Manthan – Say ‘NO’ to Plastic Straws

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Manthan – Say ‘NO’ to Plastic Straws

The Change begins with ME and soon becomes WE – actually just a flip of putting the foot down…

A small plastic straw might be something that comes with most beverages that we order, like juice and soft drinks. Remember how many times you have kept the straws aside and drank your drink without the straw. Once made, we use it or not, we are adding to the damage caused by these plastic straws. We are part of the people contributing towards the ‘top 10 garbage found in the ocean’. We contributed to 8.3 billion plastic straws polluting the beaches every year. Can we not drink the juice or soft-drink or cold beverage without the straw ? A lifestyle cannot cause damage to life.

Seattle becomes the first largest U.S. city to ban plastic straws, even though the US still continues to use about 500 million straws every day. Reason – Most plastic straws are too lightweight to make it through the mechanical recycling process. Return is our new addition to the ‘4R’s as part of care for the environment.

According to Forbes, about 120 billion pieces of plastic cutlery in which straws count up to the maximum, are produced in India every year. India is also making efforts to curb this pollution. According to ‘Banega Swachh India’, a 13-year-old boy from Gurgaon has replaced close to 5 Lakh Single Use Plastic Straws till today, and aims to eradicate 1 million by the end of 2018. Several parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka & Kerala have initiated campaigns to reduce the use of plastic straws by 80%, by replacing them with alternatives like bamboo straws, by the end of 2018.

Interestingly, Straws are most commonly made from type 5 plastic, or polypropylene. However, this type of plastic isn’t accepted by most curb side recycling programs. Hence, because of this difficulty, they end up in landfills & polluting our oceans, causing harm to both water and marine life.

The small size of plastic straws makes it dangerous to seabirds, as they misunderstand it for food, and ingest it. According to BBC, several researchers do not agree to the concept of reusable straws, as they present hygiene concerns to people. Some of these concerns include remaining saliva, chewed teeth marks and the spread of illness & diseases because of bad oral hygiene.

Straws on an average weigh 0.42 grams. All the plastic straws in the world that ultimately end up in the ocean, add up to 2,000 tons. Packaging Solutions Giant, Tetra Pak alone produces over 25 billion straws every year. Tetra Pak is developing ‘Paper Straws’ by the end of 2018, to reduce plastic pollution. Plastic straws are the 6th most common type of garbage found in the world.

If we can say NO to STRAWS, who do we want us to tell. Can HZL be the first corporate to REFUSE the use of plastic straws and RETURN to the vendor? It is just a matter of one thought, one decision and one NO.

HINDUSTAN ZINC ORGANIZES WORKSHOP ON ROAD SAFETY

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HINDUSTAN ZINC ORGANIZES WORKSHOP ON ROAD SAFETY

Police should investigate the right reasons for reported accidents and Media should prominently highlight the faults of the vehicle drivers

 Under the joint efforts of Hindustan Zinc along with Rajasthan Road Safety Society and Awakening Mission, District Police, Ajmer, in collaboration with District Public Relations Department, organized a workshop for Police and Media in terms of Road Safety Sensitization in a hotel at Ajmer.

All the Police Officers of Ajmer, Station Officers and their representative Research Officers, Traffic in-charges and Print & Electronic media attended the workshop.

This workshop, in the area of ​​road safety, is first of its kind effort in the country, initiating the reporting of cases and reasons for road accidents and highlighting them in media. The objective of the workshop was to understand the actual causes of road accidents on the basis of scientific research methods by the Police and by observing the researched analytics and reports received from common public on the road. This will help in preventing the repetition of the same mishaps in the future.

For the same reason, even the locations and areas that are accident-prone were identified and what are the reasons that lead to generation of such areas were described.

Currently, due to road mishaps, on an average, 84% of the drivers are responsible for careless driving whereas, 66% drivers are responsible for speeding. This fact is being conveyed to the common man via Police and Media. The other reasons for the accidents were the ones due to roads, environment, constructions on the roads, climate and due to lack of proper and effective enforcement of traffic rules. The other important reason for the road mishaps is lack of sufficiently trained skilled manpower for research of road accidents.

During the workshop, National Road Safety Technical Advisor, Government of India – Mr. Virendra Singh Rathore, spoke about the various efforts and new initiatives taken by the government to cater to the plight of road safety.

