Vijayawada: Balaji Cement Works, an integrated cement manufacturing unit of UltraTech Cement Limited, India’s largest cement and ready-mix concrete company, has set up a total of six Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants across six locations covering eight villages in the proximity of the unit. The unit is located just over 90 kms from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
The initiative, which is part of the unit’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, covers the villages of R N Thanda, Budawada, Tripuravaram, T G Palem and Cheruvu Bazar in Andhra Pradesh and Y R P Thanda, Ramanjaneya Thanda and Kuchipudi in Telangana. The project helped provide safe and clean drinking water to over 16,800 villagers from 4,200 households. UltraTech Cement Limited is India’s largest cement and ready-mix concrete (RMC) company.
In 2023, the unit team set up five RO plants: One at YRP Thanda (Talangana); one at Kuchipudi (Talangana); two at Jaggayyapet (Andhra Pradesh), and the fifth one again in Budawada. Four of the five new RO plants are of 1000 Litres Per Hour (LPH) capacity and one is of 250 LPH capacity. After the commissioning of the RO plants, the CSR team also trained local villagers to operate the plants and handed the RO plants to the respective panchayat and municipality for operation and maintenance. The CSR team set up the first RO plant in Budawada at Andhra Pradesh in 2018. A total of six RO plants have been installed so far.
The idea of the RO plants came when the unit’s CSR team, through the primary medical camps, found that people residing in eight villages located in the vicinity of the unit were suffering from health problems because of drinking contaminated ground water. Children were suffering from dental fluorosis, middle-aged people were suffering from skeletal fluorosis, and elderly people were suffering from stiff joints and other symptoms of osteoarthritis. Investigations had revealed that the groundwater in these villages had higher than recommended levels of fluoride. The concentration of fluoride in the groundwater of the region reached up to 8.8 mg/l which is much higher than the permissible limit for human consumption. As a result, the villagers were suffering from various ailments.
UltraTech undertakes social initiatives under the aegis of The Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development with Mrs. Rajashree Birla as its Chairperson. The key focus areas are education, healthcare, sustainable livelihoods, community infrastructure and social causes. UltraTech reaches out to more than 1.6 million beneficiaries in over 500 villages in 16 states across India.
Vijayawada: Balaji Cement Works, an integrated cement manufacturing unit of UltraTech Cement Limited, India’s largest cement and ready-mix concrete company, has set up a total of six Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants across six locations covering eight villages in the proximity of the unit. The unit is located just over 90 kms from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
The initiative, which is part of the unit’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, covers the villages of R N Thanda, Budawada, Tripuravaram, T G Palem and Cheruvu Bazar in Andhra Pradesh and Y R P Thanda, Ramanjaneya Thanda and Kuchipudi in Telangana. The project helped provide safe and clean drinking water to over 16,800 villagers from 4,200 households. UltraTech Cement Limited is India’s largest cement and ready-mix concrete (RMC) company.
In 2023, the unit team set up five RO plants: One at YRP Thanda (Talangana); one at Kuchipudi (Talangana); two at Jaggayyapet (Andhra Pradesh), and the fifth one again in Budawada. Four of the five new RO plants are of 1000 Litres Per Hour (LPH) capacity and one is of 250 LPH capacity. After the commissioning of the RO plants, the CSR team also trained local villagers to operate the plants and handed the RO plants to the respective panchayat and municipality for operation and maintenance. The CSR team set up the first RO plant in Budawada at Andhra Pradesh in 2018. A total of six RO plants have been installed so far.
The idea of the RO plants came when the unit’s CSR team, through the primary medical camps, found that people residing in eight villages located in the vicinity of the unit were suffering from health problems because of drinking contaminated ground water. Children were suffering from dental fluorosis, middle-aged people were suffering from skeletal fluorosis, and elderly people were suffering from stiff joints and other symptoms of osteoarthritis. Investigations had revealed that the groundwater in these villages had higher than recommended levels of fluoride. The concentration of fluoride in the groundwater of the region reached up to 8.8 mg/l which is much higher than the permissible limit for human consumption. As a result, the villagers were suffering from various ailments.
UltraTech undertakes social initiatives under the aegis of The Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development with Mrs. Rajashree Birla as its Chairperson. The key focus areas are education, healthcare, sustainable livelihoods, community infrastructure and social causes. UltraTech reaches out to more than 1.6 million beneficiaries in over 500 villages in 16 states across India.
