Sustainability

Social Initiative

 

Neco is a progressive corporate citizen and discharges its corporate social responsibility with great zeal. Neco is doing different types of welfare activities for the various villages situated at near by areas of their units such as:

  • Raipur (6 villages),
  • Raigarh (16 villages),
  • Bhanupratappur (5 villages),
  • Naraianpur (2 villages),
  • Hazaribagh (7 villages)

Health Care

  • Health Check-up Camps for Villagers (12 camps covering almost 6000 beneficiaries)
  • Free Eye Camps (5 camps covering almost 500 beneficiaries)
  • Distribution of Preventive Medicines to combat Swine flue (10 Camps covering about 15,000 people)
  • Mobile Dispensary distributing free ayurvedic medicines covering about 30 Villages
  • Ambulance providing free service to near by Villages at Raipur and Raigarh
  • Awareness Program for Sickle Cell Disease (a prevalent blood disorder in Central India) through Puppet show, organized at Rajyotsav-2009 (Viewership about 10,000)
  • Voluntary blood test done to check whether they were Sickle Cell positive.
  • Various other tests (Blood Group, Blood Pressure, Diabetics, X-ray, ECG, etc) at different camps organized
  • Free service and free distribution of medicines by Health Provider covering 10 Villages around Metal Mines
  • Treatment to combat Malaria in the villages near Coal Mines area
  • Yog Se Nirog, a 7-day programme in each of the 10 Villages covering about 5000 people
  • Camp for the disabled and distribution of Tri-cycle

Drinking Water Facility

  • Digging of tube wells and repair of existing tube wells at various locations (38 numbers)
  • Provision of 11 submersible pumps at Raipur, Raigarh and Bhanupratappur
  • Construction of overhead water tanks and laying of pipelines in Raipur and Raigarh (6 numbers)
  • Provision of water tanker to various villages in Summer season
  • Water treatment to provide portable drinking water to villagers

Water reserve development

  • Cleaning and deepening of Ponds at various locations (20 Ponds)
  • Construction of Pacheri at various locations (18 numbers)
  • Pond deepening and beautification at nagar nigam area of Raipur

Village Development

  • Construction and Maintenance of Roads (28 km at Metal Mines area, 4.5 km at Coal Mines area)
  • Repair of roads and construction of drains at the location of Steel Plant Division as per the need
  • Water Sprinkling on the village roads to prevent dust
  • Construction and repair of School Buildings and Boundary Walls, Panchayat Bhawan, Cultural & Recreation Halls and Temples
  • Support in the construction of Stadium at Raigarh
  • Provide Street Lights at different villages
  • Construction of Muktidham at 2 Panchayats of Raipur
  • Employment to Land loosers

Educational Activities

  • Payment of Salary to adhoc teachers appointed at village schools at Raipur and Raigarh
  • Bus facility to school children of villages around Coal Mines area
  • Reward to meritorious students of different classes at the villages of different locations
  • Technical training of villagers to upgrade their skill and provide employment in the company thereafter (150 persons covered so far)

Socio-cultural Activities

  • Associate in the conduct of various sports events
  • Participate and support local Madai and Mela
  • Participate in Rajyotsav at Raipur and Chakradhar Samaroh at Raigarh
  • Support villagers in organizing various religious and social functions like Durga Puja, Ganesh Puja, etc
  • Organized Bhajan Sandhya
  • Nirdhan kanya vivah
  • Distribution of food and clothes to Orphans