Full time Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, Mr. Rakesh Gaura, spoke about the authorization plan for the victims of the accident and said that reporting such accidental cases to media is one of the most important things that the changing time today demands.

Senior Editor, Times of India, Mr. Deepak Das also shared his experiences about road accidents.

Mr. Balwant Singh Rathore – Unit Head, Kayad Mine, gave a brief overview about the initiatives and efforts put forth by Hindustan Zinc to cater to road safety.

At Hindustan Zinc, safety is the heart of operations and essential for smooth business. It is essential not only at the workplace, but also beyond the boundaries of the business. Project BE SAFE – Zindagi was launched in 2015 to imbibe safety as a responsibility. Conceptualised as part of communication project, BE SAFE – Zindagi involves live, informal interaction with contract & non-contract employees about industrial & road safety, not just within the company premises but also beyond the boundaries. The workshop comprises screening of specially crafted safety films and silent meditation sessions. BE SAFE has so far touched the lives of about 3500 employees, families and school children through 21 on-ground interactions in the state of Rajasthan.

Also present in the workshop were Mr. Gajendra Singh Jodha – Additional Superintendent of Police, Mr. Deenbandhu Choudhary – President of Citizen Council,  Mr. Mahesh Kumar Sharma – Deputy Director Public Relations Department, Deputy Superintendent of Police – Mrs. Neelam Choudhary, Mr. Suresh Kasliwal – Chief City In charge – Dainik Bhaskar, Mr. Manoj Khandelwal – HR Head Kayad, Mr. Mahesh Kumar Mathur – CSR Executive of Hindustan Zinc, Ex-President of Ajmer Press Club – Mr. S.P. Mittal, Present General Secretory of Ajmer Press Club – Mr. Vineet Kumar Lohiya, Managing Director of Dainik Navjyoti as well as, Ms. Tanya Pachauri – Project Coordinator of Road Safety Society, other Police Officers & Station In-charge, 35 Investigation Officers from Ajmer Police Stations, representatives of print and electronic media, stakeholders, executives of Hindustan Zinc and team of Road Safety Society.

PRIYAN IS THANKFUL TO SHIKSHA SAMBAL PROGRAM FOR HER MERITORIOUS RESULT

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PRIYAN IS THANKFUL TO SHIKSHA SAMBAL PROGRAM FOR HER MERITORIOUS RESULT

Schools in rural areas have their own challenges in terms of providing education to students, where the qualified and experienced teachers are not available especially for major subjects – Science, English and Maths.

From a small village in Dariba, Rajsamand, Priyan Sinyal, like many other students has big dreams and aspirations in life. But, Priyan considers her school in Mehenduriya very different from other schools. The reason, is her faith in Hindustan Zinc’s Shiksha Sambal Program.

Priyan, topped her 10th standard in her Senior Secondary Meheduriya school and stood in the top 10 meritorious students in her district of Rajsamand, attained 90% in her 10th, scoring 97 marks in Maths, 91 marks in Science and 75 marks in English.

Priyan’s father who is a PTI teacher in Khadbamniya village and mother, a housewife, along with her teachers, have been a constant motivation to her.

Priyan had many opportunities to move to more reputed schools in nearby cities for further studies, however, she continued to stay in her school  for further studies because of her trust in the teachers and her capabilities that she got through Shiksha Sambal Program.

Shiksha Sambal Prgram has deputed qualified teachers from external sources for Science, English and Maths subjects, in Government’s Senior Secondary Mehenduriya School for the students appearing for board examination. The project is running since 2009 in this school, showing significant improvement in the results every year.

“Priyan had not only made her school and her parents, but her entire community and district proud. This project has not only helped students but has also provided the employment opportunities to qualified teachers like us within the premises of our own villages…”, said her Science teacher Kaluram.

“Shiksha Sambal has provided a platform to empower students like me to pursue our dreams for higher and better education. I also want to be a teacher like my father and my teachers here…”, quoted joyful Priyan, who has opted for PCM (Physics, Chemistry and Maths) in the 11thstandard.

This Project is being implemented in 59 governments schools across Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand and Udaipur districts of Rajasthan and reaches out to around 6500 students from classes 9th to 12th.

