and transporta-tion on pilot basis in identified 14 wards of Varanasi along the ghats of river Ganga having population of about 1.1 lakh. The project is envisaged to carry out work of sweeping, collection and trans-portation of solid waste from the project area on trial basis initially for 3 years.

The prime objective of the pro-posed project is:

• To create an efficient and ef-fective collection, storage and transportation system for MSW waste in VNN

• To find sustainable solu-tions for waste manage-ment through community participation in establishing environmentally and eco-nomically sustainable waste management systems with the help of NGOs, CBOs, and RWAs.

• To ensure that lessons learned provide useful inputs in for-mulating the overall strategy for the city.

• To change the people’s per-ceptions towards solid waste management problems and encourage them to participate in solid waste management.

• To create an awareness cam-paign among the public.

NTPC has agreed for pro-viding support to Varanasi Nagar Nigam for Pilot proj-ect for Mechanized Sweeping, Collection and Trans-portation of MSW in Varanasi. NTPC has entered into an Agreement with Awareness walk during Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.


methodologies for monitor-ing eg whatsapp, call cen-tre, separate web portal for monitoring and Video Conferencing etc.

• Ensured availability of more than 29000 toilets in about 16000 schools covering more than 650 blocks in 83 districts spread over 17 states.

Major Challenges• Vast geographical spread/ Far

from NTPC presence. Some of the toilet locations were about 250 Km away from NTPC locations

• Remote locations & diffi-cult terrains not approach-able by road (Transportation had to be accomplished by headload)

• Non Availability of Land for construction of toilets

• Material Transportation thro-ugh River in Bihar

• Adverse weather condition: Tough summer and unpre-dicted rains during April

• Strata ranging from rocky to sandy – a challenge for foun-dation work.

Steps taken to ensure the sustainability of the programmeAfter completion, toilets were handed over to School admin-istration with a proper handing over certificate. For maintenance of toilets, wherever feasible, 2 years’ maintenance clause is in-built in awarded contracts.

Availability of water in these toi-lets is a challenge at quite many locations. NTPC has taken steps like installation of bore wells/

hand pumps to ensure wa-ter availability. An appropriate model is being developed for sustainability with State/District Administration/school teacher & students.

Apart from construction of toilet, NTPC has taken some effective steps

• Organized awareness and cleanliness campaign th-rough various activities in its Projects/ Stations/ Offices to bring mass-awareness among employees, associates and family members.

• All NTPC Employees, Asso-ciates and their family mem-bers took part in “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Pakhwada” at their respective workplace/ townships/ residences.

• Nukkad Natak, Debates, Slogan competitions, Essay competitions, painting com-petitions, walks etc organized to spread awareness about cleanliness amongst employ-ees, their family members and other stake holders.

• Construction of community / individual toilets and drains is taken up in the neighbour-hood villages of its projects.

• Around 400 No of Teams with more than 900 members at 42 NTPC Locations for conduct-ing Baseline Survey

• 180 contracts for 20000 con-ventional toilets by 42 sites and about 75 contracts awarded for about 6000 pre-fab toilets.

• About 2000 NTPC Employees were continuously involved in Supervision and Monitoring of toilets construction.

• Monitoring at apex level ie PMO, Cabinet Secretariat, MoHRD, MoP etc. NTPC top management took more than 100 reviews to ensure the timely completion of work. Adoption of Innovative

Nukkad Natak.

Successful completion of toilets.

Toilet constructed by company.


being maintained and children are practicing hygiene habits.

Construction of toilets in gov-ernment schools enabled girls, in some cases to start attend-ing school again something they couldn’t do earlier due to the lack of sanitation facilities. The toilets that were there earlier, were not kept clean so no one could use them. It was a dreadful incon-venience for both the students and the staff. Now, with help of GAIL, it is easier for kids to at-tend school regularly.

The toilets set up by GAIL have definitely changed things for the better. Since most villagers still practice open defecation, toilets in school help children to become

habituated to hygienic ways and groom them to maintain sanita-tion beyond school.

Swachh Bharat PakhwadaA series of fortnight activities were organised by GAIL as part of Swachh Bharat Pakhwada from 16.06.2016 to 30.06.2016. The inaugural function of the Pakhwada was held at Purana Quila which is one of the heritage monuments adopted by GAIL for upkeep & maintenance as part of Swachh Bharat. During the inauguration of Swachh Bharat Pakhwada, Swa-chhata pledge was administered by CMD to all employees. GAIL employees

GAIL (India) Ltd. is India’s largest Natural gas com-pany and ranked as the

top gas utility in Asia. It is one of seven Maharatna PSUs and the youngest to be accorded this status. GAIL fallows global best practices in identifying, imple-menting, sustaining and monitor-ing its CSR programs to maximise sustainability and transparency. CSR initiatives of GAIL cover welfare and developmental ac-tivities spanning various focus areas and primarily undertaken in rural areas where the com-pany has business presence. GAIL has taken up the initiative of constructing toilets in schools under Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan (SBSVA) program launched by the gov-ernment. A total of 3614 toilets have been constructed in over 2534 schools, spread over ten dis-tricts in Odisha, two districts in Andhra Pradesh and one district in Madhya Pradesh.

Not only construction of toilets, a sense of awareness was cre-ated through participation of all stakeholders. Eco-friendly toi-lets were constructed and villag-ers were trained to manage liq-uid and solid waste. As a result, school and Anganwadi toilets are

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan - Leading the Way

GAIL

Mr. B. C. TripathiCMD, GAIL (India) Ltd.


GAIL employees from Delhi & NCR on voluntary basis come for-ward to do ‘Shrama Dan’ at this iconic place to spread the mes-sage of the Swachhata. Team led by Executive Director (CC&CSR) enthusiastically participated in cleaning activities at Safdarjung Tomb. Employees holding plac-ards in their hands showed a message of Swachhata to all the visitors.

Construction of 250 individual household Toilets in Vaisundhara Panchayat, Auraiya District., Uttar Pradesh under Swachh Bharat AbhiyanGAIL has started a sanita-tion program under ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ at Vaisundhara Panchayat, Auraiya District., Uttar Pradesh. The program cov-ered all 5 villages of Panchayat in-cluding Vaisundhara, Nagla-jeet, Ajabnagar, Dandi and New colo-ny. In the first year of the project, 250 fully functional individual toilets built in these villages. Now

with these new toilets, women from these villages are feeling safer and better about themselves. Availability of toilets improved the hygiene conditions in the sur-roundings and dramatically de-creased the incidences of diseases.

Bio gas plant under Swachh Bharat AbhiyanGAIL has constructed 50 bio gas plants in Vaisundhara Panchayat, Auraiya district, Uttar Pradesh under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Bio-gas plants have immense so-cial benefits, like Smoke-free and ash-free kitchen, so women and their children are no longer prone to respiratory infections. Women from beneficiary households no longer have to take the burden of gathering firewood. Keeping the manure and waste in a confined area and processing gas reduces the amount of pollutants in the immediate environment and in-creases sanitation. The sludge re-maining after digestion is a good fertilizer, increasing land produc-tivity (and farm incomes).

from Delhi & NCR attended the pledge taking ceremony and cleaning of Purana Quila prem-ises thereafter through Shrama Dan. Acknowledging the silent role that Safai-karamchari broth-ers and sisters, play in maintain-ing the necessary cleanliness and hygine at work space, during the inaugural event, mementoes were distributed to Safai Sathis for their contribution to Swachhata.

Special Health Camps were or-ganized for each and every Safai-Sathi and Free health Check-ups and medicines were distributed for occupational, life-style and other diseases as part of Swachh Bharat Pakhwada. This has been done through the integration of another flagship project of GAIL CSR project: Arogya with the mission of Swachh Bharat.

Upkeep & maintenance of Safdarjung Tomb Safdarjung Tomb is another im-portant Monument adopted by GAIL for maintaining cleanliness under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Shram Dan at Safdarjunj Tomb by GAIL Employees.


Repair Units, 4 Regional Offices, 8 Service Centres, 6 Overseas Offices, 6 Joint Ventures, 15 Regional Marketing Centres and current project execution at more than 150 project sites across India and abroad corroborates the hu-mungous scale and size of its op-erations. BHEL also has a wide-spread overseas footprint in 80 countries with cumulative over-seas installed capacity of BHEL manufactured power plants near-ing 10,000 MW.

Adding to its achievements, BHEL has joined the elite club of select global giants having an installed base of over 170 GW of power generating equipment globally. 55% of the supercritical sets commissioned in the country are contributed by BHEL, a testi-mony to its valuable contribution towards nation building.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in BHEL: BHEL has been an active partaker in realizing the vision of a Swacch Bharat by 2019 and has contributed towards this cause in numerous ways. BHEL has identified Clean Indian [Swachh Bharat] as one of the focus area for it CSR initiatives. In addition to this employees of BHEL are also contributing towards Swachh

Bharat on continual basis.

BHEL has spent about Rs. 33 Crore over the last three Financial years on Clean India [Swachh Bharat] Initiatives across the country. In FY 2015-16, more than 200 toilets were constructed ben-efiting about 10,000 people and approximately 25 RO plants were installed to provide clean drink-ing water to more than 26,000 people. In the current financial year (2016-17), BHEL has allocat-ed about Rs 18 crore for projects related to Swacch Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) related projects. Glimpses of activities/projects undertaken by BHEL in the last three years towards Swachh Bharat Abhiyan are presented below.

Forging ahead on a sturdy foundation of over five de-cades of engineering excel-

lence and embracing the glorious next phase of its growth, BHEL is an integrated power plant equip-ment manufacturer and one of the largest engineering and man-ufacturing company of its kind in India engaged in the design, engineering, manufacture, con-struction, testing, commission-ing and servicing of a wide range of products and services for core sectors of the economy, viz. Power, Transmission, Industry, Transportation (Railways), Rene-wable Energy, Oil & Gas, Water and Defence with over 180 prod-ucts offerings to meet the needs of these sectors. BHEL has been the bedrock of India’s Heavy Electrical Equipment industry since its incorporation in 1964.

BHEL’s growth has been syn-chronous with achieving self-sufficiency in the indigenous manufacturing of heavy electrical equipments. Out of the available 35,000 MW per annum capac-ity for power plant equipment manufacturing in the country, BHEL alone constitutes a mam-moth 20,000 MW per annum ca-pacity. A widespread network of 17 Manufacturing Divisions, 2


BHEL

Mr. Atul SobtiCMD, BHEL


and put in operation for use by the public.

A Bio-digester toilet has been set-up for parking area of Siri Fort Auditorium complex, Delhi for benefit of general public. A simi-lar project involving construc-tion of 20 Bio-digester toilets in vicinity of our project site near Patna, Bihar has been complet-ed and is benefitting the target beneficiaries.

Installation RO Plants in Schools & villagesBHEL has undertaken sev-eral projects for providing RO plants in schools and villages for providing clean drinking water to students and villagers. Through these installations, people are able to obtain water which is safe for drinking and free of harmful chemicals and pesticides which generally seep into the streams, lakes and other water bodies from the industries and farms. Drinking of harm-ful water causes many new and peculiar diseases for which the cure is either not available or not in the affordable range of indi-viduals in rural areas. This initia-tive of the company will help in reducing the prevalent drinking water related health problemin such danger zones.

Cleanathon-Cleanliness Campaign by BHELSwachh Bharat Abhiyan has been taken up in BHEL in a mission mode. All employees devote few hours every week towards clean-ing their workplaces and in other 5-S activities. Activities related to SBA are regularly undertaken at the company’s establishments.

In addition to the above, BHEL employees engage themselves in carrying out cleaning of public places in vicinity of our project sites and manufactur-ing divisions. These have been called “CLEANATHON”. In all divisions of BHEL these “Cleanthons”are led by senior officials. These mass cleanliness drives have been quite helpful in creating awareness about the need for hygiene and cleanliness in the society and spreading awareness about Swachh Bharat Abhiyan of Govt. of India. As a part of “Cleanathon” cleaning of beach was taken up by BHEL’s Viag unit in collaboration with India Cost Guard at Vizag, Andhra Pradesh. Corporate office em-ployees undertook “cleanathon” under the leadership of General Manger Incharge (HR, Corporate Communication, in several areas in vicinity of Sirifort, New Delhi.

Solid Waste Management Solid waste management is a big issue in a developing country like India and under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan a Solid Waste Management Project was taken up by BHEL to provide equip-ments ranging from vehicle like

Contribution to Swacch Bha-rat Kosh. In the Financial year 2014-15 BHEL contributeda sum of Rs 20 Crore in Swacch Bharat Koshsetup by the Govt. of India.

Construction of Bio-Digester based Toilets at Public Places

Bio-digester technology is an ad-vanced treatment mechanism for treating sewage wherein the hu-man waste is completely decom-posed by the bacteria present in the septic tank of this toilet and the discharge from such toilets are considered to be clean and safe for other usage. BHEL has taken up some projects using this technology to establish toilets with clean discharge for better-ment of the environment.

One such project for construc-tion of 25 clusters of Bio-Digester toilets is under implementa-tion in Haridwar and Rishikesh. Each cluster consists of a number of toilets and urinal pans. The project also includes setting up a drinking water facilities in each cluster. The project is an effort in creating open defection free envi-ronment along the banks of holy Ganges. Till date a total of 12 such clusters have been inaugurated Space for Photo Caption.


establishments across the nation. Primary objective of constructing these toilets in schools is toin-crease attendance of girl child in school as they feel more secure if there is toilet facility inside the school premises. Moreover, chil-dren are the best learners and change agents for the society. Once children are made aware about benefits of hygiene through proper use of toilets, it goes a long way in gradually getting this practice inculcated into the fam-ily culture.

BHEL has also taken up construc-tion of toilets at different public places near its establishments which were identified as crowd-ed places having no proper toilet facility, such as market places, haat area, village community cen-tre, etc. BHEL has also provided subsidy to 1000 BPL families at Trichy for construction of toilet in their homes. A special project was undertaken in partnership with Sulabh Foundation to con-struct 6 baby-friendly toilets in Varanasi for ease of use by the small children.

Renovation/ Reconstruction of Toilets Under the CSR initiatives of the company, many projects have been taken up near the project sites and near manufacturing divisions involving reconstruc-tion/ modification/ renovation of existing toilet facilities, especial-ly at the schools. These existing toilets were either too old to use or lacked basic facilities like door, water taps, electric con-nection, etc.

Many toilets had developed cracks due to foliage growth and were in dire need of renovation.

Through the company’s efforts, many such toilets were put back into service which has helped the students and people to use them effectively thereby increasing their hygiene quotient.

Other Projects for Swachh Bharat Many other projects were also undertaken by BHEL which contribute towards the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. One such project involved distribution of incinera-tors to schools and colleges for the benefit of the girl child and proper disposal of used sani-tary napkins at these locations. Another project was taken up for setting up a Goushala for stray cows to manage their waste (which otherwise drops on roads and other open places) to gener-ate bio-gas for the villagers. A unique initiative was taken up by the organisation wherein leaf plates were manufactured out of waste leaves providing dual benefit to environment and gen-eration of livelihoods by selling these plates. In many projects, activities like cleaning of drains and providing cover over drains were also taken up.

Portable Compactors, Garbage Compactors, and Sweeping Machines etc. to installation of dustbins for collection of Solid Wastes in 14 wards of Varanasi. The equipments costing Rs 5.29 crore were provided by BHEL to Varanasi Nagar Nigam for clean-ing activities in the city.

Providing Waste bins Feeling the need of a cleaner en-vironment, installation of waste bins was carried out at many loca-tions which lacked such facilities. At public places like market com-plexes, bus stands, etc. people generally generate lot of wastes after eating at road side eateries, venders etc. Installing waste bins in such areas benefit the environ-ment by preventing spread of wastes on to roads, pavements and drains etc. This also helps in preventing choking of drains and avoiding situation conducive to breeding of mosquitoes & bacte-ria which cause numerous health problems.

In New Delhi, BHEL has installed a number of waste bins in public places in vicinity of its Corporate Office. For example, a number of waste bins have been provided in the ShahpurJat Park near Sirifort. Similarily, waste bins have been installed in the vending zone on the road leading to village- ShahpurJat. Waste bins have also been provided near “Sai Mandir” on August Kranti marg.

Construction of Toilets BHEL has taken up construction of toilets at many Govt. Schools which previously lacked these facilities. These toilets have been mainly constructed in rural ar-eas surrounding the company’s

Cleanathon at Lekh Park, Shapur Jat, New Delhi.


and to ensure participation and action for cleaning homes, Govt. offices, schools, hospitals, work places, streets, roads, markets, railway stations and bus termi-nals, statues, monuments, rivers, lakes, ponds, parks and other public places. It is important to involve Govt. and Public Sector officials at every level, non-Govt. organizations, education and health institutions, rural and ur-ban local bodies, etc. in the clean-liness and awareness drives.

Towards this endeavor of the Govt, BEL being a Navaratna

Defence Public Sector Unit (DP-SU) has carried out various ac-tivities/ programs. Some of which are listed below:

• Swachhta Shapath was administered

• March-past in the township holding placards to spread awareness on Swachh Bharat;

• Display of banners on Swachh Bharat

• Planting of sapling;• Cleanliness drive in and

around the factory/ office/ township premises/ public places;

Swachh Bharat Mission is a major program of the Government launched by

Hon’ble Prime Minister as a mass movement to realize Gandhiji’s dream of Clean India by the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2019. Hon’ble Prime Minister desired that a nation-wide campaign be organized with the participation of all sections of society to bring about mass awareness and a lasting behav-ioural change to achieve this goal. For a campaign of this nature to be successful, there is a need to create massive public awareness

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Builds Swachh Samaj

BEL

Mr. M. V. GowtamaCMD, BEL


topics related to self-hygiene and general cleanliness;

• Essay competition was orga-nized for employees;

• Inspection of drains & roof-tops were done to check for any waste items, bloc-kage, etc;

• Cleanliness drive in residen-tial township like inspection of drainage system, roof tops, etc. was undertaken.

• Awareness about segrega-tion of waste by issuing pam-phlets, handouts, etc;

• Drive for weeding out old files & office equipments like old furniture, computers, printers, fax machines, Xerox machines, etc. have been re-moved & action was taken for disposal as per company procedure;

• For creating awareness of cleanliness, pamphlets with PM’s cleanliness drive message along with edu-cative pictorial message were distributed;

• A mini Marathon of 2 kms was organized creating awa-reness of Swachh Bharat for employees & their family members;

• A seminar on ‘Importance of Cleanliness in Daily life’ was organized, covering various



especially the girl students un-der Swachh Vidyalaya Program. EIL has constructed 509 school toilets for girls and boys in the states of Bihar, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Assam. Separate toi-lets were planned for girls and boys in schools, some of which are located in very remote ar-eas. From the past two financial years, EIL has wholeheartedly participated in the movement to-wards attaining the goals of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Number of activities including cleanliness drives in and around office prem-ises, poster/slogan/essay compe-titions are regularly organised at

all offices of the company across the country which has witnessed enthusiastic participation of all employees.

Swachh Bharat Pakhwadas are or-ganized every year under the ini-tiative. As part of the Swachhata Pakhwada activities, EILians con-tinued to pool in their zealous efforts in pursuit of the ultimate goal of Swachh Bharat by carrying out cleanliness drives in the areas adjoining the Company’s Head Office at Bhikaiji Cama Place, New Delhi in 2016. Shri Sanjay Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, EIL, Shri V.C. Bhandari,

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a transformational initiative launched by the Hon’ble

Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. Responding to the clarion call by Hon’ble Prime Minister for a Swachh Bharat, Engineers India Limited (EIL), a Navratna Company, joined the nation in launching the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” on October 2, 2014.

Sustaining the momentum in the ensuing years, EIL has undertak-en number of initiatives includ-ing providing basic amenity of safe and clean toilets to a large segment of the Indian population

“So long as you do not take the broom and the bucket in your hands, you cannot make your towns and cities clean.” - Mahatma Gandhi


EIL

Mr. Sanjay GuptaCMD, EIL

Cleanliness drive at DHDT project, NRL site, Assam. Cleanliness drive in front of EIL, Bhikaji Cama Place headquar-ter building.


e-sameeksha reports. EIL’s clean-liness efforts have also been aligned with existing CSR initia-tives for ensuring wholesome transformation of targeted areas. As a step in this direction, a clean-liness drive was organized in and around Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram at Badarpur, Delhi, an old age home of Saint Hardayal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society (SHEOWS), on October 31, 2015 with officers from EIL zealously participating in clean-ing the premises.

Awareness Campaigns/Social MediaEIL has undertaken numer-ous Information Education & Communication (IEC) activities including awareness campaigns through social media & web-sites and organized competi-tions, plays, quizzes etc. to sen-sitize common masses. EIL has uploaded / published over 400 items including photographs, news items and articles on vari-ous activities relating to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on the Corporate Website, Intranet, Facebook, Twitter, Company Journals etc.

The Unaudited Financial Results of EIL for many Quarters were de-signed on the theme of “Swachh Bharat.” To increase public awa-reness about the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a front-lit signage (60 ft x 30 ft) has also been in-stalled on the front facade of EI Annexe building.

Cleanliness and SanitationInspection of toilets and floors in office premises is undertaken almost daily/ weekly at all EIL offices. Detailed Reports are re-ceived from site In-charges via EIL’s Field Personnel Cell (FPC) and Administration personnel at EIL HO /Gurgaon.

Future PlansWith the above initiatives, EIL endeavours to move beyond symbolism and go to the next level in implementation of the Swachh Bharat activities. Swachhata Action Plans for 2017-18 and 2018-19 have also been finalised with respective bud-get allocations which include new programs and activities for sustainability of the Swachhta Abhiyan.

Director (HR), EIL along with senior officials of EIL led the large contingent of employees who enthusiastically participated in the spruce-up operation that resulted in cleaning of the sur-rounding areas of EIL Head Office. As part of the Pakhwada celebrations, Swachhata Shapath was administered to all employ-ees and competitions conducted for spreading awareness. In ad-dition to the Swachhta Pakhwada Celebrations, EIL has been re-gularly undertaking numer-ous activities around the year. Details of the program/ activities/ initiatives undertaken by EIL to-wards Swachh Bharat Abhiyan are as follows:

Swachh Vidyalaya ProgramTo help provide the basic ame-nity of safe and clean toilets to a large segment of the Indian pop-ulation especially the women, EIL adopted 509 school toilets in the states of Bihar, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Assam for construc-tion and repair. Separate toi-lets were planned for girls and boys in schools, some of which are located in very remote ar-eas. With active involvement of the local, state and central govt., construction of all toilets was achieved before schedule.

ShramdanEIL officers have been participat-ing enthusiastically in cleanliness drives that are organized on a regular basis in and around the Head Office, adjoining traffic is-lands and various site premises. The site wise details of Shramdan activities undertaken by EIL em-ployees across all its offices are in-formed to MoP&NG in monthly

Toilet constructed under Swachh Vidyalaya Programme.


and Systems. The Company has also diversified into manufacture and repair/overhaul of Industrial and Marine Gas Turbine engines, and manufacture of structures for aerospace vehicles.

Modalities and Mechanism of implementation:As part of Clean India Drive, a five-year plan has been formulat-ed with focus on various activi-ties as outlined below:

• Waste Management: Segrega-tion of waste, operation and maintenance of Waste Management System at all the Divisions/townships.

• Construction of toilets in schools

• Plantation of tree saplings • Cleanliness awareness • Removal of road side vegeta-

tion at all HAL locations • Providing safe drinking

water.

Waste ManagementHAL has established large town-ships at its locations for the ben-efit of its employees. Apart from the employee quarters, these

townships also house several pub-lic amenities such as community halls, shopping complexes, parks etc. HAL, as a bulk generator of waste, both from townships as well as the Production Divisions, has implemented various mea-sures for Waste Management such as door-to-door collection of waste, street sweeping, clean-ing of open drains, transport-ing of waste, scientific treatment and disposal of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), maintenance of waste collection vehicles etc. These activities have been imple-mented as per the local rules and regulations. Some of the impor-tant initiatives taken up at vari-ous locations of HAL are briefly described below.

• Waste Audit: HAL has con-ducted a Waste Audit in Bengaluru’s townships to identify and assess different types of waste generated and to plan for efficient and effec-tive waste disposal programs to work towards reduction of air and water pollution and conservation of natural resources.

• Organic Waste Converters: HAL has installed two Organic Waste Converters,

Giving due importance to the Government’s call for ‘Swachh Bharat’

or ‘Clean India Mission’ and ‘Swachh Vidyalaya,’ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has initiated dedicated programmes across all its Divisions spanning eight locations in India to make this mass movement a reality. At HAL, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is an integral part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ac-tivities. CSR factors - in pub-lic interest and like all respon-sible organizations, HAL has embraced the community-based development approach, work-ing actively with local commu-nities in which it exists. HAL believes that this approach rises even above philanthropy, leading as it does, to a more sustainable development.

About HALHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is a premier aeronauti-cal complex in Asia with 20 pro-duction divisions and 11 R&D centres. HAL’s expertise en-compasses design, production, repair, overhaul and upgrade of Aircraft, Helicopters, Aero-engines, Accessories, Avionics

Initiatives at HAL Towards Realising a Swachh Bharat

HAL

Mr. T. Suvarna Raju CMD, HAL


• Plastic free zone: Improve-ment of plastic waste man-agement system is the need of the hour. HAL has taken an initiative towards creation of plastic-free zones and Senior Officers Enclave, one of the townships at Bengaluru has been chosen as a pilot project initially and has been sub-sequently extended to other townships in Bengaluru. Many awareness programs have been conducted for the residents to make use of jute, cloth and recycled paper bags.

• Waste paper recycling unit: The Company has taken an initiative towards recycling and reusing the waste pa-per generated from various offices of HAL, Bengaluru by setting up a Waste Paper Recycling Unit. (Capacity of 75kg/ day). The installed unit has the ability to make pulp from waste paper and to make paper of different thickness (gsm) depending on the requirement of prod-ucts. Various products which can be made from the unit include writing pads, visiting cards, bags, files, folders.

• Door-to-door collec-tion & segregation of waste at source: HAL has

implemented door-to-door collection and segregation of waste at source in Bengaluru’s townships. It is being planned to implement similar systems in other outlying divisions of HAL in due course of time.

Swachh VidyalayaOpen defecation is a common problem in villages. As habits die hard, the cleanliness habits have to be inculcated from the child-hood. The best way to do so is to imbibe the seeds of cleanliness among the students from Primary School itself. This has been started by HAL through disseminating the objectives of Swachh Bharat among the students of schools under CSR activity. HAL has been providing toilet facilities to Govt. Schools in the vicinity of HAL di-visions across India.

In Bengaluru, awareness pro-gram also has been conducted wherever toilets have been pro-vided. HAL has built about 165 toilets during the past two years and around 80 toilets are under construction in the current year (2016-17). Out of this, around 60 % of the toilets are built for girls while 40 % is for boy students. During our inspection to schools, heads of schools have informed us that, due to provision of toi-lets, attendance of girl students has improved in their schools. Under the Swachh Vidyalaya ini-tiative, HAL had constructed toi-lets in schools.

Also, the Koraput Division has in-stalled 16 units of bio-toilets (two-seater) in the public places viz bus stand, market place, vending zone, public museum etc and in the adopted villages for the ben-efits of general public.

each with a capacity of 500 kgs per day at Bengaluru. The segregated wastes are fed into the units and converted into homogenized odour-free output. Through curing and controlled aerobic microbial decomposition, it is convert-ed into compost within two weeks which is used as ma-nure in gardens, parks and landscape applications in the townships and divisions.

• Bio gas plants: Two units of bio-gas plants each of capaci-ty 500kg/day and 1000kg/ day are installed in the township. Kitchen wastes and canteen wastes are fed into the system and on an average, 30 LPG cylinders (14.2kgs) equiva-lent of gas is being generated on a monthly basis. The bio-gas generated from the units is being utilized for cooking food for Defence Security Corps (DSC) personnel.

Organic waste converter.

Waste paper recycling unit.Bio gas plant.


Road side vegetation re-moval and cleaningSpecial cleanliness drives were undertaken with the support of residents as per the advice of Medical & Health department of HAL, Bengaluru to prevent vec-tor borne and water borne dis-eases. Residents actively partici-pated in such activities.

