BHEL to release Rs 1.04cr for CSR activities this fiscal

TIRUCHIRAPALLI: BHEL has said its special focus on Corporate Social Responsibility this year was strengthening infrastructural activities in educational institutions in villages in Tiruchirapalli and Thanjavur.

So far over 50 per cent of the budget had been spent to build and refurbish classrooms and toilet facilities in schools. Apart from this, employment opportunities are envisag envisaged for downtrodden women by imparting computer training to about 60 women Tuvakudi, Koothappar, Navalpattu and Krishnasamudram villages, P Nainar, General Manager, Human Resources (Tiruchirapalli) said at a function last night.

After the eight week programme, BHEL would also install computers at Panchayat bodies, he said, after distributing Braille books worth about Rs.1Lakh to 150 girl students of Government School of the Blind in the city.

He also assured that the management would step up CSR allocation in the next fiscal and special funds would be allocated to the school for construction of additional classroom building in the blind school campus.

Later in an informal chat, he said the recruitment process to induct 525 artisans in different disciplines was in process and they would be made regular employees in 6-8w eeks.

Recruitment for additional induction of 475 artisans would be taken up by February-march 2011. The recruitment drive was in line with the massive expansion and modernization programme being undertaken at BHEL complex here.