Other Initiatives

Improving infrastructure and healthcare at local schools

Besides water management and age care, the company also invests time and energy in providing infrastructure support to primary schools. In Ankleshwar - Gujarat, the company continues to support the "Shree Gattu Vidyalaya" school which was established along with the Ankleshwar Industrial Development Society in 1983. The school today boasts of around 2,500 students in primary as well as secondary sections and the plant has sustained its commitment of providing infrastructure support to this school, be it through donations of computers, tables and chairs, or through assistance in other maintenance work for the school.

In addition, the Ankleshwar plant has also taken up the cause of improving the health and hygiene situation of schools in nearby villages. Understanding that prevention is better than cure, the plant conducts Vaccination and Health camps. Not only students, but teachers are also briefed on hygiene aspects in such camps.

In Sriperumbudur (South India) also, the plant is treading on similar lines and has taken up the task of improving facilities in the neighbourhood primary schools. It presented the Pondur primary school with desks, tables, a PA system and even school bags for the students.

Tsunami relief: Helping community in need of time

The massive disaster Tsunami hit the coastal areas of South India and South East Asia on Dec 26, 2004 and left behind a trail of devastation. As a socially responsible company, Asian Paints rose to the occasion and decided to play its rightful role in extending support and relief to the affected. All the employees contributed in cash and kind to the best of their capacity. These contributions were supplemented with a contribution from the company. A total amount of Rs. 4.7 million was generated as relief aid and handed over to the Tsunami victims. Besides India, all the units across the world also contributed to the best of their capacities towards Tsunami relief.