Top Companies Using CSR for Wasteland Reclamation
India houses 16% of the total population is about 2% of the complete land space of the world. The tension on the land is regularly past its carrying limit. Thusly, the useful grounds, particularly the farmlands in India are in the steady interaction of different levels of debasement and are quick transforming into badlands. This makes the recovery of this no man’s land vital.
As of now, around 68.35 million hectare space of the land is lying as badlands in India. Out of these grounds, around half terrains are such non-timberland lands, which can be made prolific again whenever treated appropriately. Taking up this reason under the ambit of CSR, India Inc has been running after recovering these badlands and turning them more useful.
Top Companies Using CSR for Wasteland Reclamation
Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL)
HZL, as a part of its CSR drives attempted a no man’s land recovery project in Rajasthan. More than 10 hectares of land inside the Rajpura Dariba Mine has been created as Biodiversity Park, wherein in around 50,000 plants of 42 distinct species were planted. Prior the whole region was covered with intrusive species, after soil advancement and molding, the region has now been changed over into a green land.
The Chanderiya Lead Zinc Smelter group as a team with TERI (The Energy and Research Institute) has utilized Mycorrhiza innovation for the advancement of 3-hectare Green region on its depleted Jarofix Waste yard. The Mycorrhiza innovation is a cooperative relationship between a plant and an organism, where the plant gives food to the parasite and the growth draws supplements from the dirt and adds to the improvement of development measures, restoration of fruitful soils, and recovery of no man’s land into useful land in a practical way.
For the undertaking, the organization has won the ‘Most Innovative Environmental Project Award’ in the famous CII National Award for Environmental Best Practices 2021.
ICICI Bank
ICICI Bank through its CSR arm ICICI Foundation, under its Rural Livelihood Program has started a huge afforestation project, ‘Parijat Udyan’ in FY21, at Fatehpura town in Jaipur region of Rajasthan.
The undertaking intends to change over 125 sections of land of no man’s land into plantations and backwoods. The undertaking is relied upon to give practical occupations to 3,500 landless and minimized townspeople through different drives, for example, making a timberland involving local tree assortments, fields for eating, natural cultivating, plant nursery, foods grown from the ground therapeutic cultivating, bumble bee for fertilization and nectar.
The Foundation has attempted this drive alongside the Panchayat Samiti of the town. ICICI Foundation gave 11,000 saplings of local assortments of plants and trees, while the land arrangement was completed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by the Gram Panchayat. ICICI Foundation Rural Livelihood Program executed other climate well disposed Beneficiaries at a ‘Custard Apple Plantation’ drive at ICICI RSETI, Udaipur Afforestation drive at Parijat Udyan at Fatehpura town in Jaipur locale, Rajasthan better costs. Further, it set up preparing focuses to grow the time span of usability of the organic product. Huge frozen yogurt and squash brands have begun sourcing mash from these focuses which are worked by ancestral women. Comparative worth chains have been set up for other locally accessible produce like Indian Gooseberry (Amla) and Java Plum (Jamun).
Dependence Industries Limited (RIL)
RIL through its CSR arm Reliance Foundation has empowered recovery of around 6600 hectares of no man’s land in the provinces of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The recovery has considered farmers in around 2300 hectares to try and raise a few yields from the said land.
Under the establishment’s vigilant gaze, over 2.3 billion liters of water collecting limit was made through different constructions to help almost 1,000 hectares of land in Telangana towns and 11 towns have been made drinking water secure. Furthermore, Reliance sustenance gardens were set up to help 2,300 individuals across 13 towns in Telangana and they get new vegetables and natural products at their doorstep.
