In an attempt to provide better civic amenities to the people, Jusco has converted a dumping land into a beautiful park.
Sunil Bhaskaran, vice president of corporate services in Tata Steel inaugurated the Bhuiyadih Park on Tuesday. Raghunath Pandey, president, JUSCO Shramik Union (JSU), Ashish Mathur, MD, Jusco were present.
The land where the park is constructed was earlier used as a dumping ground for municipal waste with cow dung, encroachment and unhealthy environment. Jusco took the initiative and with the help of local residents first removed the encroachment and convinced the residents that a park would be the best solution for it. The total area of the park is 4.00 acres, with facilities for both old and young.
Jamshedpur is the first planned industrial city of India with a history of over 100 years, covering 64 sq km with a population base of more than 8 lakhs. The civic amenities and municipal services in Jamshedpur are maintained by Jusco. Jamshedpur has one of the highest green cover (more than 27 per cent) in India with 30 big and small community parks covering an area of over 300 acres. In the last decade, Jusco has planted over 12 lakhs trees in town to maintain the air quality. Jusco has constantly been working for making Jamshedpur a green city and Bhuiyadih Park is a step towards the same.
In the last five years Jusco has converted more than 10 waste lands and encroached areas into parks namely Golmuri Park, Baridih Park, Kagalnagar Park, Golmuri Jogger’s Park, Agrico Jogger’s Park, Shastrinagar Jogger’s Park, Kadma Park, Gangotri Park, Nagarkot Park, Nildih Park, Shatabdi Park, etc. All these parks were either encroached or were a place for anti social activities. Jusco with the help of local residents converted those areas into parks for the benefit of the users.