बोले पीएम मोदी स्वच्छता में ख्वाजा गरीब नवाज की दरगाह का है बड़ा योगदान जानें और क्या कहा मोदी ने अजमेर की शान में।

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बोले पीएम मोदी स्वच्छता में ख्वाजा गरीब नवाज की दरगाह का है बड़ा योगदान जानें और क्या कहा मोदी ने अजमेर की शान में।
उदयपुर पोस्ट .राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी की 150 वीं जयंती समारोह के अन्तर्गत प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी शनिवार को ‘स्वच्छता ही सेवा’ पखवाड़े की शुरुआत करते हुए ख्वाजा साहब की दरगाह की दरगाह की खादिमों की संस्था अंजुमन सैयद जादगान के अध्यक्ष सैयद मोइन हुसैन चिश्ती व अंजुमन शेख जादगान के अध्यक्ष अब्दुल जरार चिश्ती से संवाद किया। प्रधानमंत्री ने कहा कि स्वच्छता के क्षेत्र में अजमेर दरगाह का बड़ा योगदान है।
हमसे सीधी बात करने वाले पहले पीएम 
मोइन हुसैन चिश्ती ने अपना परिचय देते हुए कहा कि वजीरे आजम आपकी आवाज सीधे ख्वाजा साहब तक पहुंच रही है । आपकी हारिजी सीधे ख्वाजा साहब की दरगाह में हो रही है। चिश्ती ने कहा कि आप देश के पहले प्रधानमंत्री हैं जो वीडियो कॉफ्रेसिंग के जरिए आवाम से गुफ्तगू कर रहे है। लोग खुश है हमे गर्व है हमसे सीधी बात हो रही है। ख्वाजा साहब का भारत महान और स्वच्छ हो। अब तक हमने यह सुना था कि दरगाह के विकास लिए इतनी राशि आई लेकिन यह राशि कहां गई पता नहीं। लेकिन आपकी ट्रांसपरेंसी के कारण अभी हाल ही केन्द्रीय अल्पसंख्यक मंत्री मुख्तार अब्बास नकवी की अध्यता में दरगाह व आसपास के विकास तथा स्वच्छता के लिए 62 करोड़ रुपए की राशि मंजूर हुई तथा एमओयू पर हस्ताक्षर किए गए। हमारे प्रशासन के अधिकारी स्वच्छता को लेकर लोगों को जागरूक कर रहे हैं। नगर निगम का वाहन सुबह स्वच्छता संदेश फैलाते हुए घर-घर कचरा लेने आता है।
प्रतिदिन 30 हजार लोग आते हैं जियारत करने
ख्वाजा साहब की दरगाह में प्रतिदिन 30 हजार लोग दरगाह जियारत के लिए आते हैं। दरगाह पर चढ़ाए च जाने वाले फूल ब्रह्मा की नगरी पुष्कर से आते हैं। दरगाह के फूलों की कम्पोस्ट खाद बनाई जा रही है। यह पाउच में भर कर जायरीन को उपलब्ध करवाई जा रही है। इससे फूलों का सही इस्तेमाल हो पाएगा और श्रद्धालुओं को स्वच्छता का मैसेज भी जाएगा। इस योजना को बढ़ावा दिया जाए। इससे पर्यावरण को फायदा होगा। स्वच्छता बढ़ेगी और बीमारी दूर होगी। ख्वाजा का भारत महान और स्वच्छ बने। एक घर के दो गमलों में भी यह खाद डाली जाएगी तो हमारा देश दुनिया फूलों का गुलदस्ता है। जिसमें सभी तरह के जाति धर्म रूप फूल पत्तियां अपनी सुगंध फैला रहे हैं। सभी मिल कर रह रहे हैं। सबका साथ और सबका विकास के साथ और भारत स्वच्छ और स्वस्थ रहे।
जर्रार चिश्ती ने कहा कि भारत विश्व का गुलदस्ता
जरार चिश्ती ने प्रधानमंत्री को स्मार्ट सिटी और एसआईपी के तहत अजमेर को चयनित करने के लिए धन्यवाद दिया। एसआईपी के लिए 62 करोड़ रुपए स्वीकृत किए गए है। इससे दरगाह स्वच्छ रहेगी। यह मील का पत्थर साबित होगा। हम स्वच्छता के लिए तत्पर है। दरगाह के फूलों की खाद बनाकर जायरीन को दी जाएगी। इससे बेअदबी रुकेगी पीएम का नारा सबका साथ सबका विकास के साथ पीएम सभी जाति धर्म के लोगों को साथ लेकर चलें। विश्व में इतने लोग साथ नहीं रहते। चिश्ती ने बताया कि उन्होनें पीएम को अजमेर व दरगाह आने के आमंत्रित भी किया। प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ऐसे पहले प्रधानमंत्री है जो आवाम से सीधा संवाद कर रहे हैं। मुझे खशी और गर्व है। आमने सामने बात हुई। पीएम से सॉलिड वेस्ट पर चर्चा हुई।
दो वीसी रूम बनाए
दरगाह परिसर में वीसी के लिए एनआईसी ने व्यवस्थाएं की। दरगाह के महफिल खाने की छत पर इसके लिए 2 वीसी रूम बनाए गए। एक मुख्य वीसी रूम है तथा दूसरा स्टैंडबाई पर रखा गया गया। इसके लिए बीएसएनएन तथा एक निजी दूरसंचार कम्पनीकी लीज लाइन डाली गई। ऑडियो वीडियो कैमरे भी लगाए गए हैं। राष्ट्रीय सूचना विज्ञान केन्द्र के अजमेर के जिला सूचना विज्ञान अधिकारी अंकुर गोयल को इसके लिए नोडल ऑफिसर बनाया गया था। जिला कलक्टर आरती डोगरा तथा दरगाह नाजिम आई.बी.पीरजादा वीसी के दौरान मौजूद थे।

