2018-06-26 10:54
Thematic Domain: Vidya –
“Shiksha Saarthi Programe”, Flagship Initiative of CGPL Mundra UMPP implemented by Tata Power Community Development Trust (TPCDT).
Introduction:
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This blog is an account of experiences of the people of Mundra whose lives were enriched due to the advent of the Ultra Mega Power Project.
2018-06-08 05:12
Drip enriched a lot is the response during visit taken of Punshibhai Meghrajbhai Gadhavi, a farmer of village Kandagara, tal. Mundra, one year after benefit taken by him of implementation of… Read More
2017-07-26 11:06
A majority of the community engaged in pisciculture across Kutch is debt-ridden.Lack of regular income, due to largely inconsistent catch is a major reason behind the problem which… Read More
2017-06-15 05:47
Lack of availability of fodder, coupled with severe water shortage has been a major concern in the entire Kutch region. As most of people living in the Kutch Region are engaged in animal hus… Read More
2017-05-23 05:56
In India, cricket is not just a sport; terming it such would be an understatement. The people working behind the scenes for the Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL) understand the significan… Read More
2017-05-11 10:27
Children from fishermen families who migrate to Tragadi Bunder with their parents to engage in fishing do not get access to quality education owing to poor infrastructure. It deprives them o… Read More
2017-04-17 06:19
My journey through the village of Tragadi Bunder in Gujarat has brought me closer to understanding the rural way of life. While having a leisurely evening stroll near the sea shore at Tragad… Read More
2017-04-10 10:56
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Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power has initiated cage fish culture in the Kutch region of Gujarat. It is a piloting exerci… Read More
2017-03-23 06:43
With its vast coastal belt, Gujarat is India’s largest fish producer, with fisheries situated across a catchment area of 1600 Kms. Even in the blocks of Mundra and Mandvi, fishing is t… Read More
2017-02-23 09:00
Old age is generally characterized by illness, lack of family, community support and more importantly, the inability to access public services. It has been noted that this situation exacerba… Read More
2017-02-16 06:12
The Shiksha Saarthi program has been conducting the Teaching at Right Level (TaRL) program in the entire Mandvi block as part of CGPL’s commitment to boost the learning achievements in… Read More
2017-01-31 12:29
Animal rearing and husbandry is a primary source of income for communities in the area Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL) operates in. Community members are often involved in selling milk… Read More
2017-01-17 12:55
Lack of quality education has been a major issue in the rural regions. Despite high enrolment rates, the learning improvement in children continues to be limited. To reinforce the quality ed… Read More
2017-01-09 10:31
In India, the need to preserve and foster water resource management has increased quite significantly. As an extremely scarce resource, fresh water must be managed efficiently. Coastal Gujar… Read More
2017-01-09 06:40
Ground water is a precious resource that must be used sustainably to help regions optimise the sources of water that they use efficiently. CGPL has launched a number of activities and scheme… Read More
2016-12-24 05:30
Low rainfall and recurrent droughts in Kutch district of Gujarat are a common sight. Considerable receding of ground water levels and the corresponding scarcity of water for drinking and irr… Read More
2016-12-23 05:53
Introduction:
There are over 81 million old age people in the country. In old age people start facing problems both physical and mental. Old people often have limited regenerative abilities… Read More
2016-12-23 05:48
Mandvi taluka of Kutch district in Gujarat state, one small village Bidada, located at 16 km away from Mandvi, Mandvi-Mundra road. One playful and naughty student from government school… Read More
2016-12-22 07:12
Shiksha Saarthi has worked tirelessly in the Mandvi taluka of Kutch district to boost literacy levels amongst children. They have organised several Science Fairs over the past years along… Read More
2016-12-20 12:11
Sanghar Jetha Naran and Sanghar Ranbai Jetha, a couple living in rural Gujarat have been married for 50 years now. They have spent most of their lives in making ends meet to ensure the survi… Read More
2016-12-15 05:30
India’s largest power company, Tata Power, has strived to make a positive impact on the lives of the people in the areas it operates in. Through its 100 percent subsidiary, CGPL, sever… Read More
2016-12-14 05:30
Affordable and free healthcare is one of the major challenges faced by India. While things have improved significantly in metros and other cities, infrastructure to deliver healthcare servic… Read More
2016-12-13 05:30
An important attribute of the areas that CGPL operates is that fishermen are perennially in a state of debt. Intensive research and consultations were conducted and this conclusion was drawn… Read More
2016-12-12 05:30
Through a slew of education initiatives, Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd (CGPL) has touched lives of hundreds of children across Mandvi and Mundra blocks of Kutch District in Gujarat. Over the yea… Read More
2016-12-09 09:01
Based on CGPL’s long-term commitment to boost literacy levels in the rural regions of Gujarat, the organisation has carried out various activities to engage children and encourage them… Read More
2016-11-14 13:25
The role of cleanliness in human progress is unquestionable. It was no surprise to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch the Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014 with the objective of building an… Read More
2016-10-17 05:54
At a time when the nation is waiting for the New Education Policy (NEP), it makes sense to reimagine the role of communities and families in supporting learning among children. It goes witho… Read More
2016-10-12 11:16
Since July 2014, CGPL in collaboration with Pratham, has actively organised various activities that help involve mothers in the education system in rural Gujarat. The Mother Involvement Acti… Read More
2016-10-12 11:12
It’s a well-known concept that learning is better when children engage more with the subject and understand concepts in a practical manner. To inculcate this concept in rural Gujarat… Read More
2016-09-27 12:56
Sejal Pathak, a Class II student of a government school in Gujarat’s Kathda village is unusually enthusiastic about her studies these days. “I am excited to meet a new teacher wh… Read More
2016-09-22 06:52
Boosting literacy rates has been a key concern of Tata Power’s CGPL in the region it operates in. To help increase reading levels, a library program was initiated alongside other key p… Read More
2016-09-02 12:35
