BHEL reaches out to govt. schools

Seven projects worth Rs. 45.65 lakh completed

Updated - September 09, 2015 05:46 am IST

Published - September 09, 2015 12:00 am IST - VELLORE:

newly constructed:BHEL Ranipet’s Executive Director K. Mysaiah inspects the computer lab at Govt. Higher Secondary School, Kodaikal.-Photo: Special Arrangement

newly constructed:BHEL Ranipet’s Executive Director K. Mysaiah inspects the computer lab at Govt. Higher Secondary School, Kodaikal.-Photo: Special Arrangement

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Ranipet has reached out to government schools through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.

7 projects inaugurated

BHEL Ranipet has undertaken seven projects costing Rs. 45.65 lakh under CSR in the financial year 2014-15.

All the seven projects have been completed and inaugurated.

Of the seven projects, five worth Rs. 29.99 lakh was completed and inaugurated on August 6. The remaining two projects worth Rs. 15.56 lakh was inaugurated by BHEL Ranipet’s Executive Director K. Mysaiah on Monday.

Facilities at school

While a computer lab was constructed for Government Higher Secondary School, Kodaikal village at a cost of Rs. 11.34 lakh, modification of compound wall was also taken up at the school at Rs. 4.32 lakh.

The five projects that were completed earlier were - separate toilets for girls and boys for government higher secondary schools at Rendadi village (Rs. 4.89 lakh) and Guruvarajapet village (Rs. 6.79 lakh), construction of water sump, barbed wire fencing and provision of cupboards to Government Girls HSS, Arakkonam (Rs. 3.23 lakh), construction of compound wall for Government Girls HSS, Walaja (Rs. 7.45 lakh) and RCC roof for nursery class at SRK-BHEL HSS (Rs. 7.63 lakh).

Apart from these seven projects, Rs. 81.76 lakh has been spent under CSR for running BHEL-Sri Ramakrishna HSS located in BHEL Township during 2014-15.

For less-privileged

More than 98 per cent students of this school belonged to non-BHEL category and came from under privileged section of society living around BHEL factory and township, according to a press release.

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