With the credo to developing world class mobile tower infrastructure, Indus Towers limited, on Friday felicitated the Heroes of Uttarakhand Floods for their exemplary commitment and courage in managing and restoring the network in record time, during crisis.
In a glittering ceremony, the awards were given by the top management of Indus Towers to 52 Field staff, Supervisors, Technicians, Diesel Fillers and Managers who played a critical role in managing one of most horrific humanitarian crisis by running the towers on real time basis in incessant weather and tough hilly terrains.
Some of the outstanding heroes who were felicitated are Praveen Kumar, Technician at Uttarkashi did a herculean task by restoring the last four sites (Maneri, Hina, Batwari 1 & 2) as there were no access roads to these sites. Kumar had arranged 160 litres of diesel and carried it on foot to the sites through difficult, hilly terrain to ensure restoration of these sites. Manoj Tomar, Supervisor, based out of Tehri took additional responsibility of Uttarkashi and Pauri districts and managed
restoration of all the sites in these three districts by motivating the field people.
Ankur Rajput, Diesel Coordinator had arranged diesel through different petrol pumps during the crises. Santosh Nigam, Cluster Manager, Rishikesh who exhibited exceptional organizational skills and ensured fast restoration of all the affected sites by dividing the responsibility.
In total, 52 field people were honoured with the title of ‘Indus Ratnas’. They were awarded with certificates and gifts. Expressing delight on this commendable achievement, BS Shantharaju, CEO, Indus Towers limited said, “It’s a great honour for us to reward the real heroes or the Indus Ratnas, who have proved their mettle playing a crucial role in restoring communications services when the whole of Uttarakhand was gripped in a massive natural disaster caused by flash floods that wreaked havoc in the area.
The credit for this goes to every person at Indus Towers and the proactive ethos of the Company, which ensures team members go the extra mile in each endeavour.
This rare achievement testifies our commitment towards society and our commitment of Putting India First.”
Bimal Dayal, COO, Indus Towers limited further added, “Out of the total 668 towers Sites in the impacted areas of Uttarakhand, 400 Sites were in Dehradun, Tehri, Joshimath, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi and Rishikesh, out of which Uttarkashi and Rudraprayag were the worst affected. Our team managed to restore most of the sites working 24 X 7 on a war-footing level thus ensuring continued mobile connectivity.”