CSR push for school infrastructure

metro india news I hyderabad

The Telangana government on Friday signed agreements with the Raheja Group, Ramky Foundation and Yashoda Group for the construction and upgradation of schools across the State under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.

Representatives of the three corporate groups signed the agreements in the presence of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at the Secretariat.

Neel C. Raheja, President of the Raheja Group, Alla Dakshayani, Managing Trustee of Ramky Foundation, and Gorukanti Devender Rao, Director of Yashoda Group, handed over the agreement documents to the Chief Minister.

Under the initiative, the Ramky Foundation will contribute 40 per cent of the total project cost of Rs 19.66 crore for the construction of a new educational campus at Jawahar Nagar in Medchal-Malkajgiri district. The campus will include facilities from pre-primary to Intermediate level.

The foundation will also spend Rs 10.4 crore, covering 40 per cent of the project cost, for the upgradation of the Zilla Parishad High School at Tukkuguda in Maheshwaram mandal of Ranga Reddy district. The project includes facilities for pre-primary to Class 5 and Intermediate sections.

The Raheja Group will fully fund a Rs 50.50 crore project for constructing educational infrastructure from pre-primary to Intermediate level at Kondapur in Ranga Reddy district.

Meanwhile, Yashoda Group will spend Rs 12.20 crore for developing facilities for pre-primary, Class 6 and Class 7 students at the MPPS in Subhash Nagar, Uppal, in Medchal-Malkajgiri district.

Education Secretary Yogita Rana, Commissioner of Technical Education Devasena, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister Ajith Reddy, Indian Green Building Council chairman C. Shekhar Reddy, and Telangana Education Welfare Infrastructure Development Corporation Managing Director Ganapathi Reddy were also present.