Provision of safe drinking water to the community The Hyderabad Division has provided drinking water by in-stalling bore wells and RO sys-tems in schools. An RO Plant was also sponsored at Murali Nagar (Village) by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Avionics Division, Hyderabad under Corporate Social Responsi-bility during the year 2015-16. Murali Nagar Ranga Reddy District, Government of Telanaga state, consists of 284 families out which 216 families belong to Scheduled Tribe (ST) Category. The village do not have proper drinking wa-ter facility. Though the village is having bore wells, the villagers do not use them for drinking pur-pose as floride content is more in the area and people are suffering from bone diseases. Hence, HAL Hyderabad has provided a com-munity based RO System through which each family gets 20 liters of water per day free of cost through vending machine. Swiping Cards are given to all the families resid-ing in the village.

HAL has been demonstrating its sense of responsibility towards both the community and the en-vironment through various initia-tives down the years, proactively nurturing community growth and development.

Plantation of tree saplingsTree plantation is an ongoing activity at HAL and plantation drives are conducted frequently at all locations of HAL. School children are also made part of the drives to spread aware-ness amongst the young minds. Retired employees are also en-couraged to plant trees on retire-ment as a token of remembrance.

Awareness CampaignsHAL is making dedicated efforts to sensitize employees through dissemination of information about cleanliness through post-ers, journals, newsletters and

voluntary employee participation in cleaning up the surroundings for at least two hours in a week. To increase public awareness on cleanliness in villages, HAL has taken up several measures in-cluding program on health and hygiene in schools identified as part of CSR. Training is also be-ing imparted in housekeeping and management of Municipal Solid Waste and HAL is constant-ly working to increase the level of employee participation.

Awareness on Swachh Bharat Mission in Koraput The Division has created aware-ness about the mission through display of banners at prominent locations inside the factory, town-ship, peripheral villages and schools during health camps and CSR inauguration programmes.

A unique drive was launched by the Division to make the town-ship polythene free. Educational institutions of the township have organized various road shows and various competitions were organized to spread message among the residents and town-ship employees.

Plantation ceremony at Benguluru.

Training being imparted by company.


included primarily the creation of infrastructure to promote sanita-tion and maintenance, sensitiza-tion and awareness generation. Under this approach, a multi-pronged strategy was used in-volving the entire supply chain of HPCL business which includes customers, employees, dealers and distributors, suppliers etc.

Launch Date: 2nd October, 2014Objective: To bring behavioral change among various stake-holders towards sanitation and cleanliness in order to achieve clean India as dreamt by our fa-ther of Nation.

Major Initiatives• Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan:

To ensure that every school in the country has a sepa-rate toilet for boys and girls. 1344 school toilets have al-ready been constructed by HPCL under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Special focus is be-ing given to toilets for girls in schools.

• School Toilet Maintenance: HPCL has undertaken the task of maintenance of school toilets in collaboration with state Government.

• Construction of Community Toilets: Multi Seater Com-munity Toilets have been constructed at Varanasi and Bharat Nagar area of Mumbai for the use of people living in under privileged urban location.

• Annual and Five Year Swa-chhta Plans have been de-veloped for activities under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and activities are being undertak-en accordingly.

• Swachhata Pakhwada: HPCL is observing Swachhata Pak-hwada to spread the message of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a nationwide campaign to keep our country clean and

green. The clarion call by our Prime Minister has motivated citizens across the country to keep the surrounding including home, work places and commu-nity clean with shram daan on a regular basis.

HPCL being a responsible corpo-rate citizen has taken multifaceted initiatives under corporate social responsibility to build infrastruc-ture that support sanitation and generate awareness among all its stakeholders and citizenry.

The approach of HPCL towards Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has been of holistic intervention which

Creating Awareness towards Sanitation and Cleanliness

HPCL

Mr. M. K. SuranaCMD, HPCL


Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan1344 school toilets have been al-ready constructed with major-ity constructed in rural areas of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. The efforts of HPCL under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan have ensured sanitary facilities for a large num-ber of boys and girls from remote rural areas of the country.

Specific Initiatives and Innovations• HPCL observed National Cle-

anliness Campaign in 2015 and Swachhta Pakhwada in 2016 which witnessed mass participation and became a platform for sensitizing large number of people about im-portance of cleanliness.

since last two year. HPCL fur-ther plans to innovate in these areas to reach out to masses.

• Swachh Iconic Places: HPCL has initiated the task of sup-porting cleanliness at Golden Temple Amritsar under Swachh Iconic Initiative of Government of India.

• Waste to Fuel Plant: HPCL has undertaken the work of setting up of Waste to Fuel plant in Ajmer, Rajasthan

• Sensitization and Aware-ness: HPCL regularly un-dertakes various activities including awareness and sensitization programs in communities and schools to generate awareness on im-portance of cleanliness.

Other Activities• Swachhata Shapath by large

number of employees to maintain cleanliness on an-nual basis

• As of February 2017, HPCL has taken 668 shram daan ac-tivities that were implement-ed in HPCL offices and busi-ness locations across country, in communities living close to the HPCL business units and in schools in various villages.

• 4210 activities for awareness and sensitization were implemented, wherein multiple activities including cleanliness drives, walk-athon, school functions, and community based activities were con-ducted by employees in collaboration with various agencies.

• HPCL’s CSR partners carried out various programs in schools, communities involving children, parents, teachers and adminis-tration, this has resulted into sensitization and awareness among thousands of school children from remote tribal locations.

State Total Number of Toilets

constructed

Outreach in terms of us-

age by No. of Girl students

No. of School Toilets ex-

clusively for Girls

Outreach in terms of usage by

total no. of students

Andhra Pradesh

20 836 8 2795

Assam 20 391 11 790

Bihar 652 45846 325 100761

Chhattisgarh 250 8171 147 14394

Gujarat 2 118 1 240

Jammu and Kashmir

2 150 1 392

Karnataka 52 2668 26 5345

Maharashtra 7 135 4 278

Odisha 288 2467 40 18915

Punjab 12 339 4 863

Rajasthan 28 2383 24 2952

Tamil Nadu 1 118 1 118

Telangana 10 344 8 613

TOTAL 1344 63966 600 148456

State wise details of school toilets are as follows:


Swachhata Theme were or-ganized to inculcate the habit

of cleanliness maintenance at workplace.

• Collaboration with urban local bodies have been developed to keep our cities cleaner

Collaborative efforts by HPCL generated awareness towards cleanliness and sanitation and high level of engagement of community particularly of stu-dents was achieved for various initiatives under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

• Community Toilets were con-structed in urban slums to counter open defecation and promote health and hygiene.

• Swachhata Rath was launched in Visakhapatnam that became a means of knowl-edge dissemination on ob-jectives of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

• Tree plantation drives were taken around company’s op-erational areas

• Drainages constructed and repaired to enhance the sani-tation and beautify the cities.

• Several Competitions on


and as a consequence they were experiencing low turn-out enrolled students particu-larly girl students and also facing problem of high drop out.

• The data base from Ministry of Human Resource Develop-ment was used to identify the schools having no func-tional toilets was provided. The identified schools were surveyed to establish the re-quirement of toilets.

Process Implementation:• Based on field survey of iden-

tified schools, the require-ment of 12292 nos. of toilets

in 6871 nos. of schools in 33 districts across six States was established. REC engaged its subsidiary company, REC PDCL, for construction of 7096 nos. of toilets and re-maining 5159 nos. of toilets were constructed through concerned State Education Authorities.

• The project was completed by dividing the construc-tion stage of toilets i.e. plinth stage, foundation stage, roof stage etc. and strict monitor-ing was conducted for its completion. Payment to con-tractors was made based on the various stages of work completed.

Project BackgroundThe Hon’ble Prime Minister, in his Independence Day speech on 15th August 2014, an-nounced the ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan’ under the overall aegis of the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’, emphasizing the need to pro-vide toilets in all Government Schools in the country on priority within one year and encouraged Corporates to participate in this national endeavour under CSR initiatives.

Being a socially responsible or-ganization, REC appreciated the cause and initiative taken by Hon’ble Prime Minister and decided to participate in the programme.

The project was aimed at pro-viding hygienic sanitation facil-ity in Government schools and to address the problem of low enrollment and high drop out in schools with particular problem pertaining to girl students.

Process for SelectionThe target population selected, specifically:

• The Government schools had poor sanitation facilities

Promoting Hygienic Sanitation in Schools

REC

Dr. P. V. RameshCMD, REC


• The Company faced chal-lenges of non availability/ in-sufficient availability of land in some of schools. The prob-lem was solved with active participation of MoHRD, State Education Department and District Authorities. In some areas due to flood, con-struction of toilets in a time bound manner become a challenging task.

• Company’s CSR Division and a team of around 500 engineers of its Subsidiary Company who implemented the project were deployed on the sites to actively monitor quality and timely

implementation of program.

Monitoring and Evaluation:• The program actively moni-

tored by Ministry of Power, Ministry of HRD, Cabinet Secretary and Prime Minister office, CMD/ Directors, REC, Officials from ZOs/ POs/ CO, REC.

• The entire construction schedule was split up in five construction linked mile-stones. The timelines for each stage of completion was mon-itored by all above stated au-thorities. The data regarding completion of project was up-loaded on Ministry of Power website.

• The Ministry of Power and Ministry of HRD developed reporting forms to assess the progress of construction on daily basis. The participating CPSUs were required to sub-mit the information on daily/weekly basis.

• The team of 500 engineers de-ployed at site, monitored the program on day to day basis. They reported the progress to

• REC has constructed 12292 nos. of toilets in 6871 nos. of Government schools which resulted in increase in at-tendance of the students especially for girl students. It also included awareness among school going chil-dren for maintenance of hy-giene resulting in their health improvement.

Sustainability:Steps taken to ensure long-term sustainability of the project, specifically:

• The toilets are constructed in the Government schools and therefore being they are over-seen by school authorities.

• The MPs/ MLAs/ other repre-sentatives of the region were also apprised about the con-struction program.

• During construction of the toilets, the school teachers ed-ucated the children about the hygiene and sanitation and benefit of use of toilets.

• The constructed toilets were handed over to the school authorities and they are func-tioning successfully.


Scalability and Replicability• The Company has taken up

initiative for providing run-ning water arrangement in 1223 nos. of toilets construct-ed under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan in Telangana and Rajasthan.

Impact:• Total 12292 nos. of toilets

have benefited directly to the students studying in 6871 nos. of Government schools in 33 districts of 6 States i.e. Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Telangana.

• The feedback has been taken from students and teachers

• The project has received felicitations from the Hon’ble Ministry of Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy for the contribution of the Company towards ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 2015’. All the officials con-cerned were awarded with a Merit Certificate and shield for their relentless hard work.

• The sanitation facility provid-ed by construction of 12292 nos. of toilets will increase the enrollment of children es-pecially girl students in rural areas. The number of drop out students will definitely decrease in upcoming years. This facility will also inspire the community to use toilets and be aware about hygiene to get healthy life.

• From the said project, the company came to know that the sanitation facility in the

company’s society is very poor and apart from the Government school, com-munity also needs the toilets facility in their street/ house. REC can go with similar proj-ects to try to meet the huge requirement in the society.

• A film on the success story of Swachh Vidhyalaya Abhiyan of RECL is also available on YouTube having link (https://youtu.be/2UJclKUpzGc).

Contribution to Swachh Bharat Kosh• Government of India has

set up a fund ‘Swachh Bharat Kosh’ to implement the project Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

• The objective of the fund is to make Open Defecation Free and clean India through con-struction of toilets, water sup-ply arrangement, community awareness program, educa-tion on hygiene, cleanliness in rural and urban areas and other related activities.

• REC has contributed Rs. 50 crore to the ‘Swachh Bharat Kosh’ under its CSR initia-tives to support the objective of Swachh Bharat Mission.

the Corporate Office on daily basis.

• The construction was moni-tored by Prime Minister Office on weekly basis at the time of final stages of comple-tion of project.

• The independent Chartered Accountant firms, who en-rolled themselves to inspect and monitor toilets con-structed under the Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan, were en-gaged to inspect and monitor toilets constructed by REC on sample basis.

• The MPs and MLAs of con-cerned areas were invited to involve themselves at construction stage to en-sure transparency in entire process.


Swachh Bharat Mission

CONCOR

Mr. V. Kalyana RamaCMD, CONCOR

CONCOR has always gone an extra mile towards promotion of a clean and swachh environ-ment and with the inauguration of Swachh Bharat Mission on 02nd October, 2014, CONCOR too joined the Mission by inviting all the employees on the day to pledge for the Swachhta Mission of Hon’ble PM.

CONCOR has also devel-oped “Swachh Bharat Mission Action Plan 2016-17” to join the

cleanliness mass-movement of the nation.

Under Swachh Bharat Mission Action plan 2016-17, Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) has undertaken various initia-tives at Corporate Office & re-gions on pan-India basis such as Counselling and guidelines have been circulated to all the employees to understand the importance & benefits of clean-liness towards health & society,

Mahatma Gandhi said “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with

their dirty feet.” and devoted his whole life to this endeavor. Gandhiji conveyed a quintessen-tial message to the nation through his endeavours to sensitize peo-ple around him about cleanliness and envisioned a “Clean India” where the nation works in con-cert to make the country clean. To work seriously towards this vision of Gandhiji, Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October, 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi.

Container Corporation of India, a Navratna undertaking under Ministry of Railways has always fore-footed to promote the idea of “Clean & Green” surroundings wherein the employees have been always urged to inculcate good habits of cleanliness and rever-berate the idea of hygiene in and outside the office premises.

“A clean India would be the best tribute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019”, exhorted Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, to the nation as he launched the Swachh Bharat Mission at Rajpath in New Delhi.


concrete bed work done on near-by roads and filling up pot-holes to prevent water logging on the roads.

Hence, by inviting employees to participate in the drive, it is aimed to evoke a sense of responsibility amongst the employees of the or-ganization and make CONCOR an active participant in the dream of a ‘Clean India’!

Swachh Bharat Mission 2016 - 2017Once a week, ‘Intensive Cleanliness Drives’ should be done covering all the warehous-es, yards, office building, parking area and colonies. All such areas

should be covered by rotation within a three monthly period starting from 1st June’ 16 so as to repeat the same during the next quarter. The areas should include the entire premises.

Any other area may be included in the above schedule as it may seem necessary.

The Cleanliness Drive may also include tree plantation activity, improving drainage, whitewash-ing of building, disposal of un-usable vehicles/furniture/elec-tronics & electrical equipments, weeding out of old files/records etc. as required at the terminal.

Organizing campaigns on clean-liness including creating aware-ness through posters, slogans etc .

Education about the cleanli-ness of toilets and anti littering should form a key part of such campaigns.

Covered dustbins should be pro-vided at all locations in the ter-minal and employees and public should be advised and encour-aged to use the same.

During all the above drives, focussed and sustained atten-tion should be given to identify areas prone for un-cleanliness

Co-ordination & communication with local authorities to make daily trips of garbage pickup ve-hicle, Activities such as Clearing off weeds and bushes, trimming of plants & trees, removal of grass weeds from parking & container areas, cleaning of garden areas & removal of dry leaves have been carried out at the terminals.

Also, CONCOR has taken other initiatives such as implementa-tion of Document Management System wherein all the files are being digitalized to save paper wastage. CONCOR has also ini-tiated to build ESS Employee Portal and Mobile App to lever-age IT and promote paper-less processing of cases.

CONCOR has a strong record management system wherein the timeliness for weeding out of old records have been defined. Initiatives for re-cycling of paper has also been taken at CONCOR to promote usage of recycled paper.

Apart from building a clean and healthy environment in the or-ganisation premisis, efforts have been taken to promote cleanli-ness in the surrounding by doing

Corporate Office/Regional Office

1st Week of the month Office Building

2nd Week of the Month

Staircases & Parking Area

3rd Week of the Month

Cleaning of Cupboards/Almirahs & other furniture

4th Week of the Month

Weeding out of Old Records/Files

Terminals

1st Week of the month

Office Building & parking Area

2nd Week of the Month Yard

3rd Week of the Month Warehouse(s)

4th Week of the Month

Colonies & Other areas like Canteen, Counter Area etc.


terminal. Regular inspections should be conducted by the com-mittee to check the standards of cleanliness.

Awards to recognize the best ef-forts made by the employees towards the cause of cleanli-ness may be introduced. Awards such as “LoPN VfeZuy“ award/ “LoPN o.kHkkx“ award/ “LoPN LVs’ku“ award/ “LoPN Hkou@ {ks=“ award may be

distributed to encourage em-ployees. Terminals may also undertake any other such activ-ity which they may find suitable for ensuring cleanliness of their terminal. Monthly Compliance Report listing all such activi-ties undertaken with regard to above should be send to the HR Department, Corporate Office by 5th of the succeeding month.

and take effective actions to get lasting improvements in such areas. Throwing of garbage in-discriminately & making dirty repeatedly in such areas should be monitored through frequent checks, including possible CCTV Footage in order to levy penal-ties/compensation and deter the habitual and large scale offenders using Anti littering Rule - 2012 as well as ‘polluters pay principle’ as directed by NGT, in order to bring in the lasting improvement. Coordination with local munici-pal authoritarians should also be resorted to, if needed. Terminals can also make innovative video film on cleanliness theme for cre-ating awareness.

Employees should be encour-aged to keep their worksta-tions clean by adopting the habit of cleaning their Desk, PC, Telephone, Printer etc daily.

A committee shall be formed for ensuring cleanliness at the


hygiene and cleanliness to be ob-served at the work place with spe-cial focus on regular cleaning and proper upkeep of office premises, review and weeding of old re-cords, disposal of obsolete and unused items.

MMTC has also adopted Sus-tainable Development as a policy with the objective to:

• Exhibit sensitivity towards environmental responsibilities and conduct our activities accordingly

• Become water positive us-ing rain water harvesting technique

• Manage waste responsibly- Reduce, Reuse & Recycle

Under the Swachh Bharat Mission initiated by Hon’ble Prime Minister

of India, MMTC over the last two years has been striving hard with scores of constructive cleanliness driven efforts across all its re-gional offices & corporate office spread in the country. The mis-sion is to maintain & accomplish the cleanliness/swachhta across all the work places of MMTC – in the context of both immediate (of-fice places) and surrounding ar-eas, MMTC Residential Colonies etc. In this direction and to real-ize Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of “Clean India”, pledge taking (oath) ceremony is being held in MMTC Offices across the coun-try on 2nd October each year. Keeping in view the importance of Swachh Bharat Mission of the

Govt. an increased emphasis is being laid on swachhta aspects from the sustainability develop-ment perspective also.

In order to step up the initiatives taken for cleanliness and to keep tempo of swachhta drive on, all Divisions at Corporate Office as well all Regional Offices across the country were advised to en-sure proper maintenance of files and documents and devote two hours on weekly basis.

Besides, from time to time, pursuant to communications received from various Govt. Ministries, Departments includ-ing Department of Commerce, “Swachtta Saptahs” and “Swachtta Pakhwadas” are being organized, to ensure improved work culture and work environment including

Committed to Clean Surroundings

MMTC

Mr. Ved PrakashCMD, MMTC


• Administering Mass pledge taking ceremony by CMD (Chairman Cum Managing Director) at Corporate office New Delhi.

• Similar Mass pledge taking ceremony was taken in all the regional offices of MMTC.

• Cleanliness Drives being or-ganized at regular intervals in all the regional /sub-regional / field offices of MMTC across the country

• Conspicuous display of ban-ners for creation of aware-ness towards Swachhta drive among all the stake holders.

• Voluntary cleaning activities of office premises, surround-ings, nearby areas of respec-tive work places have been undertaken by employees.

• Intensive campaigning being carried out to bring behavior-al changes for achieving total cleanliness at work place.

• Disposal of un-usable office items /equipments, records changing of damaged / rust-ed sign boards, Maintenance of Garden around office premises etc was disposed.

Housekeeping staff were in-structed to upkeep the office premises for maintenance of Hygiene.

• Upkeep and Maintenance of common areas like canteen, record rooms, toilets, parking bays, medical rooms, stair-case warehouses.

• Distribution of Toilet kits to poor school going children of Begumpur, new Delhi.

• Awareness programs on organized disposal of Elec-tronic Waste and Solid Waste Management.

• Sprucing up of old records be-yond 20 years under records retention Schedule Scheme as per Govt. Guidelines.

• Construction of Toilets in Slum areas (Haiderpur), New Delhi

• Construction of Toilets & pro-vision to clean drinking water in Govt. Girls High Schools in backward districts of Orissa.

• Contributions to Swatch Bharat Kosh & Clean Ganga Fund

• Efficiently utilize energy resources

• Make efforts for preserva-tion of ecological balance & heritage

MMTC under its CSR & Sustainable Development Sche-me has tied up with an NGO named Chintan Environmental Research & Action Group for re-cycling of wastes generated at MMTC Corporate Office & at the MMTC Housing Colony. Under this initiative, MMTC rendered financial assistance for creation of two mobile waste recycling units. Recycling is simply the process of reusing the waste items from which utility can still be derived. It is important to recycle waste so that we can at least converse some of our natural resources for our generations to come. There are three key factors when think-ing about how to recycle wastes.

MMTC Corporate Office as well as its all Regional Offices across India reiterates its com-mitment in making “Swachh Bharat Mission”, initiated by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, a successful mission by follow-ing the guidelines issued from time to time by various Govt. Departments/Ministries to real-ize Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a Clean India.

Activities carried out in MMTC offices across the country over last two years (2015-16 & 2016-17):


made in both these years for under-taking CSR activities supporting the Swachh Bharat Mission of Hon’ble Prime Minister.

MMTC CSR – 2014-15

MMTC constructed two huge public toilet complexes at Haiderpur, a JJ cluster of more than 3500 household in North Delhi which had separate units for males, females and the dif-ferently abled. The toilet blocks were created to help facilitate sanitation and maintain hygiene in the locality. More than 95% households in the targeted com-munity did not have the finan-cial capacity to construct toilet in their houses, which led to high prevalence of Open Defecation in the area. The practice, in turn, led to various chronic diseases in the region. Apart from the health-care issues, this had an adverse effect on the privacy and safety of the females of the community. Women of the community often faced eve teasing and sometimes even became victims of physical assaults while going outside in the dark to defecate.

MMTC CSR – 2015-16

There is massive shortage of sani-tation facilities. A lot of Gender related issues, like girls going to school and participating actively in the social life of the village is curtailed in the absence of water supply and sanitation facilities. It was even observed that there is dire need to create awareness and address problem of access to toilets and safe drinking water, which can make a lot of differ-ence in the everyday quality of life of all.

MMTC constructed toilets (with separate toilets for girls) and

clean drinking water facilities in 17 Govt. Schools in rural areas of Odisha. These schools had no proper sanitation facilities espe-cially for girls which made girls stay away from schools. Bore wells were also dug to ensure availability of water in the toilets. Also, understanding the need for

safe drinking water, MMTC in-stalled hand pumps in schools in Ghosi (Mau), and in Jaitwardih Gaon, U.P. to facilitate the area with safe drinking water and also ensured to create awareness for the same. Special emphasis was laid on creation of such facilities as well as awareness of the pro-gram among the Girl child stu-dents and women, who face ma-jority of problem in the absence of water supply. The idea was to make them aware of the ad-vantages of using safe water for themselves and family.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

MMTC Initiatives in CSR since Introduction of New Companies Act ‘2013

Even in the absence of an offi-cial mandate regarding CSR ac-tivities, MMTC adopted CSR as a policy initiative long ago in Sept. 2006, and allocated 1% of retain-able profit of previous year for undertaking CSR activities and was one of the few organizations, which adopted the DPE guide-lines in 2010 and redesigned its CSR policy accordingly.

Under the Companies Act 2013, all profitable companies with a sizeable business would have to spend every year at least 2 per-cent of three year average profit on CSR works. This would apply to the companies with turnover of Rs. 1,000 Crore and more; or net worth of Rs. 500 Crore and more; or a net profit of Rs. 5 Crore and more.

The performance of the Company during the last few years had since not been encouraging and owing to which, funds as per mandatory requirement could not be allocated for undertaking CSR activities during 2014-15 and 2015-16. However to ensure conti-nuity Voluntary contributions were


Law-rie has set up a Composting Unit at Victoria Memorial, which was inaugurated by Mr. Prabal Basu, CMD, the Chief Guest of the function. The Unit named as “Foodie” is Kolkata’s first of its kind Composting Unit and Solid Waste Management System. The Composting Unit is equipped with cutting-edge technology and has a capacity to treat 500kg of or-ganic waste daily.

Inauguration of Water Tank, Padghe VillageUnder the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Balmer Lawrie has sponsored the construction of a

Water Storage Tank at Padghe Village, Taloja, Navi Mumbai in association with Rotary Club of Industrial Town, Panvel. The Water Storage Tank with a ca-pacity of 150,000 litres will ben-efit 10,000 villagers of Padghe Village, which is situated near the Company’s High Throughput Barrel Manufacturing Plant at Taloja, Navi Mumbai. This facil-ity will play an important role in reducing the problem of water supply in the village in turn im-proving sanitation and quality of life of the people.

Mr. Prabal Basu, CMD, B&L Co. Ltd. speaking during the inaugural of Composting Unit at Victorial Memorial, Kolkata.

Mr. Prabal Basu, CMD, Balmer Lawrie & Co. inaugurating Water Tank, Padghe village.

Swachh VidyalayaUnder the “Swachh Vidyalaya: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”, the Company has constructed/re-furbished a total of 306 toilets in Government Schools covering states of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. Balmer Lawrie is the only PSU under MoPNG to have completed the target of construct-ing toilets.

Composting Unit Sponsored by BL at Victoria MemorialAs a part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan initiatives Balmer

Managing Waste to keep India Clean

Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd.

Mr. Prabal BasuCMD, Balmer & Lawrie


S. N. Activities Location No’s

1Rallies organised in Dara Adarsh Vidya Mandir school, at Jaynagar-l Block to spread awareness about the importance of cleanliness along with the women of the community.

South 24 Parganas 02 Schools

2Online Quiz programme among employees and sensitization on “Swachh Bharat” through Digital media outreaching to 900 employees.

All India900 employees (Both in online quiz and PPT presentation on National cleanliness Mission)

3 Quiz programme in Government schools of South 24 Parganas along with a rally in the community to raise awareness on Cleanliness.

South 24 Parganas & Kolkata

625 school children participated in rally and 100 participated in quiz program

4 Distribution of Waste Bin to schools. Kolkata 04 schools

5 Quiz program on Swachh Bharat organised in Government school, Chennai. Chennai 01school

organised for employees. An on-line quiz was conducted for the employees along with awareness programs through the Intranet. Swachh Bharat Ambassadors of Balmer Lawrie were encouraged to take up community related “Swachta Abhiyan” and to use the App MyGov.in. In the east-ern region awareness programs were conducted in Dara village, while in the western region the Balmerol Swachhta team visited Sayli Village and conducted an awareness program for the villag-ers on hygiene and importance of cleanliness. The team also cleaned a portion of the village along with the villagers and school children. Workshops on Health and Sanitation were organised for the Head Mistress / Principal of schools in South 24 - Parganas and Joynagar in West Bengal. The CSR Committee Members Visited the Schools to assess cleanliness of toilets construct-ed under “Swachh Vidyalaya” in West Bengal. Cleanliness drives were organised in other units as

well. In photo are glimpses of the various activities undertaken pan India during the fortnight.

National Cleanliness Campaign (25th September, 2015 - 31st October 2015)

On the eve of the first year of the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’, a nation-wide campaign was organised with the participation of all sec-tors of the society to rekindle mass awareness to ensure lasting behavioural change to achieve the goal of ‘Swachh Bharat’ to realize Gandhiji’s dream of a clean India by the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2019.

Balmer Lawrie & Co LimitedIn this context, Balmer Lawrie un-der “National Cleanliness Camp-aign” (25th September, 2015 - 31st October 2015) organised various activities which are as follows:

Swachh Bharat PakhwadaThe Swachh Bharat Pakhwada was observed across all units, establishments from 16th to 31st May 2016, Various activities and awareness programs were organ-ised during the fortnight for both employees and the communities in and around our work centres, The Swachh Bharat Pledge was administered, cleanliness ac-tivities were undertaken and a Swachh Karyasthal contest was

Water tank at Padghe village, Navi Mumbai.


