100th Annual Report 2006-2007 - Tata Steel

The Tribal Culture Centre organises local cultural events
Community health
The company sponsored the Lifeline Express, a unique hospital
on rails, in the states of Chhattisgarh and Orissa and reached
out to over one lakh people with diagnostic, surgical and
post-surgery consultation on orthopaedic and ENT disease,
and vision and hearing impairment. The company through a
private-public partnership programme launched a project that
focused on tuberculosis eradication through early detection
and treatment. DOT Centres (Directly Observed Treatment
Short Course) were set up across the city of Jamshedpur for
referral, diagnosis and medicine distribution which covered
nearly 600 cases of tuberculosis. The Sneh Kendra set up by
the company in Jamshedpur continued to provide pre and
post-test counselling to people living with HIV/AIDS victims.
It provided vocational training to HIV/AIDS affected women to
help them become economically independent.
Civic and municipal facilities
In order to further improve the quality of life of the citizens
of Jamshedpur, 75% of who are non-employees, Tata Steel
extended its water supply network in the peripheral areas. The
treated effluent discharge exceeded the requirements of the
State Pollution Control Board. This effluent is now being reused
inside the Tata Steel works as clarified water. Jamshedpur’s
drinking water quality exceeds the norms set by the World
Health Organisation and Bureau of Indian Standards.
Sports and adventure
At the Doha Asian Games, two bronze medals were won by
cadets coached at the Tata Archery Academy and Tata Athletic
Academy and two cadets trained at the Tata Football Academy
were selected to make the national football team. The Tata
Steel Adventure Foundation organised the first expedition
consisting of Indian women to cross the Thar Desert. The
Jharkhand basketball team, which won a Gold Medal in the
Special Olympics National Basketball Championship, consisted
of six physically and mentally challenged children trained
at the JRD Tata Sports Complex. This year, trainees from Tata
Steel coaching centres won a total of 373 medals at state and
national level competitions.
Art & culture
Local cultural events like the “Chhau Mahotsava”, “Ho
Mahasabha” and “Sarna Jhanda Julus” were organised at the
Tribal Culture Centre set up by Tata Steel. The “Gram Shree
Mela” organised by Tata Steel in association with CAPART,
India enabled artisans from all over India to showcase and sell
products worth more than Rs. 58 lakhs directly to the public.
Disaster relief by Tata Relief Committee
TRC took up massive relief operations that spread over five
districts in tsunami ravaged Tamil Nadu. It distributed family
kits, engine boats and nets to fishermen. It also set up a
water desalination plant for supply of safe drinking water,
helped in the construction of 1,104 houses each of 400
sq.ft., constructed five community-cum-rain shelters each
of 5,000 sq.ft. to accommodate a marriage hall, a panchayat
office and a village Knowledge Centre and also helped set
up infrastructure for electrification, water distribution, sewer
network and roads.
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