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Shifting of families is not a case in isolation. Shifting the community to a place, to which they are alien, start life fresh, required a lot of planning and building confidence and providing alluring amenities. CESC Ltd., a company known for its humanity ensured not to comprise with any facility that would be deterrent to the living conditions of the families in the new environment. The staff of HEL not only carried out the mandated task of evacuation but also stood by the side of people to understand their needs and help in whatever manner it was possible.
NEW DELHI: Haldia Energy has been conferred with the prestigious India CSR Community Initiative award for its CSR Project in Rehabilitation & Resettlement on Monday, 6 April, 2015 at PHD House, New Delhi.
The award was in recognition of Haldia Energy CSR initiative –Rehabilitation Project at Midnapur. The award was received by Arnab Chakraborty, Sudipta Kr. Mukherjee-General Manager, Diptiranjan Behera, Manager CSR (CESC-NI) and Satyajit Ganguly, Deputy Manager- CSR of Haldia Energy Pvt.Ltd. on behalf of Haldia Energy, for the Best CSR Project in Rehabilitation & Resettlement. Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, Director General (DG) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Rusen Kumar, Managing Editor of IndiaCSR and CSR & COMPETITIVENESS conferred the awards to Haldia Energy.
The award winning case study is also featured in special edition CSR & COMPETITIVENESS, March 2015. CSR & COMPETITIVENESS is publication of IndiaCSR group.
It was in the year 2008, CESC Limited, a pioneer Power utility company wanted to set up thermal power plant in Haldia. A Thermal Power Plant under the aegis of Haldia Energy Limited (HEL) was to be set up at Baneshwarchak village at Haldia East Midnapur in West Bengal.
Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, DG & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and Rusen Kumar, Managing Editor, IndiaCSR and CSR & COMPETITIVENESS handing over the Award to Arnab Chakraborty, Sudipta Kr. Mukherjee-General Manager, Diptiranjan Behera, Manager CSR (CESC-NI) and Satyajit Ganguly, Deputy Manager- CSR of Haldia Energy Pvt.Ltd.
Out of a total requirement of 418 acres, land acquisition was made in two phases. In the first phase, about 340 acres of land allotted by Haldia Development Authority was acquired.
Evacuating the densely populated area with 400 families and homestead was a herculean task. The staff of HEL not only carried out the mandated task of evacuation but also stood by the side of people to understand their needs and help in whatever manner it was possible.
Rehabilitation and Resettlement of affected People
Shifting of families is not a case in isolation. Shifting the community to a place, to which they are alien, start life fresh, required a lot of planning and building confidence and providing alluring amenities. CESC Ltd., a company known for its humanity ensured not to comprise with any facility that would be deterrent to the living conditions of the families in the new environment. The staff of HEL not only carried out the mandated task of evacuation but also stood by the side of people to understand their needs and help in whatever manner it was possible.
CESC effort was not only limited to building and providing well planned colony for the people to in but also concerned towards the PAP well being. The Company adopted CSR as the tool to reach to the heart of the people. Planning for inclusive and overall development, first and foremost endeavour was to bring all people on a single platform. Mobilizing and generating awareness required a series of and continuous process for which support of external agencies was essential.
In the first phase of CSR, adopting the social welfare mode, the first and foremost important task was to facilitate resettlement of all the families in the new rehab colony. Even before talking about health, education and livelihood, it was necessary that people are helped to construct their houses.
To make the colony with a suitable environment to live in and to develop their trust on the company, construction of basic infrastructure of the rehabilitation colony like 20 km roads, well connected and easy to maintain drainage system, street electricity arrangement, Community ponds for bathing places and safe drinking water arrangement etc, were made.
HEL embarked on a joint CSR programme based on a corporate partner- stakeholder venture where community people along with government offices and NGOs joined hands to come out with their plan.
In the new location at Purba Srikrishnapur Rehab colony, the company ensured provision of all basic infrastructures, roads, drainage, education, health care, and also extended financial support for building their residential houses. Regular counselling and mobilization put people at a stage of comfort. Their traditional livelihood was lost but HEL did not leave any stone unturned to explore all possible opportunity of livelihood best suitable to their capabilities.
About IndiaCSR Awards
Instituted by IndiaCSR group ‘IndiaCSR Awards’ is an endeavour to promote reporting and communication in the CSR domain in our country. It is a milestone and an iconic event that acknowledges the unique and extraordinary contributions in the CSR domain.
This is a premium honour that recognizes the most admired and outstanding CSR initiatives and ventures in India. The awards acknowledge the noble contributions in the CSR domain that are raising benchmarks by bringing radical and transformative change in the development arena through innovation and excellence.
The IndiaCSR Awards, in 21 categories, were opened to all organizations registered in India that engage in social responsibility. The Awards was opened for nomination by all companies, corporate funded foundations and partnerships operating in India.
The vision of the initiative is to identify and recognize the corporate best practices of ongoing Corporate Responsibility initiatives in various domains in the country and mission is to inspire, encourage, and facilitate corporate social responsibility awareness and practices among corporate India.
The aim of the Awards is to recognize the best CSR and innovative projects, and translating best practices into concrete action on the ground. The awards encourage the organizations on social projects or programme to increase the recognition of CSR principles in their operations.
This exciting and need based initiative focuses on successful partnerships between business and society, with particular emphasis on collaborative projects that tackle contemporary social issues through innovations and action oriented interventions.