प्रधानाचार्य को दादागिरी से दी निलंबन की धमकी – पेंशन सीज़ करवा दूंगा।

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प्रधानाचार्य को दादागिरी से दी निलंबन की धमकी – पेंशन सीज़ करवा दूंगा।

अलवर के रामगढ़ विधायक ज्ञानदेव आहूजा एक बार फिर विवादों में फस गए हैं इस बार उन्होंने अलवर की गोविंदगढ़ राजकीय कॉलेज के प्रधानाचार्य को रिटायरमेन्ट से पहले सस्पेंड कराने व पेंशन सीज कराने की धमकी दी है। धमकी देने वाला उनका वीडियो सोशल मीडिया पर जमकर वायरल हो रहा है।
अलवर के गोविंदगढ़ राजकीय कॉलेज में छह करोड़ रुपए की लागत से एक भवन का निर्माण हुआ है। इसमें क्लास रूम व शौचालय सहित अन्य सुविधाएं है। इस भवन का उद्घाटन करने के लिए रामगढ़ विधायक ज्ञानदेव आहूजा कॉलेज में पहुंचे। वहां मौजूद छात्र संघ के पदाधिकारी व छात्रों ने उनको उद्घाटन नहीं करने दिया व उनका विरोध किया।
छात्र का कहना था कि लंबे समय से वो प्रदर्शन कर रहे हैं। कॉलेज में कोई सुविधा नहीं है। केवल दो प्राचार्य हैं व कुछ सहायक कर्मचारी हैं। ऐसे में स्टूडेंट की पढ़ाई प्रभावित होती है। ऐसे में स्टूडेंटों के भविष्य के साथ खिलवाड़ हो रहा है।
स्टूडेंटों ने कहा कि इस संबंध में कई बार एसडीएम को विज्ञापन भी दे चुका है। लेकिन विधायक या किसी भी प्रशासनिक अधिकारी ने उनकी सुनवाई नहीं की। विधायक उस समय कहा थे जब स्टूडेंट प्रदर्शन कर रहे थे। विधायक ने पहले जब स्टूडेंटों का साथ नहीं दिया। तो आज भवन का उद्घाटन करने क्यों आए हैं। इस पर ज्ञानदेव आहूजा गुस्सा हो गए व कॉलेज के प्रधानाचार्य के पास पहुंचे। विधायक ने इस सब के पीछे प्रधानाचार्य को ज़िम्मेदार ठहराया। उन्होंने प्रधानाचार्य उनको सस्पेंड कराने का की बात कही।
विधायक ने कहा कि तुमको छात्रों को समझाना चाहिए। अगर कॉलेज में कोई कमी है। तो उसकी सूचना पहले हमें देते। उनको पूरी करने की जिम्मेदारी हमारी है।
उन्होंने प्रधानाचार्य से कहा कि तुम्हारे रिटायरमेंट में कितना समय है। रिटायरमेंट से पहले तुम सस्पेंड होगे ओर तुम्हारी पेंशन चीज़ होगी। विधायक के साथ बड़ी संख्या में उनके समर्थक भी कॉलेज में मौजूद थे। उन्होंने भी कॉलेज के प्रधानाचार्य को खरी खोटी सुनाई। वही इस संबंध में कॉलेज के प्रधानाचार्य का कहना है कि कॉलेज भवन का काम अभी पूरा नहीं हुआ है। भवन कॉलेज प्रशासन को हैंडओवर भी नहीं हुआ है। ऐसे में भवन के उद्घाटन की कोई जरूरत नहीं है। ठेकेदार अपने स्तर पर भवन का उद्घाटन करवा रहे हैं। कॉलेज में किसी भी तरह की कोई सुविधा नहीं है। छात्रों की पढ़ाई सहित सभी कामकाज प्रभावित हो रहे हैं।

