Features: Magazine | Literary Review | Life | Metro Plus | Open Page | Education Plus | Book Review | Business | SciTech | Friday Review | Young World | Property Plus | Quest | Folio |

Water ways

ITC's water initiative benefits many

PHOTO: A. MURALITHARAN

Conservation of water is a must.

ITC is spearheading a nation wide initiate for water conservation. Dubbed `Aashirvaad - Boond Se Sagar' this initiative has over the years put into place 31000 acres of life saving irrigation and touched the life of over 40000 people. The ITC Rainwater Harvesting programme brings people together and trains them to plan and build water conservation structures like bunds, check dams, tanks and farm ponds.

Already as part of the `Boond Se Sagar' initiative 26000 people have been gainfully employed to provide life saving irrigation on 31000 acres and to implement soil moisture conservation measures on over 37000 acres of land. The mechanism of funding the initiative is simple - a predetermined portion of the realisation from every pack of Aashirvaad product (Atta, Spices and Salt) that is purchased is contributed to the water conservation efforts.

ITC has been continuously working towards the conservation of water for the last six years and the company's sustained effort over the years has made them a water positive company by increasing the conservation of rainwater and reducing consumption by all the units of the company. This national water conservation drive is a big step toward communicating this philosophy.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail