The Hindu 13.06.2013
Hudco releases funds for solid waste management
Public sector techno-financing company Hudco has
released Rs.75 lakh under corporate social responsibility to take up
solid waste management, construction of public toilets and maintenance
of night shelters, according to Municipal Commissioner M.V.
Satyanarayana.
The release came after the
Commissioner’s meeting with Hudco CMD V.P. Baligar in New Delhi. Hudco
committed a total of Rs.3 crore under CSR for SWM, the Commissioner said
before he left for the meeting.
Meeting on hawkers
Mr.
Satyanarayana who participated in a meeting convened by the Ministry of
Housing on hawkers’ welfare in the capital on Tuesday said sites were
identified in parts of the city as part of accommodating an estimated
22,000 hawkers in the city.
Extending financial assistance to hawkers, health and rehabilitation issues were also discussed at the meeting, he added.