Township and also brought awareness among residents of township on 02.05.2016 at 7 AM. The participants visited each resident in the township and explained the need for main-taining cleanliness around the township and disposed organic and recyclable wastes and also identified various locations in the township premises to be taken up cleaning in coming days on continuation basis. The cleanli-ness drive was attended by all Directors, senior officers and resi-dents of township in big number.

The topic specified by the min-istry for the third day was ‘Removal and Disposing of scrap material in the factory premises

and storing in organized manner’ in pursuance to the guidelines, the Cleanliness drive programme in factory premises was conduct-ed and also brought awareness about the scrap disposing process among the employees under the supervision of GM (Production) on 03.05.2016 from 09.30 AM to 11.30 AM and it was continued till end of the shift. The participants went around the plant and identi-fied various scrap/waste material for removal in future in a time bound manner. The activities such as Cleaning and removing of broken branches, dry leaves, grinding dust, scrap and rejected materials at Quality Control Lab (QCL) and Hot Rolling Mills (HRM) area. The cleanliness drive

Swachh Bharat Pakhawada was organized at Midhani from 1st to 15th May 2016

in pursuance to direction of DDP, MOD. The “Swacch Bharat Pakhawada” was inaugurated by Dr. Dinesh Kumar Likhi, CMD, Midhani on 1st May 2016 fol-lowed by ‘Swachhata Shapath’ by the participants. CMD in his inaugural address emphasized the need of cleanliness of the surroundings of workplace. He stressed that the cleanliness is everybody’s responsibility and should be part of daily life. The inaugural programme was at-tended by all Directors, senior officers, Employee Union Office bearers and Officer’s Association representatives in big number.

The activities such as Swachhata Shapath, Meditation to start cleaning process from inner self, March past for Identification of various locations in the factory premises to be taken up clean-ing in coming days, Display of Banners and Placards across the plant promoting Swachh Bharat Mission to bring awareness among employees and the public were conducted on the first day.

The cleanliness drive programme was conducted in Midhani

Promoting Clean Work - Place

MIdHANI

Dr. D. K. LikhiCMD, MIDHANI


employees of administrative of-fice on a large scale. Active par-ticipation was shown by all the employees including women employees in this cleanliness drive and exhibited the sheer commitment towards Swachh MIDHANI. Sensitizing employ-ees of Administrative Office to keep office area clean and hy-gienic & in an orderly manner, Cleaning and removal of organic waste, paper waste, dried leaves & dumped plastic waste in the sur-rounding area of Administrative Office, Department wise weed-ing out of old files and un-wanted office equipments was done on 05.05.2016. All the em-ployees of departments located at Administrative Office such as HR, IT, Finance, Marketing, Purchase, Time Office, Vigilance, Director(F) Sectt, C&MD Sectt have participated in the cleanli-ness activity to ensure waste files & unwanted office equipment is shifted from the respective dept.

Midhani has conducted ‘Tree Plantation in Township Area’ and also brought awareness about the environment protection and pol-lution control among the employ-ees on 06.05.2016 from 09.30 AM to 12.30PM. 100 Mango plants were planted on the day. Active participation was shown by all the Senior Officers and employ-ees including women employees in this programme and exhibited the sheer commitment towards Green MIDHANI.

Painting Competition progra-mme was conducted on vari-ous topics such as Importance of Cleanliness, Importance of Plantation, Conservation of Water and Hygienic School as per the advise of Ministry on the sev-enth day. The competition was at-tended by school going children

of employees of the company on a large scale. All the children par-ticipated with enthusiasm and exhibited their creative ideas re-lated to ‘Swachh Bharat.’

A ‘5 K Mini Marathon’ was organized for employees in-cluding women employees of Midhani and their families and also brought awareness about the cleanliness among them on 09.05.2016 from 06.30 AM to 08.30 AM. T-Shirts and Caps were dis-tributed to all the participants with message ‘Swachh Bharat-Swachh Midhani’ to create wide publicity in the surrounding areas of Midhani. The Mini Marathon programme was conducted for 5 Kms. It was started from Midhani Plant to DRDO Apollo Hospital and back to starting point. All participants were participated with enthusiasm and exhibited their fitness and stamina.

‘Tree Plantation’ program was organized in Factory Area also and brought awareness about the environment protection and pol-lution control among the employ-ees on 10.05.2016 of the pakh-wada from 09.30 AM to 12.30PM. The tree plantation programme taken up in the Factory Area has been attended by all Directors, Senior Officers and employees of

taken up in the plant was attend-ed by Employees in big number and participated enthusiastically.

On 04.05.2016 the cleanliness drive programme was conducted in children parks, playing areas and community centre of Midhani Township and also brought awareness about the cleanliness and orderliness of these places among the residents and children of Township. The activities like

cleaning and removing of broken branches, dry leaves, waste pa-pers, sanitary waste, wooden logs and other organic waste from the children park and playing areas were attended by residents of Township and employees.

The cleanliness drive taken up in the Administrative Office and its surrounding areas was at-tended by all Senior Officers and


honestly towards the cleanliness of these societies at the environ-ment and mental level.

During the concluding pro-gramme a Guest lecture by Mr. P.M.K. Gandhi, Trainer was also organized to sensitize all the em-ployees on Swachh Bharat. In his lecture Mr. Gandhi appreciated the programmes conducted by Midhani as part of ‘Swachh Bharat Pakhawada’ and emphasized that

cleanliness should not be done by force. It should be inculcated in our daily routine life then only the cleanliness of Midhani and India will be sustain.

The programme was attended by all Directors, CVO, Senior officers, Union and Officers Association representatives, Employees and Children of employees on a large scale.

the company on a large scale and planted 200 nos. plants. Active participation was shown by all the employees including women employees in this programme and exhibited the sheer commitment towards Green MIDHANI. The cleanliness drive program based on the topic advised by the minis-try i.e. ‘Fumigation of insecticides in the township for prevention of mosquitoes and other insects’ was organised in Midhani Township as well as in Corporate Office and also brought awareness about the cleanliness in and around the township quarters among resi-dents and employees of corporate office on 11.05.2016 which was started at 09.30 AM and contin-ued till the closing of the office i.e. 05.30PM as part of “Swachh Bharat Pakhawada”. The activi-ties such as Spraying of pesticides in all rooms and around the each quarter to eradicate cockroaches, Lizards, Mosquitoes, Ants and other insects have been organized

On 12.05.2016 ‘Cleanliness dri-ve of Township drainage sys-tem’ programme in Midhani Township as well as in Corporate Office was conducted to bring awareness about the cleanliness of drainage system of township quarters among the residents and employees on which was started at 09.30 AM and continued till the

closing of the office i.e. 05.30 PM. In addition to above programme MIDHANI also took the initia-tive to organize an Eye checkup camp for the benefit of employees in First Aid Center of Midhani on the same day.

The company conducted ‘Essay Writing Competition on the subject of importance of clean-liness’ for the children of em-ployees of Midhani in BPDAV School at Township on 13.05.2016 from 10.30 AM to 11.30 PM. The Essay Writing Competition pro-gramme was conducted on vari-ous topics such as Importance of Cleanliness, Importance of Plantation, Conservation of Water and Hygienic School. The compe-tition was attended by children of employees of the company on a large scale. All the children par-ticipated with enthusiasm and exhibited their thoughts related to ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’.

The concluding ceremony of Swachh Bharat Pakhawada and Prize distribution programme as a part of “Swacch Bharat Pakhawada” was organized in Midhani on 14.05.2016 as per the guidelines given by the DDP, MOD. In the programme Dr. Dinesh Kumar Likhi, CMD, Midhani addressed the gather-ing followed by Prize distribu-tion programme for winners of Mini Marathon, Painting and Essay writing competitions which was conducted during the Pakhawada. CMD in his conclud-ing address emphasized the need of the cleanliness in and around the company surroundings. He said that every employee should develop the habit of cleanliness. He stressed that cleanliness is everybody’s responsibility. As a member of Social community and Industrial society one must work


their education. The absence of separate toilets for girls is one of the main reasons for heavy drop out of girl students midway of their academic session. SJVN is conscious and shares its deep concern for the necessity of sepa-rate toilets for girls in schools.

SJVN as a responsible corporate citizen is aware of its responsibili-ties towards society and is already engaged in constructing toilets in schools. It is a firm believer of Mahatma Gandhiji’s resolve that sanitation is much more impor-tant than Independence. GandhiJi made cleanliness and sanitation an integral part of the Gandhian way of living. His mission was sanitation for all.

Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 15th August 2014 made a historic announce-ment that all schools in the coun-try should have toilets with sepa-rate toilets for girls. Only then, our daughters will not be com-pelled to leave schools midway. He called upon the Corporate Sector to participate and give pri-ority for toilets in schools, some-thing that could be undertaken by expenditure incurred under mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility funds. He said that targets listed out should be com-pleted with one year. Drawn from this nationwide call, Ministry of Power (MoP) entrusted a target of constructing 2271 toilets to SJVN

SJVN being a responsible corporate citizen has taken due cognizance of Swachh

Bharat Mission launched by the Government of India and has tak-en quite a number of initiatives striving towards clean India.

Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan - Sanitation is much more important than indepen-dence- Mahatma Gandhi

Inauguration of Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan by Director (Personnel)

Care for environment’s cleanli-ness & dignity of women and girls is deeply embedded in the CSR & Sustainable Policy of SJVN. Gender norms and psy-chology make privacy more im-portant for girls than boys and biological realities mean that girls need adequate sanitary fa-cilities at a school. Basic facilities that provide for good hygiene and privacy along with sensitive health measures promote girls to stay on in schools and complete

Initiatives toward Waste Management under Swachh Bharat Mission

SJVN

Mr. R. N. MisraCMD, SJVN

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labour force to the construction sites. Heavy rains continually hindered the construction activi-ties. At places seasonal flooding of nallahs and rivulets obstructed access to the sites. Nevertheless, the dedication, commitment and brevity of valuable team mem-bers overcame all obstacles and target was achieved by work-ing in a mission mode. SJVN Management constantly moni-tored the construction activities to facilitate the team members to overcome their problems as well as to boost their morale to en-counter the problems and achieve the targets. Corporate CSR was the nodal point for coordina-tion with MoP, MoHRD, GoHP besides obtaining and updating

the progress from all projects. CMD, SJVN held weekly meet-ings and Director (Personnel), SJVN held daily meetings with the team members. The Minutes of Meetings were drawn up and circulated for speedy and strict compliance. The minutes of meeting were shared with MoP on daily basis. The daily progress reports of construction activi-ties of toilets were documented and related data were compiled by SJVN and shared with MoP. The daily progress reports were submitted to MoP through WhatsApp and email followed by weekly reports.

The Nodal Officers attended all instructions given by MoP either in meetings or through emails. They shared the instructions with team members and construction activities were carried out ac-cordingly. As per the instructions, the construction status along with photographs at various stages were uploaded on daily basis on MoP as well as MoHRD websites. MoP has acknowl-edged successful completion of Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan and felicitated all PSUs concerned including SJVN in a program conducted on 2nd November 2015. Further after construction

and Ministry of Human Resource Development shortlisted a tar-get of construction of 2156 toilets in 1530 schools. SJVN not just achieved this target but surpassed it within the scheduled timeframe. SJVN constructed 2421 toilets which include 1222 girls toilets in the allotted states of Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Uttrakhand and Arunachal Pradesh under the ambitious program. While con-structing the toilets, SJVN strictly adhered to the guidelines issued by MoP in terms of quality and other parameters.

SJVN constituted 50 survey teams, consisting of more than 100 officials who visited 530 schools sites in all four states. After the survey, the teams camped at the construction sites until the toilets were completed which enabled us in achieving the target.

SJVN encountered many hard-ships and challenges, both natural and manmade, which was mainly local and related to land issues. The heavy snowfall in snow-bound areas of Himachal Pradesh proved to be major challenge both for undertaking the survey as well as the constructions of the toilets. Landslides obstructed transportation of materials and


Sewerage Treatment Plant - A step towards waste managementEnsuring effective disposal of sewerage is one of the prime concerns of SJVN. Therefore un-der our sustainability program, a ‘Sewerage Treatment Plant’ of one million litres per day (01 MLD) capacity has been constructed in village Jhakri in District Shimla (under NJHPS) in association with I&PH Deptt. of GoHP at a cost of Rs. 9.99 Cr. The scheme was inaugurated at Jhakri on 15th Nov, 2015. Approximately 615

households of Jhakri are being benefited by this Sewerage plant. The scheme is being monitored jointly by a committee consisting of SJVN and Govt. of HP.

Rehabilitation of natural water bodies Water is considered to be an agent for cleanliness and healthy life of all living beings as well as to cater the needs of live stocks in rural ar-eas. In operational areas of SJVN,

shortage of water due to drying up of natural water sources has always been a serious concern. SJVN under its CSR and sustain-ability policy has taken adequate initiatives for rehabilitation and augmentation of water bodies. So far 20 water bodies have been rehabilitated. Besides the above SJVN has also taken initiatives to clean the water tanks in project area villages ensuring supply of clean water to the house holds.

Garbage disposal systemTo ensure proper disposal of gar-bage generated from households in project areas SJVN provided garbage storage containers in

villages. So far we have provided garbage containers in 07 villages. The Panchayats of these villages maintain these containers.

Due to above initiatives, SJVN has been able to spread a mes-sage of clean and healthy living in and around its operational ar-eas. SJVN has also reaped ben-efits with increased recognition as a good Socially Responsible Corporate.Sewerage treatment plant at Jhakri.

of toilets, SJVN is providing annual financial support of Rs. 5000 per toilet for running and maintenance. The final status of construction of toilets under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan is as follows:


the stigma of not being a clean city.

Cleanliness drive are organized in various office establishments, colonies, and eco restoration sites of the Company on regular basis. Awareness towards cleanliness are also generated in the form of ‘Swachh Bharat Pakhwada’ which was observed in Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) from 01.11.2016 to 16.11.2016. There was active participation from all sectors of the organi-zation. The major highlights of the pakhwada were Cleanliness drive in Office premises, Area Dispensaries, Regional Hospitals, Townships, mine pits premises etc. of BCCL. During the pakhwa-da auspicious festival of Chhaat was also celebrated. Taking it as an opportunity of community service cleaning of ‘Chhat Ghats’ was also promoted. Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan (SVA) is the national campaign under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. A key feature of the campaign is to ensure that every school in India must have a set of toilets for boys and girls separately. Bharat Coking Coal

Limited (BCCL) pledged to con-tribute to this noble cause. Under SVA, BCCL has constructed 5121 toilets in 2758 schools in 11 dis-tricts of Jharkhand state under CSR for construction of new toi-lets as well as making dysfunc-tional toilets functional. BCCL has constructed 2097 new toilets in 1184 schools in 8 districts of Jharkhand through open tender. BCCL has deposited funds to State Govt. for constructing 1040 new toilets in 567 schools and making 1984 dysfunctional toilets functional in 1009 schools in 11 districts of Jharkhand.

In these ways, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has gathered a huge mo-mentum in Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Dhanbad and it can be said that if work is continued in the same momentum, Prime Minister’s vision of making India one of the cleanest countries of the world will soon be a reality. BCCL, Dhanbad has set a bench-mark with its active participation in the drive since its inception and will further strive to contribute in the best possible ways to towards this great mission.

The campaign was officially launched on 2nd October 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi

by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi. It is India’s largest ever cleanliness drive with 3 million govern-ment employees, and especially school and college students from all parts of India, participating in the campaign. The objectives of Swachh Bharat are to reduce or eliminate open defecation through construction of indi-vidual, cluster and community toilets and promote cleanliness drives in every nooks and corners of the country. Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited having its headquarter in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, took the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan project in great spirit under the able guidance of CMD, Mr. Gopal Singh and un-tiring support and participation of Director (Personnel), Mr. B. K. Panda. All General Managers, HODs, executives and workers of various departments/units take time off and contribute to this greatly envisioned program and they take the pledge to remove

Setting benchmarks in Swachh Bharat

BCCL

Mr. Gopal SinghCMD, BCCL


common corridors, stairs, lifts and surrounding area etc.

• All Almirah/ Cupboards/ Shelf were cleaned and num-bered. On the top of the almirah, paper was pasted indicating the name of in-charge of the almirah and when did he/ she last cleaned it. And list of the kept in the almirah/ cupboards/ shelf was also displayed on it.

• Weeding out of old records/ files was also carried out by all offices/ departments as per rules and regulations of the corporation.

• A the Technical Centres, all machineries and work areas cleaned. Name of the officer in-charge of the machines was displayed on it. Special semi-nar/ workshop on ‘Swachhta’

was conduced for trainees in the Technical Centres for cre-ating awareness.

• Campaign were held by the field offices to create aware-ness of the importance/ signif-icance of cleanliness amongst the MSME’s of their area.

• Water tanks, water cooler and RO System for drinking wa-ter were cleaned.

• NSIC, Head Office has made agreement with M/s Dakshin Dilli Swachh Initiatives Limited for lifting of garbage from its campus on day to day basis.

• Solar panels at NSIC, HO roof are being installed to reduce dependency on BSES supply and generator back-up.

In order to keep the mo-mentum of Swachh Bharat Mission going all NSIC field

offices have been advised to make utmost efforts to create awareness of Swachhta among MSME units in their areas. NSIC Technical Services Centres have made cleanliness a part of training to create awareness among trainees. During the Training Programs being conducted for NSIC’s of-ficers, a special session has been introduced on Swachh Bharat Mission so as to make cleanliness a part of their day to day activi-ties. Highlights of the major ac-tivities carried out by all offices of the Corporation are summarized here below:

• All offices carried out clean-ing activities to upkeep and maintain the office premises including areas like toilets,

The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. commits itself to Swachh Bharat

NSIC

Mr. Ravindra NathCMD, NSIC


class ships ahead of schedule has also over the years been a torch-bearer in driving the cleanliness agenda to the very heart of the Vasco city and in doing so has consistently been in sync with the Central Government flag-ship programme of the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”. As a first step in this direction every Friday of the week is declared as Cleanliness Day within GSL, wherein every employee of the company ac-tively carries out cleaning activi-ties in their respective places of work which includes appropriat-ing tools and equipment at their designated places, lining of stor-age areas, systematic placement of files and documents in the cabinets etc. Redundant items, obsolete documents are disposed

off at regular intervals. Besides, GSL has also unflinchingly committed to the greater cause of the society. It participates in cleaning activities at prominent locations in and around the City of Vasco. With a view to empower communities towards cleanliness, GSL had spent Rs. 82 lakhs in FY 2015-16 and Rs. 92 lakhs in 2016-17 on various Swachh Bharat re-lated activities.

Adoption of Road GSL has adopted public road from Vasco-Da-Gama Railway Station Junction to Airport Road, Dabolim approximately 04 kms. for making the stretch “No Plastic Zone” besides also carrying out cleaning activities including

Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) a Shipping bell-wether situated in the pic-

turesque state of Goa is a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the aegis of Ministry of Defence Government of India. The state of Goa which attracts millions of tourists both interna-tional and domestic, is negotiat-ing with cleanliness and garbage menace which has plagued the state for many years now. Goa being a tourist place, the waste generated is normally high. The dwindling cleanliness standards within the local levels also merits vibrant participation from vari-ous stakeholders be it the munici-pals, the panchayats or Centre of excellence like GSL.

GSL which has built its USP as a yard building & delivering world

Our contribution to Society in Keeping surroundings clean through Swachh Bharat Mission

Goa Shipyard Ltd.

RAdm Shekhar Mital, NM, IN (Retd)

CMD, GSL


Government successful projects, GSL has adopted the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Vasco city. GSL has successfully inte-grated the Skill Development project and the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan by imparting employ-ment guaranteed together with a clean and green environment by renovating 6 toilets used by more than 300 students at the said ITI. Construction of toilets is just one solitary step.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on 2nd October, 2016Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was or-ganised by Goa Shipyard Limited on 2nd October, 2016 on the occasion of “Gandhi Jayanti”. GSL has undertaken clean-ing campaign from Mormugao Municipal Council to Airport Junction, Dabolim. Chairman and Managing Director, GSL, RAdm. Shekhar Mital, NM along with the officers and their fam-ily members actively partici-pated in the cleaning campaign. After the completion of this initiative, GSL team members joined the “Swachh Bharat Nitol Goem” initiative which was tak-en up by Mormugao Municipal Council near the office of SDM, Mormugao, Vasco - Da - Gama,

Goa. Mormugao Chairperson, Shri. Deepak Naik lauded GSL’s initiative and unflinching sup-port to the Local Authorities for making Vasco cleaner.

Donation of Garbage BinsGSL, on 06.06.2016 as part of its Swachh Bharat Initiative, donat-ed 5 Garbage bins each to local councilors of Vasco City Ward no. 25 and Ward no. 24 respectively. Goa Shipyard Limited by way of its Swachh Bharat initiative is em-barking on a cleanliness mission to keep the city of Vasco clean and tidy, which also, is in accordance to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Donation of Garbage Disposal VanGoa Shipyard Limited has do-nated Tata Xenon vehicle to Mormugao Municipal Corpo-ration at the hands of her excel-lency, the Governor of Goa Dr. Mridula Sinha, the said vehicle would lift garbage from various wards no. 15 & 20 in and around the city of Vasco. In addition, 150 garbage bins have been distrib-uted to Mormugao Municipal Corporation and councilors of various wards in and around the city of Vasco.

painting of the road pavements, road dividers, safety railings etc. to improve the general ambience of the area. These cleanliness ac-tivities are undertaken with the active involvement of GSL em-ployees and participation of the general public in large numbers.

Mobile Toilets Inadequate sanitation has been a major cause of concern and a breeding ground for life threat-ening diseases. Maintaining the highest sanitation standards has proven to be a one stop solu-tion for eradicating life threaten-ing diseases. GSL over the years has contributed or built toilets at prominent locations and schools in and around the port city. However with mushrooming of habitants and with scarcity of land the prospects of construct-ing permanent toilets hits a road block. But with a strong resolute to engineer a paradigm shift, GSL has offsetted this issue by install-ing 6 nos. mobile toilets at a bud-get of Rs 22 lakhs.

Renovation of 6 toilets Under Adoption of Vasco ITI Under the Skill Development ini-tiative, one of the many Central

Mobile toilet built by company.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan organized at company’s premises.


Donation of garbage disposal van.

Donation of garbage bin by the company.

Biogas plant is safe disposal of large amount of kitchen waste which was initially disposed off manually as garbage in an open environment. It reduces the Green House Emissions and contributes in reduction of global warming. The Biogas generated out of the system is used for cooking pur-pose and helps in savings on liq-uefied petroleum gas cylinders.

Safe drinking water facility at Kendriya Vidyalaya-2, VascoAs far as sanitation is concerned, safe drinking water facility is one of the major component to ensure health and hygiene. In view of the same, GSL has provided wa-ter coolers cum purifier for school children at Kendriya Vidyalaya – 2, Vasco.

Waste Management To prevent damaging earth’s ecosystems and maintain a high quality of life for the planet’s in-habitants, humans must manage and dispose-off the waste effi-ciently. In the modern world, hu-man being cannot bury their trash at any location based on their whims and fancies. While primi-tive humans produced waste, and

that being biodegrade in nature got degraded in much shorter duration vis-à-vis the modern humans, produce large amounts of waste, much of which is non- biodegradable. Additionally, the different type of garbage also poses serious threat to the overall ecosystem. However, not with-standing the fact that one of the positives of recycling the waste is generation of income as the same is turning out to be an effective business model entailing mul-tiple avenues for income genera-tion. GSL very well comprehends the implication of improper and unbalanced waste management. Its various initiatives implement-ed stands testimony in address-ing these pressing issues besides upgrading the cleanliness stan-dards and transforming the city of Vasco into a cleaner and green-er habitat for all its citizens.

Construction of Vermi Compost Unit at GSL EnclaveAnother important project under-taken by GSL to treat bio-degrad-able waste is the Construction of Vermi Compost Unit at GSL Enclave to sustain the nature by providing nutrients and growth enhancing ingredients necessary for the plant growth has been

Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign As part of its Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan activities, GSL has reno-vated toilets at Keshav Smruti School, Dabolim; Government Primary School, Sindolim and Government Middle School, Jetty, Mormugao, Goa.

Cleaning Drives at Prominent Locations GSL team along with local ward councilors have participated in cleanliness drives at various places in and around Vasco City like Children Park, Vasco; Baina Beach, Vasco; Children Park, Chicalim; Bagmallo Beach; Vasco Railway Station; Vadeem Bus Stand; Swachhta Awareness Walk etc. The efforts of GSL towards cleanliness have been appreci-ated by local government bodies and community as well.

Installation of Waste Treatment (Biogas) Plant at GSLOrganic waste treatment plant (Biogas) has been installed at GSL for the treatment of organic waste generated from the Canteen. The major advantage of using the


Disposal of Waste at GSL Enclave and Guest HouseAs a part of waste management activity, Goa Shipyard Limited has distributed 2 nos. dust bins of different colours i.e. green and black to all residents within GSL Colony and Guest House to segregate biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes at the household level. These wastes are collected separately by the GSL cleaning contractor on daily basis and collected in a common area for centralized collection and disposal by the Mormugao

Municipal Council (MMC) dai-ly. The individual households are being also sensitized regu-larly towards the importance of cleanliness in day-to-day life. Conclusion: GSL continues to be a front runner in Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan of Govt of India. The policy of Government in this re-gard are being effectively imple-mented with support of local community towards ensuring sustainable development. Efforts are also on to bring attitudinal change in employees / people around in adopting higher clean-liness standards at all places.

envisaged. Vermi composting is the process of using worms and micro-organisms to turn kitchen and garden waste into black, earthy-smelling, nutrient - rich organic matter. Compared to or-dinary soil, the worm castings contain five times more nitrogen, seven times more phosphorus and eleven times more potassi-um. They are also rich in calcium and magnesium which improves the structure of the soil. The non-biodegradable waste is collected and disposed off out the GSL yard premises and other GSL locations to designated and earmarked lo-cations of the Goa Municipality for further disposal by the Local Authorities/ State Government.

Shredding and Disposal of Paper Waste

The paper waste generated from offices of different departments are properly shredded under dedicated supervision of the de-partments and disposed off to the empanelled vendor who spe-cializes in treating the shredded waste paper to be recycled and processed for re-manufacture of paper which can be used again suitably and gainfully. The dis-posal of shredded waste paper would help company in earning revenue.

Waste treatment (Bio gas) Plant installed at GSL.

Dustbins set up by company for disposal of waste at GSL enclave & guest house.

Garbage disposal van donated by GSL


Offices of NSC spread all over the country. In the seed produc-tion, emphasize is given for the production of all seeds, pulses and hybrids including vegeta-bles. A strict Quality Control is ensured to maintain the seed quality by undertaking internal quality check.

NSC plays a key role in the imple-mentation of various schemes of the Govt. of India like National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) and in the im-plementation of “National Food Security Mission (NFSM).” It also plays a key role in the introduc-tion of new varieties of different crops to the farmers by supply-ing mini kits of number of re-cently released varieties having superior performance. It also provides technical support to the seed producing agencies in-cluding State Seed Corporations through training personnel in-volved in the seed production in these organizations. NSC is the nodal agency for the processing plants and storage godowns for different crops/varieties that are meant to meet the demand that arises during natural calamities like flood, drought etc. NSC also takes care to meet the demand for quality seeds of the farmers in the

interior parts of the country like North Eastern States & other hilly regions where no other seed pro-ducers are interested to reach.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched his nationwide cleanliness campaign, the ‘Swa-chh Bharat Mission’ or ‘Clean India Campaign’ from the Valmiki Basti in New Delhi on October 2, 2014. Addressing the nation at the launch, Modi ji re-quested the people of India to join the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’. While launching the mission PM Modi stated. “Today is the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhiji and Lal Bahudur Shastriji. We have gained freedom under leadership of Gandhiji, but his dream of clean India is still un-fulfilled.” He added, ‘Swachh Bharat Campaign logo is not just a logo, through it Gandhiji is watching us and we all should clean India Cleanliness is not only the responsibility of the ‘safaai kaamgar’, it is the responsibility of 125 crore Indians.