With New Education Policy on the anvil, decision-makers have been brainstorming on new ways to strengthen India’s education system. In a country where pupil-to-teacher ratio (PTR) is o… Read More
2016-08-26 08:46
Breastfeeding is an important aspect of a baby’s development. With a number of benefits for both the mother and baby, breastfeeding provides the ideal nutrition content for infants tha… Read More
2016-08-16 07:21
Building the basic competencies of students through a holistic learning process is an important step towards nation building. Keeping this in mind, the TaRL framework has been set up to crea… Read More
2016-07-25 11:59
Education is one of India’s most burning issues with various government initiatives focused on boosting literacy rates across the country. Tata Power, through its 100 percent subsidiar… Read More
2016-07-15 10:39
It won’t be an overstatement to say that for India’s youth – who, as per the latest Census data, constitute more than 41 per cent of the country’s population –… Read More
2016-07-12 11:56
PM Narendra Modi has been emphasizing on the importance of an open defecation-free India and the crucial role government bodies and corporates can play in achieving this lofty target. Here&r&hell…Read More
2016-06-22 05:28
As part of its strategy before initiating any program, CGPL -CSR has always inbuilt mechanism for a thorough research study which has given a path and formulation of plan for program impleme… Read More
2016-06-20 06:44
How many of us register the anti-smoking ads we see on television or before a movie starts in a theatre? Not many. In fact, some hate the makers of these ad films for showing morbid images o… Read More
2016-06-13 05:09
Consider these data points. Three out of five people in rural India defecate in the open. According to the recently released Swachhta Status Report by the National Sample Survey (NSS) Office… Read More
2016-05-27 13:42
Fish drying (the process of removing water) is crucial to retain the freshness so that the catch can be sold in the market. Once again, fulfilling its commitment towards social and economic… Read More
2016-05-23 13:35
It is that time of the year when certain sections of the population take stock of the income and the reserves, and then plan for the upcoming fiscal year.
For Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (… Read More
2016-05-19 10:12
As India stands on the cusp of development and modernisation, the growing need of the hour is to propagate education in the hinterlands of the nation that needs it the most. With the country… Read More
2016-05-11 10:21
The problem of waste treatment is severe in rural areas across India where it is becoming increasingly difficult to collect, transport, dispose and reuse garbage. It is crucial to understand… Read More
2016-05-04 11:53
Building infrastructure for local communities is as sensitive and significant a task as sustaining a long-term relationship with the local people. Because infrastructure defines the quality… Read More
2016-04-25 05:52
In a power plant, usually, the safety mechanism is installed only when all construction works are complete and the unit begins to operate. This is the prevailing practice in the industry. In… Read More
2016-04-12 12:13
Hardip Singh, a 13 year-old from Tunda, a catchment village located in the Kutch district of Gujarat, now has access to multi-media computers just outside of his classroom. This dramatic cha… Read More
2016-03-22 07:06
For the womenfolk of Modhva, a village tucked away in the coastal belt of Kutch district in Gujarat, it was a memorable trip. The bus that ferried the members of the local Self Help Group to… Read More
2016-03-01 12:14
For Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL), the wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power Company, the Community Relations (CR) programme has never been a side show. Nor has it ever been reduced t… Read More
2016-02-18 12:45
The alarm signals could not have been clearer or more explicit. Water harvesting tops the list of priority issues identified by the Community Relations (CR) team of Coastal Gujarat Power Lim… Read More
2016-01-29 07:09
Anyone who is even distantly familiar with the work ethic of the Tata Power Company employees would know that they would never settle for a short term solution to defuse a problem in hand. N… Read More
2016-01-25 05:43
Being the ‘neighbour by choice’ of the communities living in and around its project sites, is the most keenly pursued goal that the Tata Power Company has set for itself. And eve… Read More
2016-01-20 12:22
Change has become a way of life for the communities living in the catchment villages that lie within the project site of Coastal Gujarat Private Limited (CGPL), the wholly owned subsidiary o… Read More
2016-01-15 09:20
“Children face difficulties with Science and Technology. But, when you make the children work with their hands, carry out practical activity, they begin to understand – these are… Read More
2016-01-08 06:49
Located in the Thar Desert bio-geographic zone, recording a meagre 500 mm or less of rainfall per year, the Kutch district of Gujarat has already been labelled—officially—as a wa… Read More
2015-12-30 05:47
Bio gas is a mix of a variety of gases produced from raw materials that are usually discarded as garbage—like dead trees, left over crops and other kinds of agricultural wa… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Lataben, a 60-year-old grandmother who lives with her family in the Modhva village of Mandvi Taluka in Gujarat, could barely contain her delight. “Lalla, my grandson, has come first in… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Tata Power is widely recognized as a Neighbor of Choice. It is evident from its Community Relations initiative which proactively targets at improving the social well being and quality of lif… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
India is full of diversities. On one hand, it is one of the fastest growing economies in the world while on the other hand a significant number of its citizens struggle to make both ends mee… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
National, March 19, 2014 ~Installs 40 solar street lights in 4 villages~ Tata Power, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL) is committed towards inclusive… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Astonishingly a delicate ‘hand’ embroidery turns an ordinary piece of cloth into an item to treasure, the riot of delicious colours on a ‘tie and dye’ show piece. The… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
For the past ten years the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), a mammoth household survey that covers every district in India, has been diligently monitoring learning levels of childre… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As part of its CSR initiative the Siksha Sarthi programme has been launched in partnership with Pratham, an agency specialising in working on learning achievements in schools. Given that lea… Read More
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