Our News - as on April - July, 2010 - til india

TIL TALK“Make-A-Wish” ContestThis year, on the World Environment Day, TIL embarked upon aninitiative called ‘MAKE-A-WISH’ Contest for its employees.Employees were encouraged to express their wishes <strong>as</strong> to howthey would like to save the environment and mother earth.The response w<strong>as</strong> great and it w<strong>as</strong> real tough to judge and selectthe winning entries.Congratulation Winners !1st2nd3rdThumbs UpSanjeev BhattProduct Support - TIPLTaratollaSaugata RoySOS Lab - TIPLTaratollaNirupam D<strong>as</strong>NBS-MHS, TaratollaH S MadhusudanMHS, ChennaiAnindyadeep PalMarketing - MHSKamarhattySome of the brilliant ide<strong>as</strong>that emerged from theentries• Re-use stationeries, especially envelopes, morethan once, at le<strong>as</strong>t for internal correspondence• To take the vehicles off the road with a specificl<strong>as</strong>t digit registration number. For example onMonday, all vehicles with registration numberending with digit 1 should be taken off the road,similarly on Tuesday, vehicles with l<strong>as</strong>t number 2should be taken off the road. This process shouldbe followed throughout the week. Persons whosevehicles are off the road should avail publictransport or share/pool car etc. This concept willsave huge amount of petrol burning• Separate old/used paper from other w<strong>as</strong>tes• W<strong>as</strong>te disposal can be segregated in metallicitems, pl<strong>as</strong>tic items & bio-degradable items fore<strong>as</strong>y recycling• Use wrought-iron furniture in place of woodenfurniture• At birth of every child there should be a treeplanting• Pool/share car concept can save a large amountof fuel• Recycle Paper, Save Trees• Re-introduction of paper bags for grocery itemsinstead of pl<strong>as</strong>tic bags• Refrain from using wood pencils• Plan smaller family• Whenever / wherever possible plant trees• Use jute bags• W<strong>as</strong>hing cars on gr<strong>as</strong>sy area, not to use copperroofing <strong>as</strong> dripping water can be toxic to aquaticlife, etc• Avoid using vehicles for short distance, walk ifpossible• Save rain water by making soak pits in our houses• Use gadgets which cause less pollution tothe environmentSimple yet practical if we apply these ide<strong>as</strong> in our dailylives - the world will surely be a greater place to live in.CSRT D BanerjeeCorporate, TaratollaBh<strong>as</strong>kar ChakrabortyMaintenance-MHS, KamarhattyS KirubakaranMHS, HyderabadShibu D<strong>as</strong>Assembly - MHS, KamarhattyOUR NEWS VIEWS & EVENTS 19