DRN India Team from HCC Reaches Bihar for Relief Operations
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, September 04, 2008 -- (Business Wire India)HCC, one of the founder members of Disaster Response Network (DRN) India has sent a team of engineers for relief and support work in flood affected areas of North Bihar. The team is equipped with advance training by RedR ‘Engineering Response in Disaster’, a professional module in emergency disaster management. The team has collaborated with welfare organizations Bihar Sewa Samiti, Water Aid and Oxfam to support the relief measures. The key operations in this relief work will include setting up of temporary shelters, providing drinking water, sanitation facilities and camp management. "The unprecedented floods in Bihar are a calamity that has affected millions of people. Given HCC’s involvement in the infrastructure sector, disaster relief is one of the focus areas of our commitment towards social responsibility. To fulfil its commitment, HCC continuously trains its staff and engineers to respond with readiness when required. Our engineers have reached the worst affected areas in Supaul District of Bihar. Another team of 5 engineers is on stand by and will be deployed next week,” said Niyati Sareen, General Manager - Corporate Social Responsibility, HCC.As an engineering and construction major, HCC has the relevant resources and is well equipped to handle such calamities with its trained engineers, project management capabilities and the heavy equipment needed for disaster response, evacuation and reconstruction.About DRN and HCC associationDRN India is the regional network of DRN Global, initiated by Engineering and Construction companies at the World Economic Forum in the wake of the Gujarat earthquake of 2001. The network acts as a bridge between business and relief organizations during emergencies to provide relief and rehabilitation support in the mitigation phases of a disaster. The DRN India chapter is chaired by Mr Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, HCC.Through DRN India, HCC has provided relief to people and areas affected by the tsunami that struck India in 2004, floods in Mumbai & Andhra Pradesh and the Jammu & Kashmir earthquake in 2005. HCC teams reached out to over 21 villages in J&K in less than a fortnight and contributed over Rs 1.5 crore in aid, in addition to networking with the local NGOs and civic bodies and setting up relief and medical camps. HCC also offered support in the USA, post Hurricane Katrina, and in Iran after the Bam Earthquake.More recently in the cyclone struck Bangladesh, HCC mobilized Bengali speaking Public Health Engineers to work with RED R and Oxfam team in the worst affected divisions of Khulna, Barisal and Barguna. About HCC:HCC (Hindustan Construction Company) is a leading construction and infrastructure development company with a rich heritage of experience. The company specializes in large-scale infrastructure development and developing new age construction technologies. The Company has managed and executed several technically complex and high value projects across segments like transportation, power generation infrastructure, marine projects, oil & gas pipeline constructions, irrigation & water supply, utilities and urban infrastructure. (Please visit: www.hccindia.com).
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, September 04, 2008 -- (Business Wire India)HCC, one of the founder members of Disaster Response Network (DRN) India has sent a team of engineers for relief and support work in flood affected areas of North Bihar. The team is equipped with advance training by RedR ‘Engineering Response in Disaster’, a professional module in emergency disaster management. The team has collaborated with welfare organizations Bihar Sewa Samiti, Water Aid and Oxfam to support the relief measures. The key operations in this relief work will include setting up of temporary shelters, providing drinking water, sanitation facilities and camp management. "The unprecedented floods in Bihar are a calamity that has affected millions of people. Given HCC’s involvement in the infrastructure sector, disaster relief is one of the focus areas of our commitment towards social responsibility. To fulfil its commitment, HCC continuously trains its staff and engineers to respond with readiness when required. Our engineers have reached the worst affected areas in Supaul District of Bihar. Another team of 5 engineers is on stand by and will be deployed next week,” said Niyati Sareen, General Manager - Corporate Social Responsibility, HCC.As an engineering and construction major, HCC has the relevant resources and is well equipped to handle such calamities with its trained engineers, project management capabilities and the heavy equipment needed for disaster response, evacuation and reconstruction.About DRN and HCC associationDRN India is the regional network of DRN Global, initiated by Engineering and Construction companies at the World Economic Forum in the wake of the Gujarat earthquake of 2001. The network acts as a bridge between business and relief organizations during emergencies to provide relief and rehabilitation support in the mitigation phases of a disaster. The DRN India chapter is chaired by Mr Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, HCC.Through DRN India, HCC has provided relief to people and areas affected by the tsunami that struck India in 2004, floods in Mumbai & Andhra Pradesh and the Jammu & Kashmir earthquake in 2005. HCC teams reached out to over 21 villages in J&K in less than a fortnight and contributed over Rs 1.5 crore in aid, in addition to networking with the local NGOs and civic bodies and setting up relief and medical camps. HCC also offered support in the USA, post Hurricane Katrina, and in Iran after the Bam Earthquake.More recently in the cyclone struck Bangladesh, HCC mobilized Bengali speaking Public Health Engineers to work with RED R and Oxfam team in the worst affected divisions of Khulna, Barisal and Barguna. About HCC:HCC (Hindustan Construction Company) is a leading construction and infrastructure development company with a rich heritage of experience. The company specializes in large-scale infrastructure development and developing new age construction technologies. The Company has managed and executed several technically complex and high value projects across segments like transportation, power generation infrastructure, marine projects, oil & gas pipeline constructions, irrigation & water supply, utilities and urban infrastructure. (Please visit: www.hccindia.com).
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Sandeep Sawant,Hindustan Construction Company Ltd,+91 (022) 2577 5959/ +91 98339 92874,sandeep.sawant@hccindia.com
Amitesh Banerjee,Comma Consulting,+91 (022) 40027111/2/ +91 98194 70006,abanerjee@comma.in
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