426 farmers benefitted from Hindustan Zinc Samadhan Project

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426 farmers benefitted from Hindustan Zinc Samadhan Project

Under Samadhan Project, 426 farmers at Chittorgarh were taught advanced technologies in farming and horticulture and breed improvement in their cattle through artificial insemination. This event was carried out at Dagla ka Kheda village wherein, out of 16 villages, 5 farmers were given spray machines, 250 farmers were provided with insecticides for the maize crops and 50 farmers were given organic fertilizers. Each farmer present was also given 5 containers to hold fruits and vegetables, 55 farmers cultivating rain-fed crops were provided with 2 kgs of ‘vermus’, 17 farmers of new badi were given 50 saplings each of apple-plum, 4 farmers were given 50 saplings of custard apple, 80 farmers with low fertile lands were given 20 saplings of apple-plum, farmers who reared cattle were given 90 kgs of fodder for the ‘sirohi’ goats and a separate manger was provided to them.

 

Under Samadhan Project, total 2000 farmers at Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand and Udaipur districts of Rajasthan are getting benefitted from improved agriculture and livestock. Hindustan Zinc Samadhan Project aims to improve productivity and earnings of farmers and their families with the help of land and livestock.

27वीं उदयपुर जिला सीनियर व मास्टर्स महिला-पुरूष स्ट्रेन्थ लिफ्टिंग प्रतियोगिता सम्पन्न

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27वीं उदयपुर जिला सीनियर व मास्टर्स महिला-पुरूष स्ट्रेन्थ लिफ्टिंग प्रतियोगिता सम्पन्न

उदयपुर । उदयपुर जिला Strength Lifting संघ के तत्वाधान में स्थानीय पावर हेल्थ सेन्टर, मींरा पार्क पर 27वीं उदयपुर जिला सीनियर व मास्टर्स महिला/पुरूष Strength power Lifting प्रतियोगिता सम्पन्न हुई। उदयपुर जिला संघ के सचिव शेखर शर्मा ने बताया कि प्रतियोगिता उद्घाटन समारोह के उपरान्त प्रारम्भ हुई। प्रतियोगिता में विभिन्न भार वर्ग के खिलाड़ियों ने भाग लिया। शर्मा ने बताया कि प्रतियोगिता के उपरान्त आयोजित पारितोषिक वितरण समारोह में मुख्यअतिथि के रूप में राजस्थान सिंधी अकादमी के अध्यक्ष (राज्य मंत्री दर्जा) हरीश राजानी, समाजसेवी राजेश माखीजा उपस्थित थे। समारोह की अध्यक्षता राजस्थान स्ट्रेन्थ लिफ्टिंग ऐसोसिएशन के सचिव चन्द्रेश सोनी ने की। समारोह के प्रारंभ में सभी अतिथियों का स्वागत एवं अभिनन्दन किया गया। उसके उपरान्त अतिथियों के द्वारा विजेताओं को प्रतीक-चिह्न प्रदान कर सम्मानित किया गया। सचिव शेखर शर्मा ने बताया कि प्रतियोगिता में चैम्पियन आॅफ चैम्पियन का खिताब पुरूष वर्ग में पीयुष सुथार ने 650 कि.ग्रा. वजन उठाकर जीता। जिला संघ के अध्यक्ष गोविन्द प्रजापत के अनुसार प्रतियोगिता के परिणाम निम्नानुसार रहे। 0 से 52 कि.ग्रा. वर्ग में प्रथम, द्वितीय, तृतीय क्रमशः कैलाश चैहान, नारायण मीणा, नारायण मीणा, 52 से 60 कि.ग्रा. वर्ग में लक्षित पालीवाल, अशोक चैहान, शिवलाल मीणा, 60 से 68 कि.ग्रा. वर्ग में गौरव भट्ट, सूर्यप्रताप, 68 से 76 कि.ग्रा. वर्ग में पीयुष सुथार, गौरव बायावत, चयन जोशी, 76 से 85 कि.ग्रा. वर्ग में सन्दीप सोनी, निश्चयराजसिंह, मास्टर्स वर्ग में नागेन्द्र सेन व सोहन नलवाया प्रथम स्थान पर रहे। महिला वर्ग में शिवकन्या राठौड़ और विशाखा पिछोलिया ने प्रथम स्थान प्राप्त किया।

