Integrated Rural Development
The company has adopted several villages around its manufacturing units at Pune,
Jamshedpur and Lucknow. Integrated Rural Development aims at meeting basic needs in
five broad areas - Health, Education, Water, Environment and Livelihoods.
An overview of the activities in 2006-07 and their impact is given below:
| Health: A Healing Touch |
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73529 patients provided curative services
through Tata Motors supported Health
Centres and Mobile Medical Vans (MMV).
MMV has qualified doctor and nurses on
board and provides health services to
people in remote and inaccessible
villages
569 cataract operations were carried out
free of charge
Village Health Workers (VHWs or "foot
doctors") have been trained from amongst the community members. They
can administer primary health care and
medicines for common ailments. VHWs
treated 2200 patients for minor ailments
in 06-07 |
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8318 villagers benefited from various
immunisation programmes and health
awareness camps
The awareness camps included AIDS
awareness, family planning, food and
nutrition programmes |
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1494 low-cost toilets and 15 bio-gas
plants were constructed |
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