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The tasks embrace revival of a sprawling paddy discipline, set up of climate monitoring programs and establishing a climate-resilient paddy processing unit. The firm has prolonged financial assist to the tasks consistent with the CSR coverage which focuses on environmental sustainability together with well being, training and sanitation, in keeping with Sampath Kumar P. N., head, CSR, CSL.
Thottara Puncha revival
The CSL will assist the mission to revive Thottara Puncha, a 1,200-acre paddy discipline unfold throughout Amballoor and Edakkattuvayal panchayats in Ernakulam district and Velloor panchayat in Kottayam. Mulanthuruthy block panchayat is the implementing company.
The mission with an outlay of ₹2 crore goals to revive the low-lying space by upgrading irrigation shutters, sustaining sluice bridges, and restoring water channels, all in collaboration with native Padasekhara Samithis.
The CSL has initially allotted ₹38 lakhs below CSR for infrastructure improvement.
“Waterlogging is the key difficulty confronted by the paddy fields and far cash had been spent on reviving it prior to now. A examine, involving a baseline survey and drone mapping, was performed with the assist of the M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Wayanad. Later, the CSL got here as much as assist the mission financially. The tender for finishing up the works might be floated subsequent week,” Shaji Madhavan, president, Mulanthuruthy block panchayat, stated.
Climate-resilient tasks
CSL will assist set up localised climate monitoring programs within the Vellangallur block panchayat in Thrissur and Mannamkandam village in Idukki at a price of ₹12 lakh. An agro-tech options unit for climate-resilient paddy processing can be arrange in Mala, Thrissur, in collaboration with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, CSL official stated.
Published – September 30, 2025 01:04 am IST