“Teachers are the reason why we are, what we are.” says Pavan Kaushik, Vice President & Head – Corporate Communication, Hindustan Zinc.

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“Teachers are the reason why we are, what we are.” says Pavan Kaushik, Vice President & Head – Corporate Communication, Hindustan Zinc.

As part of the International Teachers Day celebration, Vivekananda Lok Manch today recognized the teachers who have made Udaipur proud. These were the teachers whose students have attained high positions in government as well as private sector. On this occasion, as guest of Honour, Pavan Kaushik the Vice President & Head – Corporate Communication of Hindustan Zinc spoke about the relation between teaching and education. “We are taught much but we learn less”, he said.

He spoke about how technology is making us dependent. The gadgets that we created and making us their dependent. We have forgotten to seek knowledge and we only thrive to seek marks and grades. He said “try not touching gadgets for about a day and you feel there is plenty of time to invest in various creative things. Without gadgets we had all the time to play and do socialization. Today, our socialization happens in the digital world. I don’t say technology is not connecting people who live distance away. What I am saying is that it is creating distance between people living close to you.”

“Our teachers have made what we are today – our position, our character and we as a brand” Pavan Kaushik said.

Founder of “Gurukshetra”, a project that helps building a culture of corporate like education in schools, emphasis on short term and long term vision of students, teachers and schools. Kaushik said, “If a corporate education like structure can be put in place in the schools, it will help devise various verticals of different subjects and with focused teaching, the scoring of each of the verticals can be improved, leading to strengthening of education system.”

SMALL VILLAGE OF LAXMIPURA, DID NOT STOP AAVESH FROM DREAMING BIGGER THAN ANYONE IN HIS VILLAGE

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SMALL VILLAGE OF LAXMIPURA, DID NOT STOP AAVESH FROM DREAMING BIGGER THAN ANYONE IN HIS VILLAGE

28 years old Aavesh started seeing his dreams turn into reality, when he not only topped in his trainings but also accomplished completing the 18-month training under Hindustan Zinc Mining Academy, in only 12 months.

Belonging to a small village of Laxmipura, with a population of not more than 700, little did Aavesh know what his destiny had in mind.

Aavesh, had completed his B.A. and then moved to pursue ITI from Madhya Pradesh in 2015 post which he started working with Maruti in Gurgaon. However, Aavesh was looking for better opportunities and a stable job. He started searching for employment, when one day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper regarding opening for ITI pass outs who can enroll themselves to train at Hindustan Zinc Mining Academy.

Hindustan Zinc set up the ‘Hindustan Zinc Mining Academy’, with an aim to develop and create a pool of highly specialized skilled candidates by selecting local youths of Hindustan Zinc’s operational areas.

Aavesh applied for the training and appeared for the exam. More than 2000 candidates applied for the training and only 87 cleared the exam; Aavesh being one of them. This was a proud moment not only for Aavesh but also for his family and village. After selection, Aavesh worked at Railmagra in Rajsamand for 45-days, post which he was trained at Zawar.

With his hard work and dedication, today Aavesh works as a Jumbo Drill Operator at Agucha Mines with an annual package of 3.77 lakhs.

His wife delightfully said, “Things for us have changed for better, both socially and economically. I wish he gets all the success he deserves…”.

“Hindustan Zinc recognizes talents and skills and provides opportunities to them. I am now preparing to travel to Australia for further operational learning and to enhance my skills…”, said Aavesh with a positive self-assurance.

Hindustan Zinc Mining Academy in the next 5 years, aims to train about 500 ITI pass-outs in Jumbo Drill Operations and Winding Engine operations.

