Mahindra and Mahindra limited have also come forward to provide support to Uttarakhand for relief work. As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, Mahindra and Mahindra proposes to provide Bolero jeeps with wireless sets to every district of Uttarakhand.
To headquarters, the company proposes to provide Scorpio car, small van, truck, ambulance solar lights and solar lamps.The proposal was submitted before Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar by Mahindra and Mahindra’s CSR Head Sheetal Mehta and Vice President Sushil Singh at the Secretariat on Wednesday.
The Chief Secretary welcomed the initiative by Mahindra and Mahindra and asked that they deliver the promised vehicles and goods to CM Vijay Bahuguna in the last week of December. He added that this contribution will facilitate relief work in the state. Subhash Kumar said that after the relief and rescue operations conclude, the State Government will focus on permanent construction of basic infrastructure in the affected areas, for which financial assistance has been provided by Government of India, other states and non-government organizations.
CSR Head Sheetal Mehta shared that all employees of the Mahindra Group contributed one day’s salary for the Uttarakhand disaster and the foundation has decided to donate vehicles and other goods with this money.