National Seeds Corporation Limited, has been nominated as Nodal Agency for wide sales of Decentralized Compost Machines under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) of Government of

The National Seeds Corpo-ration Limited (NSC) is a Government of India

Undertaking – “Mini Ratna” Company under the administra-tive control of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India. It was set up in March, 1963 and started functioning from July, 1963. Services Provided by NSC are Foundation seed production, Certified seed production, Seed certification, Seed quality con-trol, Seed processing, handing and packaging, Seed marketing, Information management and communication, Sales promotion and advertising, public relation & publicity. Project formulation and project management, Training, and Consultancy services in all the above disciplines.

The NSC undertakes the founda-tion and certified seed production of nearly 600 varieties consisting of 60 crops through its farms and registered seed growers. There are 6 Farms and about 8500 seed growers all over the country who undertake the seed produc-tion at different agro-climatic conditions.

There are 10 Regional Offices, 6 Farms, 68 Area and 2 Liaison

A Govt. of India Nodal Agency for Sale of Decentralized Compost Machines Under Swachh Bharat Mission (URBAn)

National Seeds Corporation

Mr. Vinod Kumar GaurCMD, NSC


Pakhwadas (which took place from 16.05.2016 to 31.05.2016 and 16.12.2016 to 31.12.2016 as per guidelines of Ministry) NSC had also initiated a number of activities for employees which included essay competitions, slo-gan writing competitions, inter – department cleanliness competi-tions etc which saw participation from all employees across all our Regional Offices/ Units.

Considering its social respon-sibility the NSC, under CSR ac-tivity, has constructed a num-bers of toilets, drinking water facility including R.O System in the schools for better cleanli-ness and hygienic environment. Further tree plant have been distributed among the farmers for controlling the air pollution. Every year new plantation un-der socio forestry are being done at our farms to maintain the Eco friendly nature.

In Order to ensure continued mo-mentum to the campaign various other activities are being planned throughout the year also which will be highlighted on a daily ba-sis. In line with the Hon’ble PM’s “Swachh Bharat Mission” NSC has devised an action plan which is reflected below:

• Inter department cleanliness competition to be held and winning department or Head of that department will be awarded.

• Renovation of the ground floor of Corporate Office, Beej Bhawan, NSC will be done, under which paint, white wash etc. works will be car-ried out.

• Adequate Cleanliness of the entire Corporate Office, re-quired maintenance and trim-ming of trees would be done.

• An eminent personality who is related to “Swachh Bharat Mission” will be invited to de-liver Lecture during Swachh Bharat Workshop.

• Quarterly meeting are orga-nized to showcase Swachhta message.

• House journals to carry Swachhta message.

• Website opening page to car-ry Swachhta message.

The entire NSC is strongly com-mitted to the spirit of “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” under the guidelines / monitoring by the CMD. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a platform where all of us have a chance to participate. Jointly we can all really do wonders with-out any additional help or invest-ment. We can be sure that if we embrace the concept of Swachhta – Cleanliness will soon become a daily norm and we all will be able to contribute in every way to make India a Cleaner, Greener & Beautiful place to live in.

India who will take up the re-sponsibility of tying up with various vendors of decentralized compost machines at the back-end from whom both urban & local bodies and private custom-ers can purchase these machines. The key part of the mission is to achieve 100% scientific management of municipal solid waste (MSW).

One of the most effective ways of scientific management of solid waste is composting of wet waste. The Solid Waste (Management) Rules, 2016, mandate bulk waste generators to mandatorily seg-regate waste, and the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) is ac-tively promoting decentralized composting of wet waste by bulk waste generators such as Hotels/Restaurants, Vegetable Market, RWAs etc.

In addition to above, National Seeds Corporation is taking ini-tiative for disposal of Municipal Solid Waste of Urban area and the proposal is under process to con-vert such waste into organic com-post which will be utilized at the farms and organize training to farmers and needy one. This will help in reducing the utilization of chemical fertilizer and improving the carbon content as well as soil texture to increase the productiv-ity of the crops.

Apart from above, as part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan


need and significance of cleanli-ness have been conducted as part of the initiative. Construction of toilets, bio-gas units for uti-lization of organic waste and vermi-compost bins, painting of buildings, extensive cleaning of production hangars, high stan-dard of house-keeping, renova-tion of toilets, fogging and eradi-cation of mosquito menace etc., are being undertaken. Separate bins for collection of dry/ wet waste, paper, plastic etc are kept at required places to ensure seg-regation of waste.

BEML has constructed 9 new toilets at 6 Government schools in Bangalore, 5 toilets in 2 Government schools in KGF and

8 toilets under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhyan at BEML adopted vil-lage Ajjapalli near KGF. BEML Limited adopted Ajjapalli Village during the year 2015-16, under sustainable Rural Development plan. Company identified and adopted the village in Kolar District with an aim to contribute to its overall development and has undertaken various activities like Construction of Toilet Blocks, Bore Well- Drinking water facili-ties, Health, Hygiene and sanita-tion, Solar lighting, conduct of awareness programmes on clean-liness etc.

The first & Second anniversa-ry of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was celebrated throughout the

BEML Limited, being a so-cially responsible business entity has undertaken vari-

ous initiatives at its Corporate Office and all its Manufacturing Complexes, Townships and Sch-ools to contribute to the realiza-tion of the dream of Our Father of the Nation for a ‘Clean India’ through the Swachh Bharat Campaign with active participa-tion of employees. Swachh Bharat Mission launched with the goal of transforming urban India to total-ly sanitized, healthy and livable cities and towns is being relent-lessly pursued by the Company focusing on spreading awareness of the campaign and taking active measures on waste management, provision and cleanliness of pub-lic toilets etc.

The Swachh Bharat initiative was launched with activities like pledge taking and conducting public awareness programmes on cleanliness and environment pro-tection such as walkathons, skit/street play to create awareness on cleaning surroundings etc. All employees have taken a pledge to devote 100 hours in a year as ‘Shramadaan’ to ensure clean-liness of the work area & sur-roundings. Various training pro-grammes on waste management,

Dedicated efforts for Clean India

BEML

Mr. D. K. HotaCMD, BEML

Mr. D. K. Hota, CMD, BEML addressing employees during Swachh Bharat Pakhwada Celebrations.


manufacturing Complexes, townships, to create aware-ness among the employees and their families and other general public regarding cleanliness.

• Oath taking ceremony was organized at Corporate Office, all Manufacturing Units, Regional and District offices across the country, on the inaugural day. Chairman & Managing Director, Directors, and Division Heads, Senior Executives administered the Swachh Pledge in Hindi and English at their respective locations, with a view to reaffirm the commitment of each and ev-ery employee/executive of the organization, to participate and contribute for the nation-al cause of ‘Swachh Bharat’.

• Cleanliness drives were or-ganized at Corporate Office, and all BEML manufac-turing units, Townships, Administrative offices and surrounding areas. During the drive, weeding out of old files and unwanted office equipment like old fans, cup-boards, broken furniture etc.,

were carried out.

• Tree plantation at Township area and Factory prem-ises was also carried out at all BEML manufacturing Units, Townships and the Corporate Office.

• Special drives were also con-ducted for segregation of or-ganic and recyclable waste at all the Units, and Pamphlets indicating DOs & Don’t’s on Garbage disposal were distributed.

• To emphasis the significance of cleanliness among the Children of employees / ex-ecutives, ‘Painting and Essay Competitions’ on the topic ‘Importance of Cleanliness’ were conducted at Corporate office and BEML Townships.

• Seminar/ Guest Lecture Pr-ogrammes involving ex-perts were organized to create awareness about the ‘Importance of sanitation and cleanliness’ and their ill-effects on the health of the individuals, at Corporate Office and all Townships, for the benefit of employees/ executives and their family members.

• Fumigation at BEML Town

organization as ‘Swachh Bharat Diwas’ on 2nd October, coincid-ing with ‘Gandhi Jayanti’ in the year 2015 & 2016. Various pro-grammes like oath taking, clean-ing drives, planting and dis-tribution of tree saplings were organized across the Company to reaffirm the commitment and dedication towards the national objective of ‘Clean India’ .

Swachh Bharat Pakhwada was celebrated all over BEML Limited from 1st May 2016 to 15th May 2016. Various events/activities were conducted during the fort-night at BEML Corporate of-fice, Manufacturing Units and Townships located at Bangalore, KGF, Mysore, Palakkad and also at Regional/District offices.

A daily calendar of events was drawn from 1st May to 15th May 2016 and accordingly, the sched-uled activities have been carried out with great enthusiasm in-volving executives, employees and their family members.

The activities carried out during the fortnight were follows:

• ‘Swachh Bharat Pakhwada’ banners were displayed at Corporate Office and all the


and Essay Competitions con-ducted during the Swachh Bharat Pakhwada, and also consolation prizes were given to all the participants.

BEML is committed to undertake various activities under Annual Action Plan based on the rec-ommendations of the Group of Secretaries on ‘Swachh Bharat & Ganga Rejuvenation’ for the period from 2016-17 up to 2nd October 2019. The main ac-tivities are:

• Construction and renovation of Toilets Blocks.

• Conducting awareness pro-grammes on cleanliness .

• Construction of Bio-Gas Unit for utilization of organic / canteen waste.

• Construction of vermi com-post bins.

• Dual pipeline system and Rain Water Harvesting System.

• General upkeep and painting of buildings/

• Segregation of waste in associ-ation with local municipality.

• Planting and distribution of tree saplings in associa-tion with the State Forest Department

• Maintaining and developing parks.

• Fogging for eradication of Mosquito Menace etc.

BEML Limited, is fully commit-ted to the Swachh Bharat Mission for totally sanitized, healthy and livable cities, towns, villages and communities. The company through determined and persis-tent efforts is focusing on spread-ing awareness of the campaign and taking steps not only to en-sure cleanliness in its manufac-turing complexes and townships but also in neighbouring schools and public places. Measures such as installing bio gas plants and vermi-compose pits to organical-ly dispose waste are yielding rich dividends.

BEML has charted out a ‘Five Year Swachh Bharat’ Plan with a view to carry out the ‘Swachh Bharat’ Campaign till 2019.The Company would continue to take measures towards achieving the desired goal of ‘Clean India’ by 2019.

- ships were carried out to prevent mosquito menace and diseases.

• Mini-marathons / walkathons were organized involving em-ployees/ executives and their family members to spread the message of cleanliness in and around the BEML townships, and also draw the attention of general public.

• Exclusive cleanliness drive of Drainage System was carried out at all BEML Township and Corporate Office.

• During the cleaning drive, common toilets in the work-shops, manufacturing units and Corporate Office, were inspected and cleaned.

• On 15th May 2016, conclud-ing ceremony of ‘Swachh Bharat Pakhwada‘ was or-ganized at BEML Corporate Office and in manufacturing Units. The speakers in the function, emphasized on the need of participation, im-portance of cleanliness and the way forward to achieve the ‘Clean India’ goal by 2nd October 2019.

• During the concluding cer-emony, prizes were distribut-ed to the winners of Painting


still unfulfilled. ‘Cleanliness is Godliness’, after all our culture, traditions and religious beliefs have taught us so. Going by old beliefs, even today, toilets are not built in many households, as they are considered to emit negativity. This has led to Open -Defecation being rampant or toilets without any proper drainage & sewage system in less educated and rural areas. Our rivers are getting filth-ier with several wastes. Cleaning of major rivers like Yamuna and Ganga has become a major con-cern. Spitting is another major concern hampering cleanliness in the country. The increase of ‘E-waste’ in the form of outdated electronic hardware is also pos-ing a major threat to the envi-ronment. Since Independence, India is setting a benchmark in terms of modernisation and so-phistication, but on the cost of our health and environment. The Delhi Smog after the festival of Deepawali, 2016 is a recent strong example.

Of late, our authorities and citizens have woken up to the

serious and hazardous sanitation and environmental issues. Efforts are being made but still a lot needs to be achieved. In 2014, an initiative was launched with dou-bled up efforts and motives as ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ (SBA) by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on the occa-sion of 145th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi to realise his dream of Clean India. The SBA is a huge initiative with other ma-jor projects under the Mission. PM Modi inspired the whole na-tion to come forward and con-tribute to the change, which was heartily accepted by the citizens nationwide.

To contribute to the worthy ini-tiative, Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd. under the di-rectives of Ministry of Mines had taken up many Sanitation & Cleanliness issues to be addressed at different levels. The objective of SBA was to reach every nook and corner of the country and ad-dress all hazardous unsanitary practices to be eradicated right from the roots, for which various

Indian Civilisation is consid-ered to be one of the oldest flourishing civilisations. It

is commonly believed that a ci-vilised, cultured, advanced and socially upraised section of the society is known by their envi-ronment and habitat. The irony is that though India is rich in culture and civilization, a lot is still to be achieved in the area of sanitation.

Mahatma Gandhi said “Sanitation is more important than Independence”. His dream was total sanitation for all. Indians gained freedom under the leadership of Gandhiji, but his dream of a clean India remains

“Civilization is the distance man has created between himself and his own excreta.” – Brian Aldiss.

Clean and Green make a perfect scene - Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at MECL

MECL

Dr. Gopal DhawanCMD, MECL


On 20th June, Dr. Gopal Dhawan, CMD MECL administered the Pledge for Swachh Bharat to all employees so that they imbibe cleanliness as a part of their life and promise to themselves, that they will neither litter nor will let anybody litter. Cleanliness of the office and workspace contributes to a good atmosphere, creating a pleasant and healthy attitude in the employees to work in. The office may be well furnished and decorated and organised, but to get its full effect, it must be kept neat and clean. If a well-furnished office is not cleaned properly, it looks shabby; visi-tors will have a bad impression of carelessness and unorganised be-haviour about the office, affecting the prestige of the employees too. Thus, on 22nd June,2016 all the MECL employees devoted a span of his/her office hours to properly dust and clean all the respectively used cabinets, desks, drawers, almirahs, and computer systems. All the obsolete furniture and of-fice wastes were either recycled or disposed off.

On 22nd June, 2016 MECL or-ganized a joint “Swachhata Rally” in association with Indian

Bureau of Mines, Nagpurto cre-ate awareness in general public about the SBA. With banners and posters , the team raised slo-gans and marched together . As Clean India goes hand in hand with Green India, a tree planta-tion drive was conducted at IBM. Trees were planted by CMD, MECL, Dr. Gopal Dhawan and Controller General, IBM, Shri R.K. Sinha to mark the end of the rally. The event concluded with an address by the dignitar-ies on the rising need for ‘Swachh Bharat’ and steps every individu-al should take to make a worthy contribution,generating huge en-thusiasm among the employees of MECL, IBM and all onlook-ers as well. The goal of creating awareness among people for the need of cleanliness in our sur-roundings was thus achieved.

The teams at the MECL Utility Complex, Seminary Hills and the Regional Maintenance Centre, Hingna (both at Nagpur) were targeted to be thoroughly cleaned on 25th and 26th of June. On 24th and 29th June respectively, Elocution on topic “How to keep your Campus Clean” and Essay Writing Competition on “Swachh

PSUs like MECL came forward.

MECL had organized a 15 days Cleaning initiative, namely ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ from 16th June to 30th June, 2016. This Office Cleaning Drive was planned me-ticulously by the management and the employees in a phase wise manner, so that not a single corner of MECL campus is left unclean.

The first day of the Pakhwada was realised by a thorough Inspection of the entire Corporate office building of Nagpur by the top management to identify ar-eas requiring focus and also some special input during the cleanli-ness drive. A plan was carved out accordingly for the effective implementation of the ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ activity over the peri-od of 15 days. Also, a Core Team was constituted to focus on vari-ous steps to actualise the cleanli-ness drive. In order to leave not a single speck of dirt, a particular date was recognised for clean-ing each floor of the Corporate office building ‘Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Bhawan’ by the clean-ing staff in the supervision of the assigned team. On Sunday, 19th Junethe whole corporate office formed a team to make the en-tire Office premise free from any waste and rubbish. This activity witnessed a huge number of vol-untary participation from all lev-els of hierarchy. Every corner to niche of the office periphery was cleaned, right from the parking lot to the canteen backyard. The waste accumulated was properly discarded. In order to measure the results of the efforts, photo-graphs were taken before and after the Cleanliness drive, the comparison of which reflected the realisation of the efforts made by each and every employee.


basic amenities of Toilets and Safe Drinking Water arrangements are absent either due to unaware-ness, illiteracy or lack of resourc-es. Open-Defecation is a disgrace for a civilised society. Many a times it is considered as the root cause for breaking of epidemic, and it also filths the ground water table. It also becomes a safety and honour issue, especially for chil-dren and women. MECL had ap-proached the local authorities to associate in achieving SBA targets of Open-Defecation free villages and Clean Drinking Water facil-ity. The Project Managers consult-ed with the Gram Panchayat to provide basic needs of Toilets and Clean Drinking water in the vil-lage and schools. Till now MECL has built more than 500 Toilets in 6 villages at various projects in the states of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Jharkhand and others such as and others. Also, Schools of the projects such as Korba, Shahdol, Somavaram, Ramkola, Singrauli and others were provided with Bore well and RO Drinking water facil-ity under the ‘Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan.’In addition to that, awareness about the initiative taken by Government and or-ganisation at the grass root level about sanitation & cleanlinessis also being created that will help

the locals in keeping their villages clean and people healthy.

MECL’s headquarter at Nagpur is a Green abode. MECL has a Herbal Park, where medicinal

and herbal plants have been planted, having its own aesthetic value adding to the beauty of the campus. It was inaugurated by Minister of State, Steel & Mines (Govt. Of India), Shri Vishnu Deo Sai on 29th May, 2016. While taking a stroll through the park,

one can see the contribution of various dignitaries towards the Green Run of MECL, by planting saplings of evergreen trees along the periphery of the campus’s boundary.

These small initiatives have al-ready generated a lot of change in the awareness level amongst the people and the face of our na-tion has been enhanced. But, we are still lagging behind in reach-ing our ultimate goal of ‘Zero Un-sanitation & Wastage’.

MECL” were conducted, which helped MECL to discover many talents and pro-active thought-processes, and the best amongst them were felicitated.On 30th June, the SwachhtaPakhwada was concluded and Dr. Dhawan congratulated the entire team for their efforts motivating them to work towards cleanliness with same dedication in future. It was an opportunity generated to en-able the employees to come for-ward and put forth their views regarding various parameters that should be covered in order to realise the dream of a Clean & Green MECL and the nation as a whole. The participants penned down their ideologies and suggestions that may prove beneficial for MECL in terms of creating and maintaining cleanli-ness in the areas coming under MECL’s purview. MECL has a na-tionwide reach especially in rural and forest areas where mostly the


learn proper cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation. Various diseas-es are caused due to poor hy-gienic conditions. We should be careful about cleanliness of pub-lic places. Mahatma Gandhi said “Ever since my settlement in Natal, I had been endeavour-ing to clear the community of a charge that had been levelled against it, not without a certain amount of truth.”

It is inspired by the patriotism. It is launched as a responsibility of the each and every Indian citi-zen to make this country a Clean Country. Teachers and students of schools are joining this “Clean India Campaign” very actively with great fervour and joy.

The aim of the mission is to cover

all the rural and urban areas of the country to present as an ideal country before the world. The mission has aims like eliminating the open defecation, converting insanitary toilets into sanitary toi-lets, eradicating manual scaveng-ing, complete disposal and re-use of solid and liquid wastes, bring-ing behavioural changes to peo-ple and motivate health practices, spreading cleanliness awareness among people, strengthening the cleanliness systems in the urban and rural areas.

Swachh Bharat mission is neces-sary to run continuously in India until it gets its ultimate goal. It is essential for the people in India to really get the feeling of physi-cal, mental, social and intellec-tual well being. India may active

Gandhi ji was the leader of India’s fight of freedom. India achieved freedom

nearly 70 years back. Though Bapu’s dream of clean India re-mained under cloud. Mahatma Gandhi said “Sanitation is more important than indepen-dence”. Bapu’s dream was total sanitation for Indian popula-tion. Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of Clean India has become a reality by launching Swachh Bharat Abhiyan by the Gover-nment of India to make India a Clean India. This campaign was launched by the Government of India on 2nd of October, 2014 on the occasion of 145th birth-day anniversary of the great person, Mahatma Gandhi. It was launched at the Rajghat, New Delhi. The Government of India has aimed to make India a clean nation by 2nd of October 2019 which is 150th birth anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi.

The concept of Swachh Bharat is to provide sanitation facilities to every family, including toi-lets, solid and liquid waste dis-posal systems, village cleanliness, and safe and adequate drink-ing water supply. Cleanliness is most important for healthy environment. Everyone should

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Builds Swachh Samaj

MSTC

Mr. B. B. SinghCMD, MSTC


organized under it where lots of cleanliness activities were held such as discussion over various cleanliness aspects in the school assembly by the students, teach-ings of Mahatma Gandhi related to cleanliness, cleanliness and hy-giene topics, cleaning activities in the class rooms, libraries, labora-tories, kitchen sheds stores, play-grounds, gardens, toilets, pan-try areas, etc., cleaning of statue in the school area, speech over the contribution of great people, essay writing competition, de-bates, art, painting, film, shows, role plays related to hygiene in-cluding other many activities

on cleanliness and hygiene. This programme was held in almost in all Govt. entities. Swachh Bharat cess was imposed for enhanc-ing funding for development of Swachh Bharat Mission related works.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan may create a feeling in every one’s mind “Cleanliness is Next to Godliness.” It creates aware-ness of cleanliness which leads to easy build up clean society. Swachh Samaja makes a healthy and wealthy mind yielding to wealthy Nation.

The role of teachers and students is very important to create aware-ness on cleanliness. In today’s world the role of social media is important to create awareness among the people and inculcate a feeling of nationality among them. Cleanliness is not only the responsibility of the certain section. It is the responsibility of all Indians.

It is the responsibility of the Government officers, NGOs and the local community to make India completely clean. It’s a need of the present. All the peo-ple should actively participate to

cleanliness by sincerely imple-menting Swachh Bharat Mission.

Following are some points that are urgently needed for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in India:

• Implement the proper waste management through the scientific processes, hygienic disposal, reuse, and recycling of the municipal solid wastes.

• Build good habit among Indian people regarding ma-intenance of personal hy-giene and practice of healthy sanitation.

• Create awareness among public living in rural areas.

• Support to advance waste disposal systems locally.

• It is necessary to improve the quality of life of people in ru-ral areas.

• It is to bring sustainable sani-tation practices by motivating communities.

The Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya campaign is run by the Govt. of India having same objectives of cleanliness in the schools. A big programme was


work for cleanliness. We will ini-tiate the drive for cleanliness with ourselves, our families, our locali-ty and our work place. We believe that our duty is to keep our hous-es, surroundings and office prem-ises clean. We will neither litter nor allow others to litter. We will ensure wastes are thrown in dustbins. We will refrain from spitting at random spots and ensure regular dusting, sweep-ing, mopping at our workplaces. Kitchen and toilet will be kept clean thoroughly.”

Cleaning activities like chang-ing of broken flower tubs, clean-ing floors and walls with Domex, providing antibacterial spray in the toilet, curtains cleaning, record room and pantry cleaning, cleaning of ACs and Fans and all telephones

were cleaned. Competitions of Essay and Slogan on Swachh Bharat Mission have been conducted to keep the employ-ees aware for clean habit and for cleaning activities to be tak-en from house to work place and surroundings. Total Six em-ployees were rewarded.

MSTC has been taking these ini-tiatives since 2nd October 2014.

The company has been taking part to build more and more wealth for the Nation with healthy pop-ulation leading to prosperous fu-ture of our Nation “India” by the way of recycling of wastes. This will enable India to grab a prime place to the globe. This motto is blessing for India to be followed by other countries which are still lagging behind in cleanliness.

clean India to fulfil the dream of Mahatma Gandhi for the protec-tion of the environment, for our safety and for a healthy future.

CPSUs have taken steps to develop cleanliness in every nook and corner of its periphery and for which several activities and initiatives have been undertaken in a structured way under this noble drive.

At the outset of this noble drive, all employees of MSTC took oath of cleaning activities. Employees take a dip in cleanliness of sur-roundings with their daily life. Banner of Mission Swachh Bharat was displayed at the entrance of all offices of MSTC Limited. Several employees delivered speeches on Swachh Bharat Mission. Inspection was con-ducted for implementing Swachh Bharat Mission. Accordingly, shortcomings of cleanliness of the office premises of the Company are being fulfilled by taking ini-tiative by the all employees. MSTC observed cleanliness fort-nights. During the fortnights, Hindi and English Pledge out by the CMD and Director(Finance) respectively. Pledge was taken by the employees, “We take this pledge that we will remain com-mitted towards cleanliness and devote time and effort for this. We will devote time to voluntary


Head Quarters across all the offices in India and Abroad. WAPCOS under the guidance of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India is organizing Shram Daan and Swachhta Sandesh Rallies at various locations in Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Activities organised in New Delhi and Gurgaon are given below• Mr. R. K. Gupta, CMD,

WAPCOS administered the Swachhata Shapath to all Officers and Staff at Regis-tered Office. The Oath was administered across all Offi-ces of WAPCOS in India and Abroad.

• Mr. Pankaj Kapoor, Dire-ctor (Finance) administered

Swachhata Shapath along-with Executive Directors and all the Officers and Staff of WAPCOS at Gurgaon Office.

• Mr. DVSN Raju, Sr. General Manager, WAPCOS leaded the Special Cleanliness Drive alongwith WAPCOS offi-cials under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at Barakhamba Road, New Delhi

• WAPCOS Officials explained cleanliness awareness and advised Shopkeepers & lo-cal vendors to maintain cleanliness.

Activities organised during the programme at Uttrakhand are given below• Awareness Speech for Swa-

chta Pakhwada by Mr. Amit Sharma, PM (Haridwar), WAPCOS Ltd.

WAPCOS, a PSU of the Ministry of Water Reso-urces,

River Deve-lopment & Ganga Rejuvena-tion is observing the “Swachhta Pakhwada - 2017” from 16th March, 2017 to 31st March, 2017. “Swachhta Pledge” was administered to all the of-ficers and staff of WAPCOS on 16.03.2017 by R. K. Gupta, CMD, WAPCOS starting from WAPCOS

Initiatives for a successful Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

WAPCOS

Mr. R. K. GuptaCMD, WAPCOS

Shramdaan by volunteers at Sangam Ghat, Devprayag, Uttarakhand.


Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation

• Address to volunteers by Mr. Narender Singh, Un-der Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

• Shramdaan programme at Sangam Ghat, Devprayag, Uttarakhand

Swachhta Pakhwada: Sangam Ghat, Devprayag, Uttarakhand (17-03-2017)A ShramDaan Programme was organised at SangamGhat,

Devprayag, Uttarakhand on 17-03-2017. Mr. Arun Kumar, Under Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Smt. Shubhangi Kotyal, Chairman, Nagar Panchayat, Devprayag, Officials from WAPCOS and volunteers from Devprayag participated in Shram Daan programme.

Swachhta Pakhwada, WAPCOS Office, BhutanSwachhta Abhiyan was observed at Punatsanggchhu-I & II, Lobesa, Bhutan.

• Address to the volunteers by Smt. Shubhangi Kotyal, Chairman, Nagar Panchayat, Devprayag, Uttarakhand

• Namami Gange Song was played.

• Swachta pledge by Shri Nare-nder Singh, Under Secretary,


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though there are enough resourc-es, systems and technologies available for waste management, most of the projects fail because they fail to address the root-cause that is creating a new civic sense through effective behavioral change.

Looking at the brighter side, these problems have provided a window of opportunity for cit-ies to find solutions - involving the community, business com-munities and Govt.; involving innovative technologies and disposal methods; and involving behaviour changes and aware-ness rising.

In India, on the 145th birth anni-versary of the Mahatma Gandhi

on 2nd of October 2014, our Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi officially launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, also known as the Clean India Mission / Clean India drive, a national level campaign run by the Indian Government to cov-er all the backward statutory towns to make them clean. This campaign involves the construc-tion of toilets, promoting sani-tation programmes in the rural areas, cleaning streets, roads and changing the infrastructure of the country to lead the coun-try ahead. Also, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan by the Government has welcomed any initiative by an individual/group/organisation in this facet.

