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In line with its vision of powering a greener tomorrow, Suzlon Foundation along with the Association for Integrated Rural Development (AIRD) has installed two solar street lights each in Ottanatham and Sangampatti villages in Tuticorin district.
Talking about the “zero darkness” initiative, Jasmine Sofia Gogia, General Manager, Suzlon Foundation, told BusinessLine that the Foundation has till date lit (solar street lights) up seven out of the 120 villages that they work with in Tamil Nadu.
“We have installed 14 lights (2 per village) this far. The other five villages – Periyakumarapalayam, Ponnivadi, Peramium, Alampalayam and Mambadi – are in Tirupur district,” she said, adding “these villages are located close to Suzlon’s upcoming wind turbines.”
Gogia said the company has developed mega wind parks in India and the (wind turbine) installations in Tamil Nadu was well over 2000 MW.
“Theteam identifies the location for installation of the street light, digs the pit (foundation) and gives an undertaking that they will maintain the light. Approximately, around 500 families in each of the villages are benefited because of this initiative.”
In Tamil Nadu, Suzlon Foundation, the CSR arm of Suzlon Group, focuses on formation of village development communities, capacity building programme for the community members, eye screening and cataract surgery support camp, cleanliness drive, animal camp, tuition centre and many more.
“Money is not required for doing CSR; one needs to identify do-able activities, have a dedicated business team and convince the locals that the activity is aimed at uplifting the village,” Gogia said in reply to a query on the fund allocation for such activities.
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