Bhuj, December 9, 2014

Tata power MD and CEO Anil Sardana today launched the Tunda Vandh Gausheva Charitable Trust (TVGCT) website, www.kutchkalp.org, in the presence of Mr. Nawsheer Mirza, Non-Executive Independent Director, Chairman of Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Member of Executive Committee, Tata Power, and other senior officials.

This website has been made to create awareness about the various activities conducted under its project KALP, and to help raise funds for the initiatives under Shree Tunda Vandh Gaushaala Charitable Trust.

Tata Power, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL), is involved in various activities aimed at sustainable development of communities living in and around its areas of operation. Since animal husbandry remains a key source of alternative income for communities at large, the Company has taken interest in ensuring regular fodder supply for the cattle. Under its ongoing project ‘KALP’, Tata Power provides innovative and replicable models for establishing Fodder Supply Centres and building Gaushalas (animal shelters) at Tunda-Vandh and Mota Kandagra to help strengthen this important livelihood option.

Tata Power in a statement said, “since its launch in 2009, the TVGCT initiative looks after approximately 1500 cattle, and, during drought mitigation, supplies fodder to more than 6000 cattle from 8 villages. The successful commissioning of the program has resulted in a substantial rise in livestock, and a 19-24% increase in the income of the cattle owners. The initiative has also encouraged more and more people to engage in the business of animal husbandry.”

Speaking on the initiative, Mr. Anil Sardana, Managing Director- Tata Power stated, “the website will help to raise funds nationally and internationally.”