In India, the human popula-tion is ever growing, surpass-ing the number of 1.3 bil-

lion in 2017. Hand in hand with this growing population, new human settlements have come up and industries have been set up to fulfill the basic needs. A ris-ing quality of life and high rates of resource consumption pat-terns have had an unintended and negative impact on the urban environment - generation of wastes far beyond the handling capacities of urban governments and agencies.

‘Waste management’ refers to all the activities and actions required to manage waste from its incep-tion to its final disposal. This includes amongst other things, collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste together with monitoring and regulation. Waste management also involves recovering useful resources from the waste.

However, in this age, waste management has become a men-ace. Cities in India are now grap-pling with the problems of high volumes of waste, the costs in-volved, the disposal technolo-gies and methodologies, and the impact of wastes on the local and global environment. But even

HLL Lifecare Ltd. - Swachh Bharat Initiative

HLL

Mr. R. P. KhandelwalCMD, HLL Lifecare


of India, HLL aims to develop and implement need-based, result-oriented, professionally-managed CSR &SD activities supplementing the development initiatives.

“My City”- is a novel CSR scheme of HLL Lifecare Ltd. (HLL), launched on August 2013, aimed at totally transforming the Kowdiar ward in Trivandrum, where HLLs mother plant is lo-cated, to a dream city through the approach of integrated solid waste management. The project is being implemented in part-nership with the Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram and the

Foundation for Restoration of National Values (FRNV), a not-for-profit organisation headed by Dr. Sreedharan- the Metro Man of India. Kowdiar ward, which was chosen for this clean-liness scheme, comprises of 2,000 households, covers an area of 2.5 sq.km and a population of around 10,000. HLL has also been maintaining the Kowdiar Park, near Kowdiar Palace for the last 10 years.

It is estimated that five tonnes of waste per day is generated in Kowdiar, which includes 3.5 tonnes/day of primary waste or bio-degradable garbage, one tonne of secondary waste such as plastics and paper, and 0.5 tonnes of tertiary waste like e-waste, glass, hardware items and wood waste. The project involves treat-ment of solid waste at the source by the households using pipe compost/ biogas plants in an eco-friendly manner. The campaign is focused on behavioral change and thereby buildsa new civic sense among the people by using social marketing techniques. “My City” also targets to achieve clean, well-lit streets as well as greenery andlandscaping in public places.

HLL Lifecare Limited (HLL) is a 50 year old Govt. of India Enterprise, under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, incor-porated in 1966 to produce con-doms to support the governments Family Planning Programme.Over the last 2 decades, HLL has diversified and transformed into a Healthcare delivery com-pany. Even while spreading its wings far and high, HLL is socially committed in helping people enrich their lives in every way possible. The Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustai-nable Development (CSR & SD) policy of HLL is to ‘be a socially responsible corporate entity with thrust on three pillars of sus-tainable development – Social, Environmental and Economical’ helping many activities grow into consistently successful enti-ties of their own.

HLL has always ensured sustain-ability of its CSR programmes through community participa-tion, contribution of resources by local community and other like-minded organisations etc. By following the CSR & SD guide-lines of Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Government


with the support for stakeholders and the Corporation by the third year.

Uniqueness of ‘My City’:

● Initiative for behaviour change

● Creating a new civic sense

● Involving the youth in the activities by tying up with schools and colleges

● Public participation by involving the residents of the ward

As a PSU, HLL takes pride in

partnering with a Swachh Bharat initiative, which calls for a so-cially synergized effort which ensures environmental sustain-ability for the future.

Shredding machines are also be-ing installed to process plastic waste and tie up with agencies for recycling e-waste.

HLL conceived this novel scheme, to act as a model for oth-ers to follow. The starting point of the whole effort is cleanliness in homes and surroundings as well as streets. Involving each of the residents is essential for the success of this project. HLL hoped this would encourage more residents to process waste material at source rather than dumping it in public places. Children are being actively en-couraged to take part in the drive for spreading the message about waste management and sustain-able practices.

A waste reduction programme is also being run parallel to the solid waste management project, which includes pro-moting the use of cloth/ paper bags, a help desk, a paid ser-vice and a team of monitoring personnel. Volunteers to sup-port the project are being chosen from among students, retired people and housewives. The cam-paign and training will continue into the second year and HLL ex-pects the system to run on its own


to 4:30 PM on each day of the Abhiyan involving employees from all the levels as per the schedule given below:

The 2nd Phase of the Abhiyan was organized from 16th to 21st May where in cleaning ac-tivities were done at entire area of Bagging Plants. The 2nd Phase of Swachh RCF Factory Abhiyan for exclusive Bagging Plants in-augurated by Director Technical Shri C. M. T. Britto.

Glimpses of the inauguration ceremony of Phase-I

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan- Phase II

2nd phase of Swachh RCF Factory Abhiyaan 2016 was organised from 16th May to 21st May 2016 in

As a response to a call given by Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji for

the Nationwide “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” Hon. CMD inaugu-rated the drive in RCF on 2nd October’2015. This was done in three phases, “ Swachh RCF Factory & colony Abhiyan” and two exclusive drives for Suphala RHS Rehabilitation site were successfully observed in RCF Trombay Unit in the year 2015.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan - Phase IIn the year 2016 the 1st phase of Swachh RCF factory Abhiyan was organized from 3rd May to 10th May 2016. Wherein cleaning activities were done from 3:00 PM

Date Plant/Department Drive Inaugurated by

3rd -4th May 16 All workshop Area Director Technical

5th -6th May 16 Central Stores Area Director Marketing

9th -10th May 16 Rapid Wall Plant Area Director Finance

16th to 21st May Bagg. & M/H

Initiatives towards Clean and Green India

RCF

Mr. C.M.T. BrittoCMD, RCF


campaigns, workshop and other similar community based activi-ties. For the effective disposal of horticulture waste i.e. dry leaves small branches etc. Incinerate ma-chine were installed for Township and the other for factory area.

During the Pakhwada in the first phase, the four schools situated in the colony are cleaned and en-couraged for basic housekeeping of their premises as per following schedule.

• From 16th December,2016 to 18th December,2016 cam-paigning for the awareness for Swachhta among the em-ployees and colony residents through oral as well as circu-lar and display boards was carried out.

• On 19th December, 2016 JawaharvidyaBhavan School surrounding area was cleaned from 11.00 A.M to 1.00 P.M.

• On 22nd December, 2016 B.M.C school and surround-ing area was cleaned 3 pm to 4.00 pm

• On 23rd December, 2016 work-shop for the contract employ-ees and colony residents was organised in G.D hall from 10 A.M to 12 P.M., BMC, Pest

control department, officials were faculty members.

• The area wise swachhta am-bassadors meeting was held on 26th December, 2016 & on 27th December, 2016 and site visits conducted for cleaning scheduled.

• Slum dwellers surrounding the RCF colony compound wall are educated for clean-liness and hygiene, and they were instructed not to throw garbage in our premises from compound wall. They are provided dustbins free of cost. Garbage generated from the area will disposed by B.M.C.

• During this Swachhta Pakh-wada cleaning activity by the volunteers are carried out at the community Hall as under.

à Youth Council and Sports club on 28th Dec 2016 from 3 P.M to 5 P.M.

à Gurudwara on 29th Dec 2016 from 3 P.M to 4 P.M.

à Buddhvihar on 30th Dec 2016 from 3 P.M to 4 P.M.

à Chaubischar/Vaikunth Buil-ding area on 31st Dec 2016 from 10.30 A.M to 12.P.M.

Bagging and Material Handling Plant areas.

Swachhta Abhiyan at RCF residential ColonyRcfl has organized Clean Drive under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Programme from 21 may to 25 May 2016. The main purpose of this Drive was to create aware-ness among the residence of RCF employees’ colony and to promote awareness regard-ing Cleanliness and its benefits. Under this programme, we have cleaned all the residential area with the active participants of employee’s family members. In this drive our employees of ad-ministration department, HR de-partment, Civil Department have participated enthusiastically. As a part of this Cleanliness Drive, entire Residential colony, RCF offices and factory area were covered.

Swachhta PakhwadaRCF has organized Swachhta Pakhwada from 16th December to 31st December, 2016. During this Swachhta Pakhwada detailed Swachhta (cleanness) Action Plan (SAP) was prepared which in-cluded innovative practices for waste management, cleanliness


drop-out rate. The main purpose of this project is to reduce envi-ronmental pollution and provide valuable contribution to ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’.

RCFL has installed 5 nos of Bio- toilets in the Factory(Chembur)Vicinity area, 2 Bio Toilets at truck terminals for truck drivers & cleaners, 100 nos Toilets at Yavali Shahid village dist. Amaravati in Maharashtra.

Printing Material published by Marketing Department for distribution to the Farmers

Distribution of Dust bins to schools

The maintenance of cleanliness in schools, which are supposed to be temples for children is of great importance. In this connec-tion a survey of schools was un-dertaken and it was found that all the schools are in need of dust-bins which is a primary require-ment of cleanliness. RCF has pur-chased good quality dust bins for deploying in colony area as well as the schools in Factory near by areas, these were provided two dust bins each.

Awareness Campaign for Swachatha Abhiyan by Medical Department

As part of the Swachata Abhiyan to make healthy residential zone, our Medical staff has organized Dengue Awareness Campaign for RCF employees and their fami-lies. Skit on Dengue & impor-tance of Cleanliness was stressed upon in skits during the month of September, 2016. Also in September, 2016 Swarajya Patha-Natya Group, Bahu Udd-eshiy

Santha, Jalgaon performed a Skit in factory area for employ-ees, to make them aware about dengue &cleanlinessand how we can avoid people suffering from different diseases, just by keep-ing our surroundings clean. The same campaign was repeated for CISF employees at CISF premis-es. CISF Commandant, Assistant Commandant, employees and their families attended the pro-gram in great number.

Cleanliness & Dengue aware-ness campaign started from 8th October, 2016 (Saturday) invari-ous locations in RCF colony and continued till 30th October 2016. Special request was made to man-agement and conducted the same campaign at Vashigaon which is located near RCF Factory, our ef-forts have been appreciated.

Through its actions under the Swachh Bharat programme, the company is committed to making a difference in the overarching dream of achieving a clean India in the times to come and helping realise Mahatma Gandhi’s grand vision for this nation.

Our mission is to eradicate Dengue from RCF Colony and near-by areas in the vicinity of Factory, make it clean with good ambience, to achieve goal of Swachh Bharat.

The colony residents, school chil-dren’s, have participated in the Swachhta Pakhwada form 16th Dec 2016 to 31st Dec 2016. Above programs were carried out during the swachhata pakhwada from 16th December to 31st December, 2016.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan - Marketing DepartmentRCF Marketing Department has organized cleanliness awareness drive through distribution of printed material regarding im-portance of cleanliness & hygiene. Our employees distributed leaf-lets & literature to villagers and also published advertisements highlighting the Swachh Bharat Abhyanin our monthly magazine “ShetiPatrika”. Our Mktg. officers had distributed this literatures to farmers at different villages.

BIO ToiletsAs part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan , RCFL has taken up the project of installation of bio toi-lets in some of the schools where RCF is supplying Mid -day meal for reducing discomfort of stu-dents specially the girl stu-dents. This will help in reducing


Swachh Bharat Abhiyan an initiative of the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Narendra

Modi as a nationwide cleanliness campaign. As a part of this no-ble target NEEPCO has actively participated on ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ by observing various-programmes to make clean and healthy society as follows:

Cleanliness is Godliness

School Toilets

Observing a call of Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘All schools in the country should have toilets with separate toilets for girls’ NEEPCO constructed nos. of school toilets as detailed above:

Community Toilets: As a part of the swachhta programme nos. of community toilets are construct-ed at market place, community hall, sports complex etc.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan – NEEPCO Way

NEEPCO

Mr. A. G. West KharkongorCMD, NEEPCO

S. N. StateNo. of Toilet Under Swachh Vidyalaya

Abhiyan

No. of School Toilet Constructed other

than SVATotal

1 Arunachal Pradesh 124 - 124

2 Assam 357 5 362

3 Manipur 31 - -

4 Meghalaya 64 13 77

5 Nagaland 14 - 17

6 Tripura 26 1 27

7 Mizoram 48 10 58

Total 664 29 696

S. N. Year

Nos of Community Toilet constructed un-der CSR at Nagaland

1 2014-15 03

2 2015-16 -

3 2016-17 53


cleanliness in various worship places in Assam by providing mechanized waste management appliances and other materials under CSR initiatives.

Awareness Programme

The students, children, domestic workers are also inculcated on the Swachhtaamission by partici-pating in essay / drawing compe-tition, seminars, talks etc

Awareness Programme at various localities

Villagers and local residents are informed for Swachhta drive as a part of personal health and hygiene by various means such as seminars, workshop, slogans, hoardings etc.

Cleaning Drives at Plants & Offices

During the recent past various cleaning drive organized at all the projects and offices of NEEPCO.

Cleaning Drives at Various Villages /Localities/ etc.

Swachta AbhiyanSwachta Abhiyan at Worship Places: NEEPCO has taken up several cleanliness drives to improve and maintain the


Therefore, in Kyasaram vil-lage of Patancheru Mandal in Telangana State, we constructed a Health Centre (ready for in-auguration), Community Hall, toilets in individual houses and in Government schools and in-stalled a RO Water Treatment Plant for providing safe drink-ing water. And in Gondupalem Gram Panchayat of K. Kotapadu Manadal in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state, we have commissioned a RO Water Treatment Plant for providing safe drinking water and con-structed Community Hall and also constructed toilets in indi-vidual houses.

Toilets are essential for a clean and healthy nation and to contribute

to the socio-economic develop-ment of the nation. About half of India’s population defecate in the open and exposed defecation has been one of the major concerns. The abysmal standards of sanita-tion is responsible for the nation’s poor developmental outcomes. Open defecation causes deadly diseases, especially in children. Toilet use is not just important for the health of children, but for na-tional progress.

Understanding the importance of sanitation, BDL has taken up the responsibility of mainte-nance of toilets in Government schools. BDL has constructed 193 toilets in Government Schools at Medak, Ranga Reddy; Nalgonda District in Telangana State and

Green city clean city, my dream city, dreamt Father of the Nation. To live by

his dream and to make the world a better place to live, we at BDL, have tried to be a change the world wants to see. Through our Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, we have rolled out vari-ous activities and initiatives to im-prove lives of the less privileged.

The first possibility of rural clean-liness lies in water supply. And to facilitate one of the basic needs of human life – water, the driv-ing force of all nature, we have commissioned three water treat-ment plants in one of the water-drought districts – Nalgonda, at a cost of Rs. 52.34 lakh in the year 2013-14. We also supplied safe drinking water to the benefi-ciaries in Narayanpur, Janagaon and Peoplepahad villages of Narayanpur Mandal in Nalgonda district through M/s Naandi Foundation.

The soul of India lies in its villag-es and so does its future. To give back to the roots of the nation in the form of development and enhancement, we have adopted two villages – Kyasaram and Gondupalem Gram Panchayat. Our focus was on the basic neces-sities of human life – health, wa-ter and other conveniences.

Building Swachh Samaj

Bharat dynamics Ltd.

Mr. V. Udaya BhaskarCMD, BDL

Mr. V. Udaya Bhaskar, CMD, BDL inaugurating R O Treatment Plant in Gondupalem Gram Panchayat, Andhra Pradesh.


As retention of information is much higher by visual means, posters and banners on aware-ness on cleanliness have been dis-played for the employees, their families and common public.

Waste management has been another concern on rise and is important to be managed. Improperly stored refuse leads to health, safety and economic problems. To upkeep the Earth’s ecosystem, we must manage and store waste efficiently and safely. To address this concern, a clean-liness drive was conducted and awareness was spread on the seg-regation of organic and recyclable

wastes in BDL Bhanur Township. There was also participation for disposing off of scarp material in the factory premises and storage of the same in organized manner in all three units of BDL. Another couple of cleanliness drives were led in public areas like shopping complex, children parks etc. in BDL Bhanur Township, admin-istrative offices and surrounding areas of all three units of BDL. As a part of this drive, all old files and office equipment were weed-ed out in all three units of BDL.

Nature in the form of trees pro-vides ecological and environ-mental value to the life on earth. Trees contribute in various ways by improving air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil and supporting wildlife. Pledging by the signifi-cant importance of reforestation, tree plantation activity was driv-en in BDL Bhanur Township.

While the above mentioned activ-ities took place in the first week of May, the second week began with a seminar on the impor-tance of cleanliness in daily in all three units of BDL. Cleanliness and exercise were amalgamated by organizing a mini marathon

Visakhapatnam District in Andhra Pradesh State under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan. A Running water facility has also been provided to all toilets constructed by BDL at a cost of Rs.62.75 Lakh during the year 2016-17. We also took up main-tenance of toilets at a cost of Rs.3000/- per month per school for three years in 132 schools in an MoU entered with Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Education Department of Government of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh.

A clean environment is a human right like any other. It is there-fore our responsibility towards others to ensure that the world we pass on is healthy. Believing in the concept of our honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi – Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, we embarked on the expedition and stepped forth towards cleanli-ness by implementing a program as part of this initiative in the month of May 2016. The initiative spanned over the first two weeks of the month and commenced with an Oath taking ceremony and march past in the complex of all three units of BDL includ-ing township of BDL Bhanur, to spread awareness on cleanliness.

BDL employees participating in Cleanliness Drive.

Inaugurating of RO plant in Gondupalem Gram Panchayat.


prevention of mosquitoes and other insects in BDL Bhanur Township.

Children of today are the future of tomorrow. And inculcating right education to them is of ut-most importance for the bright future of the nation. To nurture cleanliness in them right from the beginning, an essay competi-tion was held on the importance of cleanliness for children of em-ployees in BDPAV Schools of BDL Bhanur and Kanchanbagh.

Sanitation means public cleanli-ness – using clean and safe toilets, keeping water resources available and clean and disposal of gar-bage safely. It is the responsibility

of each citizen to ensure proper sanitation for an ecologically and environmentally strong nation. Therefore, a cleanliness drive of public toilets in the workshops was conducted in all three units of BDL.

And thus the two-week program was completed with a conclud-ing ceremony and distribution of prizes to the participants in all three units of BDL.

Winding it up, thus in alignment with the company’s mission of corporate social responsibility, we at BDL have taken initiatives and will continue to do so to enhance the quality of life of the less privileged in our society by striving for the eradication of poverty and maintaining the eco-logical balance.

for employees and their families to spread the message of cleanli-ness. Tree plantation was driven in all three units of BDL.

A proper drainage system is simi-larly another important aspect that enables efficient cleanliness in our surroundings. Therefore, a cleanliness drive on township drainage system was driven in BDL Bhanur Township.

Two of the life threatening dis-eases – Malaria and Dengue are caused by mosquitoes. It is ex-tremely important to keep the surroundings clean to curb the effect of mosquitoes on humans. With regard to this, a fumiga-tion of insecticides was done for

RO Treatment Plant at Nalgonda District, Telegana State.


neighbouring Asian countries were ranked much higher: Japan 9th, Singapore 11th, Hong Kong 13th, China 17th and Malaysia 25th.

Significantly, India is rated rea-sonably well at many important parameters like natural resourc-es 17th, cultural resources 10th, unique intangible heritage 8th, sports events, large entertainment offer and price-competitiveness 8th. But it lags majorly on health and hygiene and ranks at 106th and on 139th position for environ-mental sustainability mainly due to perception rather than reality. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 20 to 50 per cent of international trav-ellers suffer from diarrhoea and indigestion due to contaminated food or water.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan On October 2, 2014 Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Swachh Bharat Abhiyan – a nationwide cleanliness cam-paign to mark the 145th birth an-niversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Hon’ble PM himself has been a brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat inspiring millions of Indians to participate in the drive.

The government has also

launched a Smart Cities Mission to develop over 100 cities and making them citizen-friendly. The urban renewal programme is being implemented in collabora-tion with state governments. The objective is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of ‘smart’ solutions. In the recent initiatives, Ministry of Tourism has taken many steps like Visa on Arrival, Swachh Paryatan App and distribution of pre loaded SIM card to tourists arriving India on E-visa which will tre-mendously boost tourist arrival in the country.

Many corporates and celebrities have since joined the Clean India Mission. To change the country’s image and move up on global rankings, the India Tourism Development Corpn. (ITDC) has taken the responsibility of maintaining cleanliness in and around various monuments with a motto Swachh Smarak, Swachh Paryatan, Swachh Bharat (Clean Monuments, Clean Tourism, Clean India).

The challenging job of keeping monuments clean and hygienic started with Qutab Minar in New Delhi. ITDC is now actively

India is blessed with a rich cul-tural and historical heritage. The country of 1.3 billion

people offers unique diversity, variety in ecology, terrains and places of natural beauty spread across all states. Rising middle class and increasing disposable incomes have continued to sup-port the growth of domestic and outbound tourism. Moreover, nearly 90 lakh foreign tourists come calling each year.

The Indian tourism and hospital-ity industry has thus emerged as a key driver of growth among the services sector. Tourism is also a potentially large employment generator, accounting for 8.7 per cent of the total employment (which is over 32 million people). With a share of 6.6 per cent in GDP, the sector contributes over 21 billion dollars to foreign ex-change earnings every year.

But there is a flip side to it. Barely 0.68 per cent of world’s foreign tourists visit India each year. The country suffers with a perception of not giving due importance to cleanliness and hygiene at pub-lic places, especially at tourist spots. Eventhough India has in-creased 13 places in Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index to 52nd place in 2015 as com-pared to 65th place in 2013. Other

Steps up efforts to Boost Tourism through Clean India

ITdC

Mr. Piyush TiwariCMD, ITDC


jobs generator in the field of tour-ism. Also, the involvement of lo-cal agencies is instilling a sense of belongingness in them. The impact of clean environment is being appreciated by residents living nearby.

Initiatives and ChallengesSince it was a unique project of its kind, ITDC had to overcome several challenges to make it suc-cessful. The first was to devise an implementation methodol-ogy that will not interfere with Qutab Minar’s art and heritage. The next was to bring all agencies like the Archaeological Survey of India, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the traffic police, Delhi Jal Board and Delhi Tourism on one platform. Convincing local vendors, shopkeepers and inhab-itants was tough as they were ap-prehensive of the plans. Selection of dedicated workforce also took some time. Various meetings were held to ensure support from all concerned.

Activities UndertakenThe first task was assigned to engineers for one-time repair of

all toilets, installation of proper signage in and around the monu-ment, providing garbage bins, repair and replacement of light covers and painting of railing. A sensitisation drive was car-ried out for the staff of different agencies, local shopkeepers and inhabitants. Prayas, a non-gov-ernmental organisation, collabo-rated in door-to-door counseling, inter-active sessions, street plays and distributing pamphlets.

ITDC initially deputed 12 staff members on a daily basis to en-sure cleanliness of the monument. Various youth icons and celebri-ties like Shatrughan Sinha, Kapil Dev and Narayan Kathikeyan were engaged to spread the message.

Many awareness campaigns have been organised by students of Ashok Institute of Hospitality and Training, the ITDC’s in-house training centre. They organise various activities to spread awareness on social is-sues through their performances. Street shows in Republic Day cel-ebrations, at India Gate, during ITDC’s Hindi Diwas celebrations and Vigilance Awareness Week are quite popular.

Impact and Achievements The project has witnessed a huge success and is creating a posi-tive impact. The results are vis-ible. ITDC has taken the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan a step ahead to ‘Clean Monument, Clean Tourism, Clean India.’ This has also helped in projecting idea of sustainable tourism across the country. Reports say foreign tourists find a hygienic environ-ment at Qutab Minar. This will create a positive image of India,

involved in promoting clean and hygienic tourism for national and international tourists.

Goals and ObjectivesVarious short-term and long term goals were assigned to offi-cials involved in the project. The short term goals included creat-ing pleasant atmosphere in and around the heritage site by re-ducing litter, non-biodegradable waste and other pollutants. Clean public conveniences were provid-ed for visiting tourists.

The long-term objective is to bring India up on the map of clean and well-preserved tourist destinations, comparable to other European and south-east Asian countries. Efforts are underway to create awareness among all stakeholders and invite partici-pation by all concerned agen-cies to take this forward to other monuments.

This is also expected to create a sizeable new employment op-portunities. Keeping in mind the large number of heritage tourist destinations, it will be fair to say that Clean India Campaign has the potential to become a major


The Way ForwardITDC has taken a step forward and taken up corporate social re-sponsibility initiatives to the vil-lages of Jharkhand and Rajasthan. It has built toilets in schools at various places and providing vo-cational training to thousands of unemployed youth under ‘Hunar Se Rozgar’ initiative of the Ministry of Tourism. ITDC efforts were finally recognised when it

won the silver award for Clean India Campaign at Qutab Minar at 46th Skoch Summit 2016. ITDC also bagged order-of-the-merit award for qualifying among top 100 projects. ITDC also won the award for being the best public sector undertaking mini-ratna for CSR Initiative at 4th Governance Now Awards. All the awards, honours and accolades are a collaboration of efforts by ITDC staff members.

leading to more tourist arriv-als. The campaign has evolved with time and can be replicated at all major tourist spots across the country. Its concept, modali-ties and functionalities can be documented and standardised. In its endeavour to widen the scope, ITDC has adopted two other monuments in Delhi – Red Fort and Old Fort under its CSR activity.

Since its inception in October 1966, ITDC has been a prime mover in progressive develop-ment, promotion and expansion of tourism in

the country. Its main objectives are:

• To construct, take over and manage existing hotels and market hotels, beach resorts, travel lodges and restaurants

• To provide transport, entertainment, shopping and conventional services

• To produce, distribute, tourist publicity material

• To render consultancy-cum-managerial servic-es in India and abroad

• To carry on the business as full-fledged money changers, restricted money changers etc

• To provide innovating, dependable and val-ue for money solutions to the needs of tour-ism development and engineering industry, including providing consultancy and project implementation.

ITDC is operating hotels and restaurants at vari-ous places for tourists besides providing transport facilities. In addition, it is engaged in production, distribution and sale of tourist publicity literature, and providing entertainment and duty free shop-ping facilities to tourists.

The corporation has diversified into new avenues/innovative services like full-fledged money changer services, engineering related consultancy services etc. Its Ashok Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Management imparts training and education in the field of tourism and hospitality. Presently, ITDC has a network of eight Ashok Group of Hotels, six joint venture hotels, two restaurants (including one air-port restaurant), 12 transport units, one tourist ser-vice station, 37 duty free shops at international as well as domestic customs airports, one tax free out-let and two sound and light shows. Besides, ITDC is managing a hotel at Bharatpur and a restaurant at Kosi on behalf of the Department of Tourism. In addition, it manages catering services at Western Court, Vigyan Bhawan, Hyderabad House and National Media Press Centre at Shastri Bhawan.

About India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)


practices and community owner-ship of water and sanitation facil-ities within premises of schools. It improves children’s health, school enrolment, attendance and reten-tion and paves the way for new generation of healthy children.

It is the role of policymakers, gov-ernment representatives, citizens and parents to make sure that every child attends a school that has access to safe drinking water, proper sanitation and hygiene fa-cilities. This is the right of every child.

In view of ensuring toilets in each

and every school and as per the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, a meeting of CPSUs under the Ministry of Coal was convened on the subject on 27-10-2014 at New Delhi. The meet-ing was chaired by Hon’ble MOS (I/C) of power, in which the status of toilets in government schools within the operating states was reviewed. Subsequently, under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Coal India Limited fixed target for the construction/repair of toilets to its various subsidiaries under the CSR head. The target fixed for SECL is as given below:

Intensive survey was conducted through the teams constituted by SECL and tenders were floated for construction of new toilets by SECL areas in respect of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh at the first step. But due to feeble response of Tenders, SECL after due approval of its Board, entered into an MoU with IRCON ISL for construction/repair of toilets in its allocated schools of MP, CG and Odisha.

