B Surender Mohan, CMD, NlC in the presence of S Suresh Kumar, IAS, district collector, Cuddalore laid foundation stone and unveiled the plaque for construction of new dialysis centre and eye bank in a Govt Distt Head Quarters Hospital, Cuddalore under CSR sheme of NlC. In continuation of its endeavours for better health society, NlC has taken the project to construct a two-storey building with 6,500 sq ft area with a cost of Rs96 lakh for new dialysis centre and eye bank. It has extended its support by providing 13 dialysis machines at a cost of one crore.
At a small function Mohan highlighted welfare measures undertaken by the organisation under its CRS scheme. He informed that for the current year NlC is spending Rs41.42 crore for CSR activities apart from constructing 2,500 toilet blocks at a cost of Rs52.50 crore in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan. S Suresh Kumar appreciated NlC management for taking initiatives in health, education, agriculture and empowering the people of villages.
Neyveli lignite Corporation, a navaratna enterprise functioning under the Ministry of Coal, has been tirelessly carrying out various activities for the social cause under CSR. The 58-year-old organisation is regularly carrying out various community development works even before the government started to insist upon CSR policies. It also supplies drinking water to the nearby villages by sinking bore wells and constructing overhead tanks. Organising medical/health camps on family planning, immunisation, AIDS awareness, pulse polio, eye and blood donation, pre and post-natal care, nutritional food (POSHAK) for HIV patients et al, and distributing wheel chairs to physically challenged, building primary health centres are the core activities of NlC in the health arena.