This will mean creating better opportunities for candidates like Aavesh who have the zeal of learning and determination…

AJMER DARGAH TO HAVE FACELIFT

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AJMER DARGAH TO HAVE FACELIFT

The MoU in this regard was signed between Hindustan Zinc, Ajmer Dargah Committee and Municipal Corporation Ajmer to spend Rs. 5.68 crores to clean & manage Dargah Ajmer Sharif, in the presence of Hon’ble Minister of Minority Affairs, Government of India – Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on 1st September, 2018 at Kayad Vishram Sthali, Ajmer. 

 Hindustan Zinc has joined hands with Government of India, to convert Dargah Ajmer Sharif into Swacch Iconic Places (SIP) under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). Hindustan Zinc is executing the Project in 3 phases and in 1st phase, the company will be investing Rs 5.68 crores that covers the establishment of two flower compost making machines, cleaning and basic repair of the Jhalra, re-flooring in select areas including laying underground pipes for electrical and water supply, procurement of machines for cleaning the floors, risk management system plan, providing drawings for conservation of Nizam Gate and undertaking conservation of Shahjahani Gate.

The MoU in this regard was signed between Hindustan Zinc, Ajmer Dargah Committee and Municipal Corporation Ajmer to spend Rs. 5.68 Crores to clean & manage Dargah Ajmer Sharif in the presence of Hon’ble Minister of Minority Affairs, Government of India – Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on 1st September, 2018 at Kayad Vishram Sthali, Ajmer. Mr. Amitabh Gupta – CFO, HZL , Mr. I.B. Peerzada – Nazim & CEO, Dargah Committee, Ajmer and Mr. Himanshu Gupta – Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Ajmer signed the MoU.

Hon’ble Minister, Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said – “This campaign is close to our Hon’ble Prime Minister’s heart and we commend the efforts of Hindustan Zinc in getting associated with it to clean and develop a higher level of sanitation and facility management at Holy Shrine-Ajmer Dargah Sharif.”

Swachh Iconic Places – a special clean-up initiative focused on select 100 iconic heritage, spiritual and cultural places in the country under the Multi-stakeholder Approach Model. The campaign was initiated in year 2016 with 10 Swachh iconic places in India to be cleaned and developed at higher level of sanitation and facility management in collaboration with corporates and leading Public Sector Units (PSUs), It is being coordinated by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in association with the Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and the concerned State Governments. At Ajmer, District Collector is the nodal agency of the project while Dargah committee and Khadims being the primary stakeholder with Municipal Corporation, Ajmer also as a stakeholder.

Mr. Amitabh Gupta – CFO, HZL, on the occasion said -“Hindustan Zinc has always been in fore-front for the greater good of the society. We are very proud to be part of this mission. Our vision is to preserve Dargah Ajmer Sharif sacred prominence in the state of Rajasthan and this is a cornerstone of our efforts.”

Speaking on the initiative Hindustan Zinc spokesperson Pavan Kaushik said, “Hindustan Zinchas already installed two flower compost machines in Kayad Vishram Sthali Ajmer costing 27 lacs where they will churn out about 25 kilograms of compost from about 100 kilograms of flowers offered at Dargah. In addition, Hindustan Zinc has also prepared vision document (master plan) for all over dargah development.”

The vision document has been prepared by the team of Abhimanyu Dalal Architects, Rasika Research & Design and MKG consultants.

Mr. Amin Pathan  – President, Dargah Committee said “We are here to give complete support to Municipal Corporation and Hindustan Zinc and we are ensured that this association will give complete face change to Ajmer Dargah Sharif.”

Mr. Vasudevnani – State Education Minister also appreciated about the commitment and association of the team involved in Ajmer Dargah Sharif project under Swachh Iconic Places.

Dargah Ajmer Sharif is amongst the most sacred and visited pilgrimage sites in India and the world. It was the abode of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti between 1192 and 1236 AD. Devotees from all over the world travel almost throughout the year and offer prayers, flowers and ‘chadar’. It is believed that a person’s gets all his or her wishes fulfilled, when prays with a pure heart at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah.

Also present on the occasion were Mrs. Arti Dogra – Distt. Collector, Ajmer, Ms. Neelima Khetan – Head CSR, HZL, Mr. Balwant Singh Rathore – Unit Head, Kayad Mine, government officials, management of Hindustan Zinc & Ajmer Dargah Committee.

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