In the mean time a meeting was held at Bhopal under the Chairmanship of Shri S.R. Mohanty, Addl. Chief Secretary, School Education

Under the aegis of “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”, Swa-chh vidyalaya is a na-

tional campaign driving ‘Clean India: clean school’. A key feature of the campaign is to ensure that every school in India has func-tional and well maintained water, sanitation and hygiene facilities. Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools refer to a combination of technical and human develop-ment components that are neces-sary to produce a healthy school environment and to develop & support appropriate health and hygiene behaviors. The human development components are the activities that promote conditions within the school and the prac-tices of children that the help to prevent water, hygiene and sani-tation related diseases.

The situation in villages is rather worse than in towns and cities. Very often girls student leave schools for want of separate toi-lets facility.

Water, sanitation and hygiene in school aims to make a visible impact on the health and hygiene of children through improved practices, and those of their fami-lies and the communities. It also aims to improve the curriculum and teaching methods/peda-gogy while promoting hygiene

Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan under CSR of SECL

SECL

Mr. B. R. ReddyCMD, SECL

S. N. State No of

School

Boy’s Toilet

required

Girl’s Toilet

required

Boy’s Toilet to be made

func-tional

Girl’s Toilet to be made

func-tional

1 Chhattisgarh 3037 1233 666 1390 1495

2 Madhya Pradesh 1561 768 263 630 803

3 Odisha 2779 1864 1447 890 1190

4 TOTAL 7377 3865 2376 2910 3488


Balodabazar, Baster, Bemetera, Bijapur, Bilaspur, Dhamtari, Durg, Gariaband, Kanker, Korba, Koriya, Narayanpur, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon districts of Chhattisgarh.

At the time of preparing the above proposal, 168 no. of new toilets in the Kanker district was under alive tender by IRCON ISL and hence could not be taken up in the proposal. Further collectors of Korba and Raigarh districts of CG State and Umaria district of MP State requested for taking up 250, 98 and 349 no. of Non MHRD toilets respectively. These toilets were out of the scope of the target given to SECL by CIL/MoC. Since SECL operates in the three dis-tricts as well as it was related to visionary project of Hon’ble PM of India- SVA, a separate propos-al to take up 168 left out new toi-lets as per MHRD list in Kanker district of CG along with the 250, 98 and 349 toilets of Korba and Raigarh districts of CG State & Umaria district of MP State as per Collector’s request was prepared for a total amount of Rupees 1170.82 Lakh. Amount for re-spective districts are Kanker--Rs. 204.70 Lakh, Korba—Rs. 407.12 Lakh, Raigarh---Rs.119.70

Lakh and Umaria—Rs. 439.30 Lakh. The proposal was accord-ed Administrative Approval by CMD, SECL pending approval by SECL Board. Funds to the tune of 50% for Kanker, Korba and Raigarh & 80 % for Umaria district was released in line with the MoU entered with respec-tive States. However during re-leasing fund to Korba district, it was observed that 58 no. of toi-lets are common to the MHRD list of the district and hence fund for only 192 toilets were released. The fund released to different districts is Kanker (MHRD List)- Rs.102.35 Lakh, Korba- Rs. 155.17 Lakh, Raigarh- Rs. 59.85 Lakh and Umaria- Rs.351.44 Lakh.

The PMC partner of SECL, IRCON ISL issued tenders for only new toilets and the 2080 dysfunction-al toilets were not taken care of. Hence a separate proposal for taking up the repair/construction of toilets in schools of Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabrangpur and Nuapada districts of Odisha State through State Government was prepared for Rs. 3286.40 Lakh. As per the recommendation of Corporate Level CSR Committee and as agreed by SECL Board, 50% amount (i.e Rs. 1643.20 Lakh) was paid to State Project Director, OPEPA (Odisha Primary Education Program Authority).

Department, M.P. on 27.04.2015. PSUs were instructed to sur-render those toilets to MP State Government which were not like-ly to be completed by 30th June 2015 in the meeting and deposit the requisite amount in full latest by 30th April 2015. Subsequently a proposal amounting to Rs. 2767.80 Lakh was prepared for entering into MoU with MP state Government for the 1977 nos of toilets which could not be awarded till then by SECL itself or IRCON ISL on behalf of SECL.

Accordingly an MoU was entered with MP State Government on 29.04.2015 for 1977 no. of toilets (both New and Dysfunctional) and 80% of total requisite amount was transferred into the account of district authorities of Balaghat, Mandla, Dindori and Shahdol of Madhya Pradesh with due com-petent approval.

Similarly after competent ap-proval, an MoU was entered with 15 districts of Chhattisgarh for 2529 no. of toilets (both New and Dysfunctional). As per the conditions of MoU, 50% of total requisite amount i.e Rs. 1580.45 Lakh was transferred into the ac-count of District Authorities of


SECL has taken leap ahead in Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan under the aegis of visionary project of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. SECL has constructed/repaired 11515 toilets in schools across 26 Districts in three states – Chhattisgarh (4359 toilets), Madhya Pradesh (2128 toi-lets) and Odisha (5028 toilets). The total amount sanctioned for this project is Rupees 226.18 Crores.

Steps taken by SECL for behav-ioral change and other initiatives for success of Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan.

In congruence with the Prime Minister’s flagship programme Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, different areas of South Eastern Coalfields Limited have contributed by vari-ous means.

At the start of the campaign as well as in course, SECL took the following steps for the mentioned cause:

• Organizing awareness cre-ation programs in different schools near by the min-ing areas as well as at the places where toilets were constructed.

Further due to slow progress of IRCON ISL toilets in Balaghat (62 no. of toilets), Mandla (87 no. of toilets in Niwas and Nainpur blocks) and Dindori (80 no. of toilets) the work were transferred to State Govt. after withdrawing from IRCON ISL, for which funds were transferred to the district wherever require-ment was made.

In view of extreme urgency and due to slow progress of IRCON ISL a proposal to transfer 1649 no. of new toilets (Nabarangpur-1447 and Nuapada-202) in Odisha state was prepared for Rupees 2605.42 Lakh and funds were transferred after competent approval.

Again a proposal to transfer 709 no. of new toilets (Nabarangpur-144 and Nuapada-565) in Odisha state was prepared for Rupees 1120.22 Lakh. Full amount has been released to State Project Director, OPEPA after competent approval.

The state government carried its own survey and as per their re-quirement they have changed the list and constructed/repaired the toilets entrusted to them. However toilets tendered by SECL itself has been complet-ed and handed over to school management.



for behavioral change and other initiatives for success of Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan

The change in the behavior of the students has been observed at various places which are ap-parent from the fact that the newly constructed toilets are now being used widely, however a lot is yet to be done for creating awareness.

Swachhta Pakhwada at SECLUnder Swachh Bharat Abhiyan – a year long activity plan (1st Apr 2016 - 31st Mar 2017) has been created in which a number of ini-tiatives and activities are planned at SECL HQ and its operational areas including mines. These ac-tivities are planned fortnightly and are named as Swachhta Pakhwada drives.

• Creating awareness among teachers to promote the stu-dents for the behavioral change as regards hygiene measures.

• Organizing rallies.

• Distributing pamphlets to students and general public for awareness creation.

Effect of the steps taken by SECL


prefab structures, project man-agement etc. in various states/cit-ies of the country.

HPL has also contributed sig-nificantly to the provision of the sanitary facilities in schools in various parts of the country un-der the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ of the Government of India. HPL has successfully completed con-struction of 10607 toilets in the States of States of Assam, Bihar,

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Orissa for vari-ous leading PSUs under their CSR grant of over Rs. 200 crores. The work was indeed very chal-lenging due to the difficult ter-rain and logistic besides other lo-cal issues. However, HPL could address these challenges success-fully and is proud to have com-pleted the work to the satisfaction of the stakeholders.

Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL), the first construc-tion Central Public Sector

Enterprise (CPSE), established by the Government of India in 1953 under the administrative control of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, has been taking up civil construction projects in the field of mass hous-ing, educational infrastructure, institutional structures, hospi-tals, infrastructure development,

‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ - Role of HPL

Hindustan Prefab Ltd.

Mr. Rajesh GoelCMD, HPL

Client State District No. of Toilet

Northern Coalfield Ltd Madhya Pradesh Alirajpur, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Singrauli, Katni, Rajgarh, Rewa, Satna, Sehore & Seoni

4454

Power Finance Corporation Ltd. Andhra Pradesh Anantapur, Chittoor, East Godavari, Guntur, Kadapa, Krishna, Kurnool, Nellore, Prakasam, Vizianagaram & West Godavari

4419

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

Uttar Pradesh Ballia 1569

Assam Cachar, Dima Hasao, Sonitpur, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Kokrajhar & Sonai

Odisha Keonjhar

Bihar Kaimur, Kishanganj, Madhubani & Supaul

Bharat Dynamics Limited Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda Visakhapatnam

122

MSTC Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh

Morena (MP), Kolkata (WB), Jashpur (Chhattisgarh)

37

Hindustan Prefab Limited Andhra Pradesh Nellore 3

Ferro Scrap Nigam Ltd Chhattisgarh Durg 3


location information are provid-ed by site engineers. This is high-ly effective due to reduction in re-porting time and supply of better quality reports. All stakeholders of the project have been given ac-cess to the mobile application.

With the above experience that HPL has gained, while execut-ing this major project in a short span of time, HPL is now poised to take up an extensive role in the execution of spread out projects for various clients.

For effective implementation of the project, the work was tak-en up on partial prefab basis, wherein structure upto plinth was taken up with conventional method while the super structure was executed with various prefab components including sandwich panels, PUF panels and fibre ce-ment boards for faster construc-tion. With due planning HPL could complete an individual toi-let in a short duration of even less than 10 days. The efforts of HPL have been duly appreciated by all stakeholders.

HPL has also taken due care to closely monitor the prog-ress through its state of the art Mobile and web based Project Monitoring Application system through which real time field reports with images and GPS


on a continuous basis. In fact, our Prime Minister has created a movement among citizens by taking the challenge head on and adopting demonstrative leadership.

Corporates have a major role to play in this vital movement. As part of Corporate Social Responsibility, every organisa-tion need to involve themselves in such a unique nation building movement so that desired prog-ress could be achieved within a short span of time. Such partici-pation is all the more important because it brings about self-con-scious approach in our society. Indeed, we all are inspired by the untiring efforts put in by our most popular leader i.e., our

Prime Minister. In every forum our honourable Prime Minister has been emphasizing on the need to maintain high degree of cleanliness in our society.

Open defecation is prevalent in rural areas even today. Open def-ecation acts as acatalytic agent to spread deadly diseases among rural masses, especially in rainy season. It adversely affects not only income of rural people but also their health. In fact, many children and people die due to infectious diseases. The non-availability of toilets in individual houses affects women and female children more who find it impos-sible to relieve themselves from attending nature’s call during day time. It also creates adverse

Prosperity of a Nation is achieved through collective efforts of citizens who have

urge to bring about improvement in the society in which they live. Self-motivation of early adopters create a driving force for other followers in achieving the com-mon goal.

Many a times, if right message is received by public, their re-sponse becomespontaneous and overwhelming. Even though ev-ery one of us is concerned about cleanliness of our environment, notable progress could not be achieved due to lack of direction from our top leaders expressing urgency and importance of the issue.

Our Prime Minister announced his commitment about making our motherland clean thereby achieving a healthy life style of our citizens by 2019 coinciding with the 150th Birth Anniversary of Father of the nation through Swachh Bharat Abhiyan move-ment. This message kindled spark among all those citizens who were also interested in bringing such change. They voluntarily joined this movement and started contributing their mite. Since it is a noble objective, this movement is picking up well and is grow-ing with people’s participation

Swachh Bharat Mission

Corporation Bank

Mr. Jai Kumar GargMD & CEO,

Corporation Bank


construct 100 toilet at schools. Sub-sequently, from the website of MoHRD, 79 schools were blocked (Which were nearer to our bank branches), out of the schools listed for the renovation campaign. The toilets in these schools were not functional and required renovation.

Approval from the Bank’s Board was obtained for the budget of Rs. 130 Lakh for renovation of toi-lets in 79 schools spread over 14 Zones in 10 States. Bank’s Zonal Offices were involved in execu-tion of these works. The works were completed in a time bound manner and the entire project is completed. Bank has achieved the goal before the deadline fixed i.e., 15.08.2015 by renovating defunct toilets in these schools.

Out of the approved budget of Rs.130 Lakh, Bank has incurred an expenditure amounting approxi-mately Rs.70 Lakh for renovation

of the toilets in the schools and we propose to utilise the balance amount for maintenance of the toilets in these schools for next two years.

Bank staff are convinced of the fact that Swachh Bharat is not a one-time activity but a way of life. Accordingly, they have in-ternalised the concept of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and continue to carry out various activitiesat their work places. In the photo-graphs enclosed, our Printing & Stationery Staff members are seen cleaning the Bus shelter and the road in front of their office at Mangaluru to spread awareness about Swachh Bharat Mission. Such participation will certain-ly have a snowballing effect in bringing about overall improve-ment in our society in achieving a clean environment and vision of our honourable Prime Minister to make our nation swachh before the deadline.

impact on their health conditions. School going female children in rural areas continue to suffer si-lently at school due to non-avail-ability of proper toilets.

Corporation Bank has been allocating funds since year 2000 for providing infrastructure to various schools situated in ru-ral & semi-urban areas, such as tables, chairs, black boards, drinking water facilities and construction of toilets etc. This is carried out through Corpora-tion Bank Economic Develo-pment Foundation, an outfit floated by the bank to meet its Corporate Social Responsibility. In addition, a number of activi-ties are being taken up by this foundation for the wel-fare of the society under the umbrella of “Corp Kiran”. Under the Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign, Corporation Bank has sanctioned the project to


Sector Undertaking set up in 1948 in India’s technology capi-tal, Bengaluru. The giant premier PSU in the field of telecommu-nications, over the years grown into a multi-unit company es-tablishing its manufacturing units in Srinagar (J&K), Naini, Raebareli and Mankapur (U.P) and Palakkad (Kerala), besides having dedicated Rap Divisions, Network Systems Unit and host of Regional and sub-offices spread across the country.

Department of Communications, Ministry of Communications, taking part in the National agen-da announced observance of ‘Swachh Bharat Pakhwara by all CPSEs Offices coming under its administration, in two phases

from 17th to 25th September and 26th September to 2nd October, 2016 with a special attention to ensure a clean and healthy office environment. Following the call, ITI Limited has pledged to par-ticipate in the `Swachh Bharat’ campaign.

Observance of `Swachh Bharat Pakhwada’ by ITI Limited(Pot) part of the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ Company’s Headquarters; Registered and Corporate Office, located at Bengaluru, manufacturing plants and offices spread across the country, with a special atten-tion towards achieving clean

Swachh Bharat Mission is a nationwide cleanliness cam-paign launched on October

2nd, 2014, the 145th Birth anniver-sary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. It is aimed to fulfill the vision and mission to make the dream of Mahatma Gandhi ‘clean India’ come true by l50th birth an-niversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Launching the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the Prime Ministry of India, urged that people should neither litter,-nor let others lit-ter. He gave the mantra of `Na gandagi karenge, Na karne denge.’ By inviting people from all walks of life to participate in the drive, the Swachhta Abhiyan has truly turned into a National Movement. A sense of responsi-bility has been evoked among the citizens through the Clean India Movement.

Public Sector Industries, ‘the modern temples of India’ as ap-plauded by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from the inception ren-dering yeomen services to the nation for improving the lives of common citizens under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programmes.

ITI Limited, the first Public

Swachh Bharat Mission - A Tribute to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi

ITI Ltd.

Mr. S. GopuCMD, ITI


to undertake innovative activities to achieve the goal of ‘Swachh Bharat” in letter and spirit. As per the Action Plan provided for ITI, for the fortnight period from November 1st to 15th, 2016, the following Swachhta initiatives were taken companywide, dur-ing the fortnight :-

Cleaning of office / factory / Machineries /equipments premises• The message and the ob-

jectives of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ were shared among all the employees and each one was called upon to be a proud part of the Swachh Bharat Mission and contrib-ute towards success of the Swachhta initiatives.

• Cleanliness drive initiated at ITI Corporate Office, manu-facturing plants namely, and Regional Offices spread across the country. The drive was spearheaded by Senior Executives with the participation of employees and the cleanliness initiative was given a momentum by

cleaning up Office premises I Guest Houses / Canteens/ Townships etc.,

• Cleanliness activities’ fur-ther extended to Company’s General Hospitals, Educa-tional institutions, Officers Clubs, Community Halls, Parks /Gardens /Roads / Play Grounds of the Company.

• A special attention was given during the cleaning of Canteens, service areas, Guest Houses and hospitals to thoroughly clean, dis-infect and ensure hygiene. Thorough cleaning was also done in production hangers, pathways and major roads in the factory premises.

• Swachhta Pledge was ad-ministered by the then CMD for the Directors/ Senior Executives and employees of Corporate Office and similar-ly, all the Plant Heads/ Senior Executives administered the Swachhta pledge for all the employees of the respec-tive plants.

Disposal of unserviceable office equipments (I) furniture / other material including e-waste• At the Corporate Office,

Manufacturing Plants and at Regional and Sub-offices spread across the country, employees cleaned up their respective work area, Office premises, removed unser-viceable disposable elec-tronic, electrical items and office machines / equipments which include computers/desktops, printers, printer cartridges, Xerox machines, FAX machines etc., and action

and healthy environment in of-fices and plants, organized the ‘Swachh Bharat Pakhwada’ from 17th Sept to 2nd October 2016.

Spearheaded by Units Heads and Senior Management Officers, em-ployees in large numbers volun-teered to participate in the clean-liness drive with a pledge to keep the Work place, manufacturing plants / office premises ; town-ship residential areas clean and pollution free and to continue to contribute their service towards ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’.

On the day of “Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti” 2nd October 2016, the drive was also extended to Company Townships, Township Welfare Committees, education-al, institutions and the hospitals. Awareness talks on ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ delivered to sen-sitize the residents, school chil-dren and hospital staff etc., about the Swachh Bharat Mission.

In continuation, DOT called upon that all the associated Government bodies should lead by example on Swachhta and take the Swachh Bharat, Mission to the next higher level and plan


• Company’s manufacturing plants and Offices have con-tributed for the cleanliness drive and it was an effective drive to breed the importance of cleanliness and motivate one and all to volunteer to contribute for the success of the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ and imbibe ‘Swachhta’ as part of daily life towards clean and healthy living.

• On the 15th day of the fort-night long Swachhta drive, slogans writing by the em-ployees was arranged. Following Slogans contrib-uted in Hindi and English thrusting the message of the Swachhta Mission, presented during the valediction drew the attention of one and all.

• lkQ&lqFkjk ikl iM+kslA fcekfj;k¡ Hkkxs gtkj dkslAA

• lkQ&lQkbZ] lsgr dh dekbZA

• LoPNrk c<+kvks] lsgr dekvksA

• Sanitation & Cleanlines brings Good Health & Happiness

• Sanitation + Cleanliness = Good Health + Happiness

Company Action Plan for 2017-18 & 2018-19 The Company, has already sub-mitted its Swachhta Action Plan for 2017-18 a 2018-19 to the Ministry, with the following proj-ect activities:

General SAP activities• Community Mobilization

Awareness Programmes in Company Units/ Townships, Community Centers and La-dies Clubs on regular basis throughout the year.

• Providing/ installation of dustbins/ Sensitizing School children through entertain-ment, education, organiz-ing competitions like paint-ing etc., by Officers’/ Ladies Clubs.

• Repair / Maintenance and re-placement of Water supply lines/ tanks Regular mainte-nance materials/ cleaning of sewerage lines, removing of wastes, cleaning of service areas/ drainages/ Building roofs, Roads etc., including costs of labour and sanitary/

initiated for disposal of these items as per procedure.

Swachhta Awareness campaign• Campaigns were organized

to create awareness on clean-liness among School children, residents of ITI Townships and general public. Banners carrying the message of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ were displayed at factory premises and at prominent locations where the Swachhta activities were carried out.

• Special activity: On 14/11/2016, a special clean-liness drive was initi-ated jointly by Corporate Office and the Bangalore Plant to take up cleaning of Krishnarajapuram Vegetable Market. Spearheaded by CMD and the Unit Head of Bangalore Plant launched the Swachhta activities at the Market located at the vicinity of ITI Corporate Office and the Bangalore Plant. CMD, addressing gathering of vol-unteers stressed the impor-tance of cleanliness at work place also emphasized need for keeping our locality dean for a healthy living. Directors, Senior Management Officer along with ITIEU, ITIOA Presidents, Office bearers and employees took part in this cleaning drive.

• In order to create awareness through social / mass media, the initiatives taken by the Company towards ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ press notes were released to prominent dailies, besides propagating through Company in-house journal ‘Doorvani’.


• Creation of feeding area for lactating mothers (provision of cabins, chairs, sofas, fans etc.,)

• Periodically organizing Hea-lth Awareness Programmes, by experts, educating wom-en on dietary, nutrition and cleanliness.

Swachh Bharat Mission is a welcome initiative towards re-alizing clean and green India.

“Cleanliness is Next to God-liness”. ITl fraternity is committed to serve for the cause of `Swachh Bharat Mission’ in an effective manner. Hopeful that the Swachh Bharat Mission will imbibe and empower the citizens of this great nation to realize the dream of ‘Clean India’ with healthy society that need its citi-zens to be healthy and clean in every walks of life.

housekeeping materials. Pro-viding Vacuum cleaners/ Insect repellents.

• Renovation of STP Plants to maintain hygiene/ cleanliness.

• Installation of vermin/com-posting plants converting waste to productive use.

Women Centered SAP activities• Installation of sanitary nap-

kins vending/ disposal ma-chines at Units / Offices


From time to time and as di-rected by the Department Heavy Industry, the Swachhta Pakhwadas were also celebrated at Cement Corporation of India Limited across all its 3 operat-ing units (Tandur, Bokajan and Rajban) and Corporate Office at Scope Complex, New Delhi and is also being observed on continous basis. The following programs/ activities have been organized for the success of Swachhata campaign:-

• Pledge was administered by CMD at Corporate Office and GMs of 3 operating units.

• Special Cleanliness drives in Units and departments were

organized during Swachhta Pakhwadas.

• Naara Pratiyogita was orga-nized at Corporate Office. Slogan and essay competi-tions were also organized in Units.

• Cleanliness activities were un-dertaken in the Community Centre, Parks and Health cen-ters at units.

• Displayed Flex on “ns”k dh LoPNrk vfHk;ku ls tqM+s yksd LoPNrk viuh vknr esa “kkfey djsasa” with Swachh Bharat Logo in all Operating Units and Corporate Office.

• Banners in townships to

Swachh Bharat Mission was launched throughout the country as a national move-

ment by Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on 2nd October, 2014. The PM also in-vited people to participate in the movement for cleanliness, From government officials to jawans, sportspersons, industrialists and spiritual leaders, all have lined up for the noble work.

Being a Government of India Undertaking, Cement Corporation of India Limited also directed its three operating units, Regional offices and Sales offices across India to contrib-ute to the success of achieving 100% of target under Swachh Vidyalaya initiative. In this re-gard all the General Managers of the Units had been advised to ensure maintenance of school toi-lets on regular basis so as to keep in it functional and in sustainable condition. In this regard, all GM of the Units were also advised to constitute a two member commit-tee to look after maintenance of toilets and also have proper vigil on the maintenance of these toi-lets so as to avoid any lapses in this matter and responsibility be fixed for any kind on non compli-ance in this regard.

Contribution towards Swachh Bharat Mission

Cement Corporation of India Ltd.

Mr. Manoj MishraCMD, CCI


responsible company is also keeping premises and surround-ings neat and clean under the concept of Green environment so that Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by Government of India can be a reality for the future.

The Cement Corporation of India Limited has a CSR policy ap-proved by the Board of Directors.

CCI’s CSR Policy is an envis-aged as “A commitment to meet its social obligations by playing an active role to improve the quality of life of the community and stake holders on a sustain-able basis, preferably in the proj-ect area, where it is operating.” CCI will integrate and align its CSR Policy and activity with its goal, plan and strategy keeping in view the suggested activity as per schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 and guidelines issued by the Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India with special focus on activities covered under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

During the last two financial years Cement Corporation of India Ltd has constructed four numbers of toilets at our operating units situated at Rajban, Himachal Pradesh, Bokajan, Assam and Tandur in the Telangana State.

create awareness amongst residents of townships / com-munity centres/ school.

• Placement of dustbins in the township and factory.

• Continous cleaning of dust-bins/ roads etc., and

• Prizes/ awards distributed in the concluding functions with a message to ensure quarterly Cleanliness drive in the town-ship and offices.

Now Cement Corporation of India is taking responsibility for the upliftment of society through various social works in the form of medical camps, fresh water facilities, management of schools, creating awareness of safety and hygiene etc. All these were carried out by the company for its employees, nearby villages and schools situated adjacent to CCI factories. CCI as a


team keeps the premises of the Centres neat and clean on day-today basis.

Swachh Bharat Kosh:Hon’ble Prime Minister during his speech on the Independence Day-2014 stressed about provi-sion of toilets in the schools and appealed everyone to contrib-ute fund for this. Keeping the spirit of the issue in proper per-spective, the Corporation had contributed Rs. 5 Lakhs to ‘Swachh Bharat Kosh”.

Swachhta activities at Govandi Station:In line with “Swachh Bharat Mission” it has been decided to ex-tent the CSR activity for develop-ment of Govandi Station, Central

Railway. Accordingly the proj-ect of setting up of Solid Waste Management System at Govandi Station has been included in the CSR Works of 2016-17. The work of Cleanliness, installation of dustbins & public awareness has already been started w.e.f. 26th April, 2016 through M/s. Sampurn(e)arth Environment So-lution Pvt. Ltd.

M/s. Sampurn (e)arth Environ-ment Solution Pvt. Ltd. has been assigned the work to keep the sta-tion area, the ticketing area, the foot over bridges, the roofs and toilets of the station clean. Their daily operations include collec-tion of litter and segregation,

Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd. (MR-VC), a Public Sector

Undertaking of Govt. of India under Ministry of Railways, was incorporated on 12th July, 1999 to implement the Railway work of Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP). The Corporation is involved in planning & execution of Railway infra-structure projects for Mumbai Suburban Railways.

Swachh Bharat Mission:As per the CSR Policy, to take care of the Health issues of the people residing in the R&R ar-eas, Mumbai Railway Vikas cor-poration Ltd (MRVC) has set up two Health Centers at Lallubhai Compound, Mankhurd and Natwar Parekh Compound, Govandi. These Health Centers provide various OPD services and thousands of people avail the medical facilities here. The paramedical team in these Health Centers constantly appeals the people visiting the centers to maintain persona hygene as well as hygiene in the surroundings to improve the quality of life in the R&R areas. Also, the paramedical

Initiatives towards Cleaner and Greener India

MRVC

Mr. Prabhat SahaiCMD, MRVC


various programmes such as street plays, jingles for aware-ness, posters, photography and video shoot of the station and people to make a short clip on the transformation of the station were organized to spread the mes-sage of cleanliness at the station and its surroundings. Mr. A. K. Shrivastava, Additional General Manager, Central Railway un-veiled the posters. The project has been titled as “Apun Ka Govandi’.

Swachchh Bharat Pakhwada“Swachchh Bharat Pakhwada” was celebrated at Govandi Station from 16th June to 30th June 2016. CMD, MRVC visited Govandi Station on 24th June, 2016 during “Swachchh Bharat Pakhwada” cel-ebration and monitored the prog-ress of ongoing sanitation drive. wet cleaning in the station prem-ises was also started on 24th June, 2016.

identifying and cleaning spit marks in station area, cleaning the toilets. Additionally weekly cleaning activities are removing the cobwebs, handpicking dry waste. Some of the Before after pictures of Govandi Station.

World Environment Day:On 5th June, 2016 “World Environment Day” was celebrated at Govandi Station. Mr. A. K. Shri-vastava, Additional General Manager, Central Railway, Mr. R. S. Khurana, Director (Projects)/ MRVC, Ms. Smruti Verma, FA&CAO, MRVC, Ms. Alka Misra, CPO/MRVC and Mr. Pandey, CR were present at the occasion. During the celebration


Bottles, Reject Waste. The bio-de-gradable waste is then converted into manure.

