Saturday 04 February 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
CII-KPMG launches Tsunami measures in TN

The CII with the support of leading corporate houses in India has launched long-term rehabilitation measures for the Tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Under the capacity building operations, it has launched a series of rehabilitation projects for the Tsunami victims at Tiruvallur District in Tamil Nadu.

Chennai: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with the support of leading corporate houses in India has launched long-term rehabilitation measures for the Tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Under the capacity building operations, it has launched a series of rehabilitation projects for the Tsunami victims at Tiruvallur District.

CII along with KPMG launched a healthcare centre and two desalination plants at Pazhaverkadu Village of Tiruvallur District in Tamil Nadu at a cost of Rs 77 lakh.

The much-needed healthcare centre at Andal Madam in Pazhaverkadu would be utlised by over 50,000 people living in Pazhaverkadu and adjoining villages. Presently, the people in these villages need to travel 20-25 km to access medical services.

The healthcare centre along with a mobile medical unit has been handed over to the NGO AIM for Seva who will be run and maintain this for the benefit of the community.

This centre will have one doctor a nurse to serve the people of Pazhaverkadu and surrounding areas.

It would provide basic and emergency medical care for all people in the vicinity, besides providing modern medicines along with Ayurveda, homeopathy, yoga techniques in specific cases.

The healthcare centre will focus on reproductive and child health—ante natal care, post natal care, child vaccination, monitoring the child health upto the age of five, educating the mother on child health and nutrition.

It will also hold medical camps for eyes and dental health, periodically and operate mobile medical services, besides imparting health education to the villagers.

According to CII, the desalination plants at Arangan Kuppam and Thirumalai Nagar, Pazhaverkadu would provide quality drinking water to the people at Pazhaverkadu and neighboring villages.

The plant will have a capacity to treat 1,000 litres of drinking water per hour through reverse osmosis and ultra-violet (UV) treatment.

The project would serve around 350 families in Arangan Kuppam and 400 families in Thirumalai Nagar and would help the villages in tackling the acute water shortage and difficulty in ferrying water from the main land, CII added.

The CII Southern Region CSR Sub-Committee Chairman TT Ashok said that Tsunami rehabilitation initiatives like the one at Pazhaverkadu is a classic example of how the private sector can play a key role in building sustainable social partnership for long-term benefits to the affected people.
—iGovernment Bureau

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