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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          PIDILITE ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20















                                                                                                                                                                                                      Model Village
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Development


                                                                                                                                                                                                      Under the Company’s unique
                                                                                                                                                                                                      initiative ‘Model Village: Kushal
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Gram’ at Kalsar, Gujarat, 1,197
                                                                                                                                                                                                      additional villagers were skilled
                                                                                                                                                                                                      in various areas, taking the
                                                                                                                                                                                                      total tally to over 9,697
                                                                                                                                                                                                      villagers.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      As a part of the cleanliness
                                                                                                                                                                                                      drive, more than 1,800
                                                                                                                                                   INAUGURATION OF                                    households were helped to
                                                                                                                                                AKHEGADH CHECK DAM
                                              Water Resource                                                                                                                                          create sanitation facilities
                                                                                                                                                                                                      within their dwelling units.
                                              Management                                                                                                                                              The villagers were trained to
                                                                                                                                                                                                      paint their houses (Project
                                              The Company has continued to     Amreli district to accomplish                                                                                          Rangeen Kalsar) and during
                                              undertake water management       the task of creation of                                                                                                the year, an additional 168
                                              activities (check dams, farm     watershed structures.                                                                                                  such houses were painted
                                              ponds, etc.) in cooperation      The five operational centres                                                                                            in the same colour taking
                                              with the Department of           are (a) Otha (b) Mahuva                                                                                                the cumulative number to
                                              Narmada, Water Resources,        (c) Manar (d) Sanosara and                                                                                             1,568 houses.
                                              Water Supply and Kalpsar         (e) Khadasli. The centres are
                                              Department of Government         equipped with all the required
                                              of Gujarat. In FY 2019-20,       machinery and work is done
                                              37 check dams, 14 pond           under the supervision of
                                              deepening and 121 farm           experienced civil engineers.
                                              ponds were completed.
                                                                               Total rainwater harvested
                                              Cumulatively, 96 check dams,     is 232 million litres during
                                              54 pond deepening, and 369       FY 2019-20 through the
                                              farm ponds have been             construction of new check
                                              completed to date with the       dams, along with desilting and
                                              assistance of the Company.       deepening of existing check
                                                                               dams/ponds.
      PIDILITE ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20          structures (51 check dams and    of additional farmland were
                                              The Company has also initiated
                                                                               During the year, 1,300 hectares
                                              the development of 79 water
                                                                               converted  into drip irrigation
                                              28 ponds) for the current year
                                                                               and more than 283 additional
                                              and additional water structure
                                                                               wells spanning over 30 villages
                                              restorations are under
                                                                               were recharged, for improving
                                              discussion with the state
                                                                               the quality of groundwater.
                                              government for the next year.
                                                                               2,800 hectares of farmland
                                                                                                                                           BEAUTIFICATION OF KHAREDI
                                                                               and 1,007 wells in 100 villages.
                                              its support for five watershed
     48                                       The Company has continued        Cumulatively, it translated into                            SCHOOL USING SPECIAL PAINT
                                              centres in Bhavnagar and
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