Beautification of Govandi StationThe issue of continues mainte-nance of the Govandi Station was given much thought and decided to adopt a new approach of beau-tification of the station with mu-ral painting having historical and local themes which would cre-ate a sense of pride in the station among the regularusers as such approach would also discourage

the public from dirtying the sta-tion by creating mural painting on the station walls using histori-cal and local themes. Accordingly, the task has been assigned to JJ College of Architecture and they completed the work in November, 2016. The pictures of painted wall are annexed:

The place where commuters were once hasitant to stand for a min-ute, is now turned out to be a place for taking selfies. The sani-tation drive at Govandi Station by M/s. Sampurn(e)arth Environ-ment Solution Pvt. Ltd. is in progress. with further 6 months’ extension. Accordingly monthly maintenance activities as per maintenance plan take place at the station. The maintenance ac-tivities include removing spit marks, cleaning difficult corners, dustbin cleaning and changed bin-liners, roof cleaning, poster removal etc.

Street Plays for the awareness of SanitationAlong with cleanliness from our behalf it is important to engage station users and make them feel involved in keeping the station clean. The awareness campaign aims to encourage and educate people about the importance of cleanliness and proper waste dis-posal. Street play was performed on 24th June, 2016 at Govandi Station. 12 street plays till 31st July, 2016 were performed by the team of on platforms for the awareness of commuters.

Waste Disposal and ManagementIt is important to have different bins for different type of waste at various places so that the bins will be easily available for people and they don’t have to search for it. Hence double bins were in-stalled on the platform (one for dry waste and one for wet waste).

For biodegradable waste com-posite tumblers are placed at Govandi stations.The waste gen-erated in the tumblers is collected every month. It is then separated into Bio-degradable waste con-sisting of food, Kitchen waste and non bio-degradable waste con-sisting of Paper (white & color), Mixed Paper, Cardboard, Plastics (Soft & Hard), PET bottles, Glass


to godliness. On 2 October we are launching Swachh Bharat Mission, a massive mass move-ment that seeks to create a clean India. Now the time has come to devote ourselves towards Swachchhata (cleanliness) of our motherland.”

Swachh Bharat – HPC’s Commitment Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (A Government of India Enterprise) under the administra-tive Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises is having two directly controlled units namely, Nagaon Paper Mill and Cachar Paper Mill in Assam and subsidiary namely, Hindustan Newsprint Limited, Kerala and a Joint Venture Company between Govt. of Nagaland & HPC name-ly, Nagaland Pulp and Paper Company Limited, Nagaland and its headquarters at Kolkata. HPC is one the prominent players in paper manufacturing in India

In heeding to the call, CMD of Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPC) initiated a drive to clean the premises of HPC and its neighbourhood from 2nd October’ 2014. In his address to the employees of the Corporation, CMD said that Cleanliness is a

good habit and we must make ev-ery effort to support the Swachh Bharat Mission. Keep your-self clean; your neighbourhood clean; and inculcate the habit of cleanliness in children. Every employee should give an hour a week to cleanliness. Later the Directors and the employees of the Corporation took a pledge in support of the Mission to devote 100 hours every year to clean-ing. Following which, all the employees of the Corporation at headquarters as well as its units/subsidiaries at Assam/Kerala/Nagaland and Regional offices across the country, took clean-ing process in the premises of the Corporation as well as the neigh-bourhood areas.

CMD and other Directors along-with officials of Corporate Headquarters, Kolkata were

Swachh Bharat itself depicts its essence which means “Clean India Movement”.

India having rich ancient civili-zation is considered as religious nation. Every part of it is having a wide range of religious people belonging to various faiths be it Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikhs, Parsi, Jain and others. Ancient Bharat was work place of saints who always fortified the impor-tance of Swachatta in daily lives. Even the father of nation Shri Mahatma Gandhi has quoted that “Sanitation is more important than Independence” and dreamt for a dirt free India.

To let us live the dream of Shri Mahatma Gandhi, on 15 August 2014, Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in his Independence Day ad-dress emphasised on the impor-tance of cleanliness. Following the address, on 2 October 2014, the 145th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, he launched the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” or “Clean India Mission”. He called on the people to get involved in keeping their surroundings clean. Prime Minister Shri Modi in his message to the people on 25 September 2014 said, “I am sure you have heard time and again that cleanliness is next

Activities undertaken under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited

- Mr. Sashi Kanth Jain, CMD, HPC


and a pledge was administered in Malayalam, Hindi & English. After pledge taking ceremony, the officials had identified some of the areas which need to be cleaned. The area from HNL Railway check post to Velloor function was cleaned by the vol-unteers. Employees of HNL, their families, contract workers & trainees of HNL, Railway staff, students & teachers of Bhavans Newsprint Vidyalaya participat-ed in the cleaning process. Caps, towels, hand gloves, masks were distributed to the volunteers. All the cleaning equipments were ar-ranged by HNL. A team of volun-teers from HNL cleaned the area near to BSNL Telephone exchange & post Office, at Newsprrnt Nagar.

The cleaning activities carried out by HNL in connection with ’Swachh Bharat Mission’ on Gandhi Jayanthi day were cov-ered by daily newspapers like The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Business Standard (in English), Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhoomi, Desabhimani, Deepika, Janmabhumi, Veeksha-nnam (in Malayalam], local net-work cable vision etc.

After pledge taking ceremony, Chief Executive Officer, General

Manager (Projects), Senior Officials along with office bearers of Workers Union of NPPC en-gaged themselves in cleaning ac-tivities and the programme con-tinued with the sprucing up of the entire stretch from Mills main gate, all approach roads and pub-lic places and office buildings.

Recently, on the auspicious occa-sion of “International Womens’ Day Celebration-2017”, the women employees, trainees, lo-cal residents have come forward to undertake the cleanliness ac-tivities in the nearby areas on units. Director (Operations) of the Corporation has also taken active participation in the said activities.

Swachh Vidyalaya DriveIn addition, HPC has also partici-pated in Swachh Vidyalaya Drive under which, three toilets have been constructed in Assam.

ConclusionTo conclude Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has played a pivotal in infusing the sense of being clean and through cleanliness and further India’s march towards Godliness.

Jai Hind……

present to administer the pledge. Residents of Housing Complex, local public and our officials par-ticipated in cleaning of complex and nearby areas at Kolkata.

All senior officials and other of-ficials of our units at Assam as-sembled at Main Gate of the mill and a pledge was administered in Assamese, Hindi & English. After pledge taking ceremony, the officials engaged themselves in cleaning the premises of the mill, entrance of the main gate, mill hospital, compound of State Bank of India and Post Office building located in the mill town-ship. Chief Executives of the units participated in the Mission and encouraged all participants to keep their work place clean and other areas of the plant on regular basis. Local residents of the mill area were also inspired by the movement carried out by the offi-cials of the mill. Fire and security officials also participated in the mission and involve themselves in cleaning the Fire Brigade and security areas. We had also con-ducted workshops, mime shows, road shows, etc to create aware-ness amongst the people.

Managing Director, senior of-ficials and other officials of one of our subsidiaries at Kerala as-sembled at Main Gate of the mill


Action Plan outlining the various activities was worked out to make this Mission a grand success.

Several Cleanliness Campaigns, Vikas Shivirs, Theme Based Cleanliness Drives, Skits, Prabhat Pheris, Nukkads & Road Shows were organized on 28 Stations on Ratnagiri Region Route and 34 Station on Karwar Region Route. Number of Task Forces comprising Team of Executives from these Regions were formed to monitor and ensure the activi-ties with the concept of “Adopt Your Station” to achieve the de-sired results. In this entire pro-cess & exercise, High Dignitaries like Local MPs / MLAs, all the Employees of Konkan Railway, Local Public, NGOs, Labourers, Educational Institutions, Auto / Taxi Drivers etc were associated. Press Conferences & Seminars have been held by CMD and Regional Railway Managers from time to time on the entire Konkan Railway Route highlighting the importance of maintaining clean-liness and educating the General Public under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

In addition, Separate Rallies spreading Cleanliness Awareness were held at all Stations on Konkan Railway Route in

association with Hon’ble MPs / MLAs & Members of Gram Panchayat wherein Villagers also participated in these Cleanliness Drives. Several Programmes were also conducted in Schools / Colleges to inculcate awareness about Cleanliness amongst the children and young generation, who are the future of our country. During these campaigns, interac-tions with Passengers on trains and stations were organized for their valuable suggestions on Passenger Amenities, Quality of Hygienic Food and Cleanliness were also organized in addition to displaying Posters, Banners and Stickers for generating awareness on Cleanliness.

Apart from the above, NGOs like Sant Nirankari Charitable Foundations, NSS Volunteers of various Colleges, Lion Clubs, Bharat Scout and Guide Students, Members of Sulabh International, various Social Activist Organizations, Rail Yatri Organizations etc have also ac-tively participated in the various activities undertaken by Konkan Railway. Several Swachh Bharat Pakhwadas and Cleanliness Campaigns during Shri Vallab-hbhai Patel and Mahatma Gandhi Birth Anniversaries were and are

Cleanliness is next to Godliness and the entire Konkan Route is bestowed

with a Scenic Natural Beauty. Therefore, it has become a most sought after Tourist Destination not only for the Indians but also for the International Tourists. The up-keep and maintenance of Cleanliness of Stations & Station Premises is of paramount impor-tance and a matter of pride and prestige for Konkan Railway.

In order to fulfill the dream of our Hon’ble Prime Minister to realize our Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi’s Vision of Clean India, Konkan Railway has also, with utmost zeal and fervour, has ini-tiated several activities and cam-paigns to meet with the aims and objectives of this Noble Mission.

Under the able guidance of Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, this Special Cleanliness Campaign was launched w.e.f. 2nd October 2014 with Five Years Action Plan, at the Corporate Office & Regional Offices of Konkan Railway on its entire route covering Three States viz Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka from Roha to Thokur, in terms of the instructions received from the Ministry of Railways. Concrete

At the forefront of achieving the vision of Clean India

Konkan Railway

Mr. Sanjay GuptaCMD, Konkan Railway

Corporation


collected is sent to Compost Plant installed at Madgaon & Karwar where the waste is converted into useful compost. It is fur-ther proposed to install Organic Waste Compost Plants at vari-ous Stations on Konkan Railway Route.

Konkan Railway has under-taken the “Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign” under the Corporate Social Responsibility by con-struction of toilet blocks along Konkan Railway Route i.e. in the States of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. Under CSR, Konkan Railway Mahila Samiti (KRWC & SSA) is actively in-volved in the “Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign” by adopting 20 schools along Konkan Railway Route. It has undertaken the construction of toilets for girls in 20 schools under ‘‘Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign’’.

On Konkan Railway Route, there are various impor-tant Tourist Places such as Raigad Fort at Mangaon, Harnai Fort & Mahableshwar at Khed, Parshuram Temple & Hedavi Ganesh Temple at Chiplun, Marleshwar Temple at Sangameshwar, Ganapatipule, Bhagwati Temple & Lokmanya Tilak Birthplace at Ratnagiri, Bharadi Devi Temple at Kankavali, Sindhudurg Fort & Kunkeshwar Temple at Sindhudurg, Tarkarli Beach at Kudal, Amboli Hill Station at Sawantwadi Road, North Goa Beaches at Thivim, Old Goa Church at Karmali, South Goa

Beaches viz Colva, Benaulim & Varca at Madgaon, Palolem & Orem Beaches at Canacona, Satodi Falls & Dandeli Forest at Karwar, Gokarna Temple & Om Beach at Gokarna, Yana Rock Hills at Kumta, Jog Falls at Honnavar, Lord Shiva (Murdeshwar) Temple at Murdeshwar, Mookambika Temple Kollur at Mookambika Road Byndoor, Krishna Temple, St. Mary’s Island, Dharmasthala and Sringeri Sharda Temple at Udupi. In order to meet the pas-senger requirements, on an aver-age, 62 Mail / Express Trains are being run per day that too on a Single Line with Long Block Sections on Konkan Railway Route. For the trains owned by Konkan Railway, “Clean My Coach” Service through SMS No. 58888 is available. It carries an approx. 33 Million Passengers per annum (including 12 Million Originating Passengers) on its route and therefore, maintain-ing Cleanliness on KR Route is a herculean task. Konkan Railway has not left any stone unturned in achieving its aims & objectives of providing utmost Cleanliness on its Railway Stations & Station Premises.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a National Project nurtured by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. Under the able leadership and guidance of Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Konkan Railway will al-ways be at its forefront in achiev-ing the aims and objectives of this noble mission.

also being undertaken. Konkan Railway has also provided Bio-Toilets at Eleven (11) Stations viz. Khed, Chiplun, Kankavali, Kudal, Sawantwadi, Karmali, Madgaon, Karwar, Murdeshwar, Byndoor and Surathkal over Konkan Railway Route as a step towards Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan. During April 2016 to February 2017, a total of 828 Cleanliness Drives were conducted over the entire Konkan Railway Route, wherein 85,315 Kgs of garbage so collected was disposed off. In this entire process 4709 Konkan Railway Employees and 5020 Outsiders participated to make this Swachh Bharat Campaign a grand success, which is a continu-ous process.

As a part of proper disposal of waste / garbage generated at Stations, Organic Waste Compost Plants have been commissioned at Karwar, Madgaon and Konkan Rail Vihar Colony at Nerul, Navi Mumbai to ensure proper re-use of bio-degradable wastes gener-ated at stations and colonies. In order to ensure proper disposal of waste generated from cater-ing stalls, Konkan Railway is mo-tivating the pantry car and the Catering Stall Operators to segre-gate the garbage generated in de-composable / bio-degradable and non-decomposable forms.

The decomposable / bio-degrad-able garbage is collected from these pantry cars for which an incentive of `50/- per bag of 20 kg is paid by the Konkan Railway. The garbage so



Activities undertaken by NSKFDC towards the ‘Swachh Bharat’

National Safai Karamcharis Finance & development Corpn.

Mr. K. NarayanMD, NSKFDC

In line with the initiatives of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India for ‘Swachh Bharat’, NSKFDC has undertaken following activities:

Induction of New Schemes

‘Swachhta Udyami Yojana - Swachhta Se Sampannta Ki Aur’:

In line with the initiatives of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India for ‘Swachh Bharat’, National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) has launched a new Scheme viz. ‘Swachhta Udyami Yojna - Swachhta Se Sampannta Ki Aur’ on the eve of birth anni-versary of Mahatma Gandhi on 2nd October, 2014.

Under the Swachhta Udyami Yojana Term loans upto Rs. 25 lacs are extended to the target group for Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Pay and Use Community toilets in Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode and Term loans upto Rs. 15 lacs are extended to the target group for Procurement & Operation of Sanitation related Vehicles.

The scheme has twin objectives of cleanliness and providing liveli-hood to Safai Karamcharis and liberated Manual Scavengers and their dependants to achieve the overall goal of ‘Swachh Bharat

Abhiyan’ initiated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister.

Further, the implementation of the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ has resulted in increased demand for construction materials for toilets, sanitary materials, cleaning and other articles required for sanita-tion/ cleaning purposes.

Under the scheme, NSKFDC has disbursed Rs. 7.17 cr. for 140 units.

Sanitary Mart Scheme:

To meet the increased demand for construction material for toilets and other articles requiredfor san-itary/ cleaning facilities, NSKFDC has introduced a new scheme viz. ‘Scheme for Sanitary Marts’. A Sanitary Mart is a one-shop for all things for sanitation and hygiene. It is a shopping place where the sanitary needs of the common man could be met. It serves both as a shop and as a service cen-tre. Under the scheme, financial assistance would be extended to individual beneficiaries/ self help groups of Liberated Manual Scavengers/ Safai Karamcharis and their dependants for setting up of Sanitary Marts upto a maxi-mum cost of Rs. 15 lacs.

Under the scheme, NSKFDC has disbursed Rs. 6.15 cr. for 165 units.

National Safai Karamcha-ris Finance & Develop-ment Corpn. (NSKFDC)

a wholly owned GoI undertak-ing under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment was setup under section 25 of the erstwhile companies Act 1956 NSKFDC is an Apex Corporation for the all round social-eco-nomic upliftment of the Safai Karamcharis Scavengers and their dependants throughtout India through various Loan and Non loan based schemes/ programmes. Under the loan based schemes, NSKFDC pro-vides financial assistant to the Safai Karamcharis, Scavengers and their dependants through the Channelizing Agencies for any viable income generating schemes including sanitation re-lated activities and for education in India and abroad.


Secretary, of Ministry of SJ&E has also participated .

Following activities were under-taken during the Mega Jagrukta Shivir: -

• Distributed Onetime Cash Assistance Transfer let-ters of Rs.40,000/- each to 36 remaining identified Manual Scavengers under Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS)

• Distributed “Job Appointment Letters” to 11 dependants of Manual Scavengers after undergoing

S. N. Dates Activities

1 16th July 2016 Organized Awareness Camp at Bijnor

2 16th July 2016 Organized Awareness Camp at Moradabad

3 22nd July 2016 Organized Awareness Camp at Sambhal

4 23rd July 2016 Organized Awareness Camp at J. P. Nagar

5 31st July 2016

Organized a Mega Jagrukta Shivir at Morabad. Mr. Thaawarchand Gehlot, Hon’ble Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, GoI graced the ‘Swachhta Pakhwara cum Jagrukta Shivir’ which was also participated by the Secretary & Joint Secretary, of Ministry of SJ&E.

the JCB Operator Training Course.

• Distributed Enrollment Lett-ers to 60 Candidates for undergoing the course of “General Duty Assistant” being conducted by “Apollo Medskills” at Rampur.

• Prathma Bank (Channelizing Agency of NSKFDC), sanc-tioned the 36 cases of loan of E-Rickshaw to identified Manual Scavengers & their dependants which were Flagged Off by the Hon’ble Union Minister for SJ&E dur-ing the “Jagrukta Shivir “ on 31.07.2016.

• Inauguration of Training Centre of “Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology (CIPET)” at IIFTM University Moradabad for providing training to Manual Scavengers and their dependants.

• More than 1500 Members of the target group attend-ed the “Jagrukta Shivir” at Moradabad on 31.07.2016 and they have been motivat-ed for availing the maximum benefits of SRMS & SRMS Schemes for their socio-eco-nomic upliftment.

• The target group was moti-vated towards the cleanliness and Hygiene to live a healthy and better life.

Green Business Scheme:

A new scheme viz. Green Business Scheme has also been introduced during 2014-15. Under the scheme financial assistance is extended at concessional rate of interest for such business activities which could tackle/ mitigate the problems of climate change and generate income for the target group. Under the scheme, NSKFDC has disbursed Rs. 3.65 cr. for 458 units.

Organized Jagrukta ShivirsIn order to create awareness about cleanliness & hygiene among the tartet group. NSKFDC Organized five Jagrukta Shivirs in five Districts of Uttar Pradesh to create awareness about cleanliness & hygiene alongwith benefits available under Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS) for Manual Scavengers & their dependants and schemes of NSKFDC including Skill Development Training Programmes for socio-economic upliftment of Safai Karamcharis, Manual Scavengers & their dependants.

The details of Jagrukta Shivirs are as under:

A Mega “Jagrukta Shivir” was organized on 31st July 2016 at Moradabad. “Sh. Thaawarchand Gehlot” Hon’ble Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India was the “Chief Guest” and the Secretary & Joint


people living in the slums area on various aspects of cleanliness and societal values, sensitizing the Municipality Workers and also

provide free health and medical care and assistance to the slum dwellers by organising freemedi-cal camps in the slum areas.

Project Details• A slum dwelling falling un-

der JJ Cluster (Rajiv Camp) located opposite Chitra Vihar, Delhi was identified. The Slum was established in the year 1980 with a total population of 6500 approxi-mately, mostly comprising of migrants hailing from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. There are altogether approximately 404 numbers of households in the slum.

National Scheduled Castes Finance and Develo-pment Corpn. (NSFDC)

in association with Wockhardt Foundation organised two phas-es of cleanliness and hygiene awareness programmes and free medical camp in the slum area at Chitra Vihar, Delhi, locat-ed close to SCOPE Minar, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi.

Project ObjectiveThe objective of the project is to spread the message of awareness among the slum dwellers that cleanliness is next to godliness, by way of sensitizing and educat-ing the children, youth and aged

Activities Undertaken Towards Swachh Bharat

Mr. Shyam KapoorCMD, NSFDC

National Scheduled Castes Finance and development Corporation


having state of the art equip-ment’s and a well-qualified technician. As per the rec-ommendation of the techni-cians spectacles were distrib-uted free of cost to the slum dwellers.

• Free Gynaecology & Paediatrician consultation:In association with Wockhardt Foundation a free Gynae-cology consultation camp was organised for the slum dwell-ers. Bed and consultation room were arranged in the community hall for the check-up. A qualified Gynaecologist and Paediatrician were

available to provide free health check-up and advice. Medicines were distributed free of cost to women and child patients.

• Shudhu Tablets (Waterpurifier tablets). Water purifiers tab-lets supplied by Wockhardt Foundation were distributed free of cost to families living in the slum areas and our volunteers guided and as-sisted the people in using the Shudhu Tablets.

• Volunteers of NSFDC inter-viewed and interacted with people living in the slum ar-eas and talk show was orga-nized in order to gather pub-lic views on cleanliness, the condition they live in, con-tribution of civic bodies and people themselves to keep the area clean.

• Volunteers interacted with petty shopkeepers, pan sell-ers, barbers, cobblers, dhaba owners, tea sellers, vegetable vendors, hawkers and ap-prised to them the impor-tance of clean surrounding and personal hygiene.

• Public announcement was

• Volunteers from NSFDC com-prising of Officers and staffs were divided into teams, and each Team headed by a Team Leader. Each Team com-prised of female volunteers to interact freely with their female counterparts in the slums.

Activities Undertaken• NSFDC has already under-

taken two phases of Swachh Bharat campaign in the slum area of Chitra Vihar and each phase of campaign lasted for at least 15 days. On the first day, CMD addressed a gath-ering comprising of residents of the slum, MCD officials/Workers and NSFDC volun-teers on the issue of hygiene and health in the locality and the need to work in tandem in order to keep the slum area clean and hygienic.

• Free Eye Camps: In asso-ciation with Wockhardt Foundation a free eye camp was organised for the peo-ple living in the slum areas. Wockhardt Foundation pro-vided an air-conditioned mobile check-up ambulance


and waste. People were dis-couraged to throw waste in the open drains.

• NSFDC volunteers carried out door to door campaign spreading the message of cleanliness and hygiene and counseled members of house hold on hygiene and the need for conversion of insanitary toilets to sanitary toilets.

• NSFDC volunteers orga-nized and assembled group of children of the slums in the community hall. Children were taught the values of cleanliness and hygiene and were told to spread the mes-sage of hygiene and cleanli-ness learned by them to their

family members, peers and school mates. After the end of the teaching session, sweets and biscuits were distributed.

• The Team Leaders held meeting with the Assistant Sanitary Inspector of the slum area during the campaign period and pointed him out the problems faced by the residents, and requested him to arrange daily removal of garbage from the area. A tour of the slum area was jointly conducted by the NSFDC Volunteers and officials of MCD and several critical ar-eas requiring immediate at-tention of the MCD for clean-ing and dumping of garbage were shown to them.

• Volunteers of NSFDC sen-sitized the women folk of Chitra Vihar slum area on Health and Hygiene and re-quested them to spread the message that “cleanliness is next to godliness” to their family members, neighbours, relatives and friends.

• NSFDC honoured MCD offi-cials & workers for their dedi-cated work during Swachhta Pakhwada so as to encourage them to perform their duties more diligently in future, in the slum of Chitra Vihar. The residents of the slum in Chitra Vihar tied friend-ship Bands to the MCD offi-cials & workers as a mark of bonding between them, on the occasion of ‘International Friendship day.’

• On the closing day of Swachhta Pakhwada NSFDC volunteers along with several children residing in the slum took out a rally on the streets, lane and by lane of Chitra Vihar slum shouting the

made in the slum area on the issue of avoiding use of plas-tic and polythene bags so as to reduce the quantity of gar-bage and suggested people to store the garbage in dustbin so that it can be separated to make compose and manure.

• The Volunteers purchased several big size plastic buck-ets and placed them at strate-gic points in the slum under the care of some responsible persons among them. People in the area were sensitized about the usage of these plas-tic bucket bins and were then encouraged to continuously use the bucket bin dustbin for throwing all types of garbage


and cordial working environ-ment in the office building.

• A Committee was constituted for inspection of all rooms, cubicles, toilet areas, lifts ar-eas and reported its findings to the Management.

• All officials and staff were requested to participate vol-untarily towards cleaning of their residential premises, neighbourhood and social network premises, so as to provide 100 hrs. of voluntary contribution during the year.

• Administration Department ensured that the logo of “Swachh Bharat” with a tagline on cleanliness, as

slogan that “ Chhor do gandh phelana - rakho swachhta gali gali - Hamara Bharat Swachh rahe”

Swachh Bharat Campaign carried out in the office premises of NSFDCNSFDC has been carrying out cleanliness drive/campaign from time to time inits office premises located on the 14th floor, core 1&2, SCOPE Minar, Laxmi Nagar, and Delhi. During the campaign following activities were given renewed attention:

• All employees ensured that their rooms/cubicles are prop-erly cleaned by the house keeping staff, files and loose papers are properly placed inside cupboards, shelves and almirahs.In case of insuf-ficient storage space, files ly-ing outside are kept in a prop-er and orderly manner and all unwanted loose papers lying outside are disposed off, if not required for reference.

• Administration Department ensured upkeep and clean-liness of Office premises including common areas, toilets, stairs, lift areas, fur-niture, fixtures, electronic items, rooms, cubicles, flow-er pots, trimming of plants, electrical fittings, and can-teen area. Administration Department ensured timely disposal of obsolete furni-ture/electronics items& elec-trical equipments,proper fumigation and pest control in the office premises to pre-vent spreading of Dengue, Malaria, Chikunguniya and other diseases etc.

• All Officer and staff main-tained proper office decorum

approved by the PMO, is printed in the letter heads, all the publicity material of the Corporation displayed at Exhibitions, Fairs and other Field functions organized by NSFDC. Further, it was ensured that the ‘Swatchh Bharat Logo’ is prominently printed on the Annual Report of the Corporation.

• NSFDC has also been en-suring that all trainees un-dergoing skill development training under its flagship programmes should take mass Swachh Bharat Pledge at the time of commencement of Training Programme.


• Residential Accommodation to all State Government employees

• Accommodation for ITI, Police Station, Nagar Palika Office etc.

• Organizing social 86 cul-tural activities (1) Sports and Sports Stadium

Expenditure involved for all above Corporate Social Resp-onsibility (CSR) is about Rs.6 Crore per an-num. The Company has borne this expenditure inspite of being in loss for the past 25 years. Since the announcement of “Swachh Bharat Mission” by our Hon’ble Prime Minister, the Company has made sustained efforts to-wards making Nepa town Clean, Green and Beautiful. The Company has organized regular cleanship drives, awareness cam-paigns 85 competitions amongst local residents, educational insti-tutions and government offices in the direction.

In compliance with the drive Swachhata Pakhwada from 01.05.2016 to 15.05.2016 was undertaken in Nepa Limited. Activities were undertaken in and around factory premises towards cleanliness during the above fortnight.

Further, a list of unusable ve-hicles/furniture/electronics and electrical equipments etc. has been prepared by all the depart-ments/sections for disposal.

An exercise was also undertaken to record/review/dispose of files as per Record Retention Schedule.

Under the action plan, planta-tion and slogan competition on Swachhata were organized on 02.05.2016.

To make awareness and motiva-tion, posters and banners were displayed in and around factory premises. A poster competition was also organized on 13.05.2016 under the theme of Clean, Green and Beautiful Nepa.

Further, a rally with banners on Swachh Bharat Mission was or-ganized on 14.05.2016 by School Children and employees.

The company also follows gen-eral cleanliness drive regularly for Nepanagar Township regard-ing Sanitation, Water Treatment, Environmental Issue, Roads, and Gardens etc.

Since 2015, a year long competi-tion has been organized to reward the most environment friendly and clean educational institute,

Nepa Limited is the old-est Newsprint Manufa-cturing Mill of India,

centrally located at Nepanagar, District Burhanpur (MP) incor-porated in 1947. The Company is a CPSE under Government of India/ Department of Heavy Industry. The Company is located on a reserve forest land in tribal belt. The complete economy and administration of Nepanagar town with its 35000 residents and villages in the surrounding areas depends on Nepa Limited. The company has always given top priority for its obligation to the society and the people especially those residing in nearby villages with special contribution of Nepa Limited towards development of tribal area of Burhanpur District. Nepa Ltd. since inception has been providing following ba-sic amenities to the citizens of Nepanagar and surrounding vil-lages :-

• Drinking Water• Street Lighting• Hospital• Hygiene and Sanitation• Schooling• Fire Fighting Services• Guest House

• Mandi Facilities

Making a long-term impact on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Mr. A. N. SonsaleCMD, NEPA Limited

NEPA Limited


new trenching grounds. These grounds also pose health hazards for the persons living in the sur-rounding areas. Hence, this waste management would be upgraded to modern method of waste seg-regation, recycling and disposal system.

Provision of modern color coded waste bins to collect and segregation at sourceThe township of Nepanagar is sit-uated in 1200 acres of land and is having around 2200 quarters and 2500 residential and commercial plots. It is also surrounded by 12 villages, whose waste will need to be segregated at source in a mod-ern waste segregation system. For segregation of such type of solid waste, it is planned to have color coded waste bins which will be placed at various locations in the township and surroundings. A sustained awareness and training programme to train the citizens up to house hold level for segre-gation of waste at source will also be undertaken.

Recycling of WasteRecyclable materials from the township 86 factory generated waste like plastics, polythene bags, metal and glass waste,

paper, building rubble, card-boards, Effluent Treatment Plant sludge are proposed to be recy-cled to recover useful resources, clean up the environment and generate employment for youth in this tribal area. The broad scheme of recycling will be as fol-lows :-

Waste to Energy• Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF)/

Pelletization• Bio - methanation• Incineration• Pyrolysis /Plasma Gasification

Initiatives taken by Nepa Limited through continuous activities to-wards Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the township have encouraged people in the township to par-ticipate in the drive of Swachhta Abhiyan. A sense of respon-sibility has also been evoked among the people of township through various awareness pro-grams and competitions orga-nized under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. With citizens now be-coming active participants in cleanliness activities across the township the dream of ‘Clean Nepa’ will soon be achieved, which will be a small achieve-ment under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.

offices and individual residence. Last awards were awarded on 26 Jan 2017. The ongoing year’s award will be presented during Republic day celebration in the year 2018.

This competition encourages people to take charge of cleanli-ness and to develop a beautiful township. Tree plantation in and around the houses, shops and of-fice complex and installation of potted plants in the corridors cre-ates an eco-friendly environment.

Towards making long term im-pact on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Nepa Limited identified a need to make investments towards ba-sic infrastructure related to waste management and recycling. A long term plan has been envis-aged towards effective imple-mentation of Swachh Bharat ini-tiatives in Nepanagar Township and Surrounding areas. This in-cludes following:

Modern Waste Segregation, recycling and disposal sys-tem for the townshipThe township of Nepanagar and surrounding generate approxi-mately 10 MT of waste per month. Presently, the waste is being dis-posed on dumping grounds. These dumping grounds are con-stantly getting full and require


However most importantly, sani-tation leads to more dignity and privacy.

On 2nd October, 2014, the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, launched a nation-wide cleanli-ness campaign on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth an-niversary. The concept of Swachh Bharat is to provide sanitation fa-cilities to every family, including toilets, solid and liquid waste dis-posal systems, village cleanliness, and safe and adequate drinking water supply. We have to achieve this by 2019 as a befitting trib-ute to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on his 150th birth anniversary.

A key feature of the campaign was to ensure that every school in India has a set of functioning and well maintained toilets for both boys and girls having provi-sion of adequate water facilities. Schools that have water and sani-tation facilities attract and retain more students, particularly girls and also witness better atten-dance indicating increased will-ingness to attend schools as well

as improved health of children.

Eastern Coalfields LimitedEastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) is one of the seven coal producing subsidiary of Coal India Limited operating in the 02 (two) states of West Bengal and Jharkhand across four districts (Bardhman, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia) in West Bengal and three districts (Godda, Deoghar and Dhanbad) in Jharkhand. ECL is home to the Raniganj Coalfield where mining started way back in 1774.

Apart from mining, ECL lays equal emphasis on welfare of all employees (including contrac-tor workers’) and their families and as such carries out various programs/ initiatives to improve their life/ living conditions. However, the company’s scope doesn’t end here but includes nearby population, PAFs (Project Affected Families)/ PAPs (Project Affected People) and other peo-ple living in the vicinity of our Areas of Operations. Through ECL’s Community Development Policy (earlier) and CIL CSR

Emphasizing the importance of sanitation, father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi

had once said “Sanitation is more important than Independence”. But it is really sad that even after nearly 70 years of independence, sanitation or rather lack of it, is still a major issue in India.

Sanitation means public cleanli-ness — using clean and safe toi-lets, keeping water sources clean, and disposing of garbage safely. Any community effort to improve sanitation must help people over-come the challenges they face in their daily lives. Poverty and lack of access to enough water often make it difficult for people to im-prove sanitation.

It is a well acknowledged fact that sanitation is a keystone in the well-being of a person and lack of sanitation has not only medical but also social and even economic impacts. Improved sanitation results in lower morbidity and mortality rates in the population, better health and nutrition among children and safer food which leads to increased productivity.

Swachh Bharat Andolan at Eastern Coalfields Limited

Mr. K. S. PatroDirector (Personnel), ECL

ECL

“Sanitation is more important than Independence”- Mahatma Gandhi


equipment, weeding out of old file/ records, etc. Employees took Swachhta Shapath and even priz-es were given away on inspection of offices.

The movement was not limited to ECL establishments and all ef-forts were made by ECL to carry out similar programs in nearby schools, dispensaries, hospitals, market, etc and saw massive par-ticipation from students, teach-ers, union representatives and even local population. All partici-pants took Swachhta Shapath and prizes were given away for best cleaning practices.

Some of the schools that partici-pated in the programs are:

• A.C. Institution

• S.D. Girls High School

• Begunia High School

• Sanctoria High School

• Modern Public High School

• Osmania High School

Children as Change AgentsOne major highlight of our whole Swachh Bharat initiative has been involvement of children as

changeagents. All the initiatives aimed at primarily inducing a behavioral change in individuals towards sanitation and targeted children to a large extent since they can be considered as flag bearer for the next generation. Also minds of children are much more impressionable and they are in the habit forming phase of life. Hence it’s easier and better to inculcate such good practices at a young age that can go long way with them. At the same time, habits of children can affect the behavioral pattern of the elder’s in the family. Hence children can act as influencer and help adults make better decisions with re-spect to hygiene and sanitation thus leading to better health for the family.

As can be seen, our initiative saw huge participation, enthusiasm and motivation towards the cause Swachh Bharat.

Awareness ActivitiesSuccess of any initiative lies in continuation of the activity even after discontinuation of external support or change agent. Here the role of increasing awareness and making a behavioral change

Policy (now), the company has constantly tried to engage local communities in their various de-velopment initiatives.

Swacch Bharat or Clean India cam-paign was not an exception for ECL. The company included not only our employees but also trade unions and local population. Children formed a major stake-holder in all such Swachh Bharat activities which aimed primarily at altering behavior of individu-als to promote hygiene.

Initiatives at ECLMany initiatives have been un-dertaken at different levels in ECL to champion the cause of Swachh Bharat and translate words and intentions into action.

Cleanliness DrivesMuch like charity, cleanliness be-gins at home. One of our initial, but nonetheless important, initia-tives was to undertake cleanliness drives in all our offices/ estab-lishments. From Headquarter to Area Offices, Colliery, Hospitals & Dispensaries and Workshops, all units of ECL witnessed clean-liness drives where employees from all cadre and grades came to-gether to clean their offices, guest houses, common area premises, like toilets, stairs, lifts, parking areas, pathways, generator room, store rooms, canteens, residen-tial colonies, recreational clubs etc. The movement witnessed Directors, General Managers, Officers, Staffs, Doctors, nurses and Security Personnel of ECL coming together with a broom and cleaning the campus. It also involved disposal of not in use furniture/ fixtures/ stationary in-cluding electrical and electronic


Swachhta Rally, a rally involv-ing students, teachers, school management and ECL employees starting from the school, covering the neighborhood and ending in ECL premises was organized to create awareness among the local population.

Swachh Bharat is a combined vision and requires joint efforts from each and every one. Hence it was important to involve as many stakeholders as possible.

This activity involved use of all sorts of information medium to educate and enlighten public. Leaflets, banners, posters, flyers, etc were used significantly in all our campuses to alter the habits of people and make an impres-sion. Dustbins have been provid-ed at all significant places in all offices with clear message of no littering and using dustbin.

Promoting Swachh Bharat through CSRSolid Waste Management (S-WM) at Major Temples near ECL: Managing solid waste is one of the biggest challenges faced by our country due to lack of inad-equate collection system, lack of

recycling and treatment of waste. This leads to mass accumulation of hazardous waste which is pol-luting our land and water.

ECL has taken a small step under CSR in this direction to convert the organic waste generated by major temples of the locality to prevent pollution of rivers like Ganga due to throwing of flow-ers, leaves and other items. This project has converted ‘waste to wealth’ by converting organ-ic waste into organic compost which is being sold at around Rs. 20/- per kg and also helps in providing local employment op-portunities. Following four sites have been identified for SWM project with a total project cost of Rs. 58.70 lacs (Rupees Fifty Eight lacs and seventy thousand only):

• Dakhineswar Temple, Kolka-ta, West Bengal

• Baba Baidyanath Manadir, Deoghar, Jharkhand

• Kalighat Temple, Kolkata, West Bengal

• Tarapith Temple, Birbhum, West Bengal

Swachh Vidyalaya AbhiyanOur biggest achievement in this regard is the construction/ renovation of 3372 toilets across 1933 Government Schools in three districts of Purulia (West Bengal), Deoghar (Jharkhand) and Sahibganj (Jharkhand) under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan or SVA. The project cost is around Rs. 82 crore and involves not only construction but also operation and maintenance of these toi-lets by ECL for five years. It has also been ensured that every toi-let has a running water supply along with solar/ electric water pump. The initiative launched by

becomes very vital. Realising this fact, ECL undertook many activities to make people realize the importance of sanitation and inculcate healthy and hygienic practices in their lifestyle. To in-crease awareness among chil-dren and make them realize the importance of cleanliness and sanitation in their life, Essay and Debate competitions were held in many schools in the vicinity of our Areas of Operation. Children can be so imaginative and full of ideas, it was re-emphasized in these competitions where some children came up with wonder-ful and fresh ideas on improving sanitation which can be replicat-ed with some modifications.

Nukkar Natak on the theme ‘Swachh Bharat’ and Swachhta Songs were other delightful ad-ditions to our gamut of activities that promote sanitation. These events were performed by chil-dren and resulted in additional impact on the audience. It is an absolute pleasure to see children realizing the importance of clean-liness and advocating the same to adults. It also made everyone realize not to be passive and how they can play an important role in changing the scenario.


entire area of radius of around 3 kilometer. followed by the main-tenance of that stretch of land by a stakeholder who will be made accountable for that area. This will lead to regular cleaning and maintenance of our surroundings and will also reinforce the habit. This plan is expected to be repli-cated in other Areas as well and will be our small step towards

Clean India, Green IndiaUnder its CSR activities, ECL will be constructing an electric cre-matorium with a project cost of Rs. 1.92 crores (One crore ninety two lakhs) at Dishergarh Ghat (West Bengal) thus preventing river from getting polluted. ECL will also be extending support to Municipal Corporation of Asansol in creating household toilets for more than 1600 benefi-ciaires in three gram panchayats

under Satgram Area. Further, under ‘Clean Asansol Green Asansol’ there are also plans of providing financial grant for pur-chase of 5 number of Mini trip-pers and 5 number of mini trip-pers with bin lifting for Garbage Collection in Asansol Munuicipal Area. The project may involve fi-nancial cost of around 49 lacs.

Previously also, ECL has un-dertaken many projects in the field of installation of solar street lights to reduce environmental pollution as well as provide ru-ral people with access to lights at night. Similar proposals are also in pipeline. This is not the end of the journey for us. As some-one has rightly said, ‘Take small steps every day and one day you will get there’ we also believe that One step at a time, may be even a baby step, when added up makes a considerable distance!

Government aimed at inculcat-ing better habit among children towards use of toilet and also reducing dropouts, especially among adolescent girls, due to in-convenience with regard to sani-tation in Construction of toilet under SVA. schools.

Our Journey AheadOur journey has just begun. We started out with a small group of people but our enthusiasm reached out to people and at ev-ery stage, people kept joining us: people from different age group, different occupation, different perspectives, and different phase. Our goal is to keep the momen-tum going, keep the boat sailing. We wish to make a permanent change in the habits of people. Hence regular effort is needed in this direction. ECL is vigorously trying to promote cleanliness as a lifestyle. In our premises many dustbins have been placed, em-ployees have been made aware and are encouraged to come up with new ideas to make the cam-pus ‘cleaner and greener’. ECL plans to initiate a major cleanli-ness drive in the surrounding ar-eas of its Headquarter in Sanctoria (West Bengal) where all stake-holders of the region (other PSUs, hospitals, schools, police station, security personnel, other organi-zations, banks, local shopkeepers, local population, union leaders, etc will come together to clean the


within 16 Km radial distance from stations and projects at fourteen locations. The thrust areas of NPCIL CSR programme are Healthcare, Education, Infrastructure, Skill Development and Sustainability. The nature of CSR activities are within the framework of Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013.

For Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, construction of toilet blocks at village schools located within 16 Km from Units is taken up as one of the major initiatives. NPCIL is putting every effort to achieve the national mission of

Swachh Bharat i.e. making the country free from open defeca-tion. Schools for implementation of sanitation projects are identi-fied based on a baseline survey as well as personal interactions between CSR committees of the Units and School authori-ties/ Gram Panchayat / District Education Officers. Girls school sanitation projects are taken up on priority.

Under CSR initiatives till date, total four hundred fifty two (452) toilets and two hundred and twelve (212) urinals have been constructed. All these toilets and

NPCIL had been doing the social welfare ac-tivities since inception.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme was initiated after publication of Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) guidelines on CSR for CPSEs in 2010. It continued as per updated guidelines of DPE till 2013-14. The CSR programme has been undertaken as a statutory re-quirement from 2014-15 onwards under Companies Act, 2013.

As per CSR Policy of NPCIL, the activities are carried out pri-marily to cover the local area

NPCILRealizing the Vision of Swachh Bharat

Mr. S. K. SharmaCMD, NPCIL


thousand six hundred eighty five (1685) houses along with toi-lets have been constructed and handed over. About six thou-sands five hundred (6500) family members are benefitted by this NDP Project. The other initia-tives for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan are construction and operation of BARC designed “Nisarguna Plant” which uses domestic waste to produces cooking gas for use at Guest House and Hostel, providing Garbage collection

Autos to Village Panchayats for systematic disposal of garbage and collection of tree leafs etc. for vermiculture.

NPCIL has also contributed to-tal 54 Crores for “Clean Ganga Fund” set up by the Central Government for rejuvenation of River Ganga and “Swachh Bharat Kosh” set up by the Central Government for the promotion of sanitation during the last two financial years.

urinals have been handed over to the school authorities. Over ten thousands (10000) students are benefitted by these CSR Projects. Apart from these completed proj-ects, sanitation blocks are under different stages of construction at about one hundred village schools. In addition to above NPCIL has signed Memorandum of Understanding with Sulabh Social Service Organization for Construction of Sanitation Blocks at about one hun-dred eighty one schools at an estimated cost of Rs. 1517.14 Lakhs. Till date construction work has been taken up at 100 schools and out of these as on date 24 boys’ toilets, 24 girls’ toilets and 36 Urinals have been handed over to school authorities.

NPCIL is also carrying out in-frastructure projects under Neighborhoods Development Program (NDP). As per the pres-ent plan, total ten thousands houses with toilet blocks are un-der construction. Till date one


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ds ek/;e ls ns”k esa LFkkfir

fofHkuu ifj;kstukvksa }kjk LoPNrk

gsrq vusdkusd dk;Z fd, x,]

ftlls ;g dguk mfpr gksxk fd

,u,pihlh fyfeVsM laiw.kZ Hkkjr

esa LoPNrk dh ygj ykus gsrq

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Health & Hygiene ij xkao&xkao ,u,pihlh ds MkWDVjksa dh dk;Z’kkyk

• fuxe eq[;ky; ,oa fofHkUu

ifj;kstukvksa ds vanj dk;Z”kkyk

vk;ksftr dh xbZ ftlesa ifj;kstuk

ds dkfeZdksa ,oau muds ifjokj ds

lnL;ksa dks ifj;kstuk ds mi eq[;

fpfdRlkf/kdkjh }kjk LoPNrk ds

fo”k; esa Motivational talk çLrqr

dhA

• Ldwyksa esa Hkh tkdj gekjs fpfdRldksa

ds }kjk Pamphlets ckaVs x, rFkk

Ldwy ds cPpksa dks LoPNrk ds fo’k;

ij f”kf{kr@tkx:d fd;kA

• gekjs MkWDVjksa us ifj;kstuk }kjk dh

xbZ LoPNrk ekpZ ds nkSjku xzkeh.kksa

ds chp tkdj Hkh mUgsa lkQ lQkbZ

ds fy, izsfjr fd;k vkSj crk;k fd

[kqys esa “kkSp ls ty dh xq.koÙkk

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yk;d ugha jgrkA blls chekfj;ka

gksus dh Hkh laHkkouk,a T;knk

gksrh gSaA

uqDdM+ ukVd dk vk;kstu

• LoPN Hkkjr i[kokM+k dh dM+h

esa fuxe eq[;ky; ,oa fofHkUu

ifj;kstukvsa esa dk;kZy; ifjlj

esa] fofHkUu fo|ky;ksa esa ,oa xkaoksa

esa ,u,pihlh deZpkfj;ksa ,oa cPpksa

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yksxksa us ns[kk vkSj mldh iz”kalk


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fujksx lekt cu ldrk gSA fofHkUu

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}kjk iqjLÑr Hkh fd;k x;kA

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dk nq”keu crk;kA bl uqDdM+

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‘kkSp uk tkuk diM+ksa dks unh esa uk

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^^LoPN Hkkjr^^ dh tkx:drk QSykus ds fy, LFkkuh; {ks=ksa esa [email protected]

• mjksDr vfHk;ku ds rgr fofHkuu

ifj;kstukvsa esa [email protected] ds

ek/;e ls LoPNrk dk izpkj izlkj

fd;k x;k] bu fofHkUu March/walk ds nkSjku ifj;kstukvksa ds

leLr vf/kdkfj;ksa ,oa deZpkfj;ksa

us mRlkgiwoZd viuh izfrHkkfxrk

nhA fofHkUu ifj;kstuk izeq[kksa us

fofHkUu laLFkkvksa us Lo;a bl

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txg&txg dwM+k&djdV mBkdj

ifj;kstuk dfeZ;ksa ds lkFk viuk

Jenku fn;kA

• fuokfl;ksa ds chp LoPNrk dh

tkudkjh ds Åij Niok, x,

Pamphlets ckaaVs x,A

• ifj;kstuk ds MkWDVjksa us LoPNrk ds

egRo dks yksxksa rFkk cPpksa ds chp

mtkxj fd;kA

• cSuj rFkk ukjksa ds chp March/walk vk;ksftr dh xbZA

• March/ walk ds nkSjku ;g

lqfuf”pr fd;k x;k fd lkQ

lQkbZ gsrq izR;sd izfrHkkxh ds ikl

nLrkusa gksA

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lkFk dbZ yksx rFkk laLFkk,a LoSfPNd

:I ls vkbZa rFkk lkFk esa Jenku

fd;kA

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eq[;ky;] Q+jhnkckn ds fofHkUu LFkkuksa

tSls fdlku et+nwj dkWyksuh] larks’k

uxj] jktho uxj] ljk, iYyk] >qXxh

DyLVj ¼vksYM Q+jhnkckn½ bR;kfn esa

yxHkx 1000 yksxksa rd LoPNrk dk

lans”k QSyk;k x;kA blh Øe esa LoPNrk

ij vk/kkfjr dbZ jSfy;ka fudyh xbZ

vkSj cPpksa] efgykvksa ,oa LFkkuh; yksxksa

dks LoPNrk dk O;kogkfjd Kku fn;k

x;kA

Ldwyksa ,oa dk;kZy;ksa esa LoPNrk ds Åij O;kogkfjd Kku

• LoPN Hkkjr vfHk;ku ds varxZr

vk;ksftr ^LoPN Hkkjr i[kokM+s^ ds

varxZr ,u,pihlh fyfeVsM] fuxe

eq[;ky; ,oa fofHkUu ifj;kstukvksa

esa le;≤ ij LoPNrk ds Åij

izsj.kknk;h O;k[;ku ds vk;kstu

fd;k x,] ftlesa ,u,pihlh

fpfdRldksa ,oa deZpkfj;ksa us fofHkUu

fo|ky;ksa esa fo|kfFkZ;ksa dks O;fDrxr

LoPNrk] laØked jksxksa vkSj vU;

izdkj dh chekfj;ksa ls cpus ds

lq>ko fn,A bu vk;kstuksa ds

ek/;e ls ;g crk;k x;k fd O;fDr

dSls vius ?kj ij] vius dk;kZy;

ij LoPNrk j[k ldrk gS vkSj

chekjh gksus ds nkSjku dSls O;ogkj

djuk pkfg,A blds vykok lHkh

vf/kdkfj;ksa vkSj deZpkfj;ksa dks

LoNrk ds izfr tkx:d jgrs

gq, lHkh LFkkuksa dks LoPN j[kus

dk vkg~oku fd;k x;kA Ldwyksa

esa tkdj gekjs fpfdRldksa ds

}kjk Pamphlets ckaVs x, rFkk

Ldwy ds cPpksa dks LoPNrk ds fo’k;

ij f”kf{kr@tkx:d fd;kA


Auditorium

The centrally air-conditioned SCOPE Convention Centre at SCOPE Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi provides excellent conference facilities to PSEs, Govt. Departments, Autonomous Bodies, Institutions/NGOs etc. The Auditorium and other Conference Halls are equipped with projector and screen facilities, sound & light control room with recording & P.A. facility, etc. Details of the capacity of the Auditorium and other Halls, which are available on nominal tariff are given below.

The Auditorium having capacity of 310 persons (300 Chairs + 10 Nos. Chairs at stage) capacity equipped with mikes on dias and podium on stage.

Mirza Ghalib Chamber

The chamber having capacity of 108 persons (102 Nos. Chairs + 6 Nos. Chairs on Dias) equipped with mikes on table, dias and podium.

Tagore Chamber

The chamber having capacity of 92 persons (86 Nos. Chairs + 6 Nos. Chairs on Dias) equipped with mikes on dias, tables & podium.

Bhabha Chamber

The chamber having capacity of 44 persons (24 Nos. Chairs on round table and 20 Nos. Chairs on sides) equipped with mikes on dias, tables & podium.

Fazal Chamber

The chamber having capacity of 25 persons (15 Nos. Chairs on round table and 10 Nos. Chairs on sides) capacity with board room type sitting arrangement equipped with mikes.

Conference Facilities at SCOPE Convention Centre


Business Centre Annexe II

The Business Centre having capacity of 7 persons equipped with multi point Video Conferencing System (1+3), at three locations at a time for National & International both.

Banquet Hall

The banquet hall having capacity of 500 Persons for the purpose of lunch & dinner. Sitting arrangement could be done for 90 persons.

Annexe I

The Annexe-I having capacity of 25 Persons.

The Annexe-II having capacity of 25 Persons.

Tansen Chamber at UB

The Tansen Chamber having capacity of 50 persons having stage and podium.

Amir Khusro Chamber at UB

The Amir Khusro Chamber having capacity of 50 persons having facility of stage and podium.

For Booking & Tariff details please contact

1st Floor, Core No. 8, SCOPE Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003 Phone: 011-24311747, 011-24360101 • Fax: 011-24361371STANDING CONFERENCE OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

Mr. Nitin Kulshrastha, Asst. Manager, Engineering (Elect.) Mobile: 9313989067 • Email: [email protected]

Mr. M. L. Maurya, GM (Tech.) Mobile: 9313375238


Conference Facilities at SCOPE Minar Convention Centre

Convention Hall

SCOPE Minar, an architecturally conceived in the form of two high rise curvilinear tower blocks sitting on a four storey circular Podium Block, is strategically located in Laxmi Nagar District Centre, Delhi -110092 and housing around 40 PSEs of repute. It is one of the known buildings of East Delhi. It has a very size Reception Foyer giving ambience look inside the building. There is a green environment all around the SCOPE Minar with large size planters all around. The building is also having state of art Convention Centre, comprising four halls i.e.

A large sized Convention hall having sitting capac-ity of 300 delegates. Various seminars, training pro-grammes, presentations, get to gather etc. are con-ducted in Convention Hall. It provides ambient and peaceful environment for the programmes.

VIP Lounge

VIP Lounge having sitting capacity of 60 delegates. The executives and higher level officers, Directors, CMDs can use it as waiting lounge also.

Meeting Hall

Meeting hall having “U” shaped table, with a meet-ing capacity of 65 delegates.Most widely used for small size meetings and training programmes, group discussion, power point presentations etc.

SCOPE Academy of Public Sector Enterprises

SCOPE Academy of Public Sector Enterprises (APSE) conducts induction level programmes for PSEs executives. It has three training halls, one with capacity of 40 persons and two halls with ca-pacity of 30 persons each for training purpose.

There is a wide space for vehicle parking that cater for a capacity of 700 cars, including the newly built good quality Banquet Hall wherein 300 delegates can comfortably dine at a time, makes it special to deliver an all-round conducive meeting environment .

For Booking & Tariff details please contactMr. M. L. Maurya, GM (Tech.) (M) 9313375238 and Mr. Shubh Ratna, DCE(C), SCOPE Minar

(M) 9873398242, (O) 011-22458176, 22458178 • Email: [email protected] • [email protected]


Ms. Anita Kapoor Manager(SFCA)(M) 9810648197, 24360559e-Mail: [email protected]

Mr. S. K. Sharma(M) 9891781484, 24365739e-Mail: [email protected]

SCOPE had set up an Arbitration Cell known as SCOPE Fourm of Conciliation and Arbitration a(SFCA) mainly to settle disputes between PSUs and its associates . This was inaugurated on 9th January, 2004 by Shri Santosh Gangwar, the then Hon’ble Minister of State for Heavy Industries, Public Enterprises and Parliamentary Affairs, which was attended by the then Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Joint Secretary, DPE, CMDs and other senior officers of Govt. of India and PSUs.

SFCA has framed its own rules prescribing consoli-dated fee structure and expenses with the assurance that arbitration proceedings shall be completed in the shortest possible time and shall be more eco-nomical in comparison to other institutions. A panel of expert Conciliators and Arbitrators has

also been drawn which consists of retired Judges of Supreme Court, High Court, retired Secretaries, Joint Secretaries of Govt. of India , Chief Executives, Directors and senior officials of Govt. of India and PSEs, besides Advocates and C.As and other professionals.

The Forum has its own infrastructure with a spa-cious Arbitration Hall having sitting capacity of 15 persons with all the modern facilities such as projec-tor for live projection of record of proceedings on a large screen with free service of mineral water, tea/coffee and biscuits. High tea and lunch can also be arranged by the Forum on request in advance at the cost of the parties by authorised caterer of SCOPE.

PSUs are requested to advise the concerned of-ficials to avail facilities of the Forum and re-fer cases to SCOPE Forum of Conciliation and Arbitration(SFCA).

For further details please contact For booking and tariff details please contact

1st Floor, Core No. 8, SCOPE Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003 Phone: 011-24311747, 011-24360101 • Fax: 011-24361371STANDING CONFERENCE OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

Mr. M.L. Maurya, General Manager (Technical)Mobile No.9313375238.

SCOPE Forum of Conciliation and Arbitration (SFCA)







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