At HZL, along with using solar power for our own captive consumption, we have also extended its use to communities. For the safety of community members in the villages, 231 new solar street lights were installed and 243 were replaced in 42 villages across all locations. We have also installed a solar pump at Sunariya Khera village. The 51 Nandghars which are already set up, are all powered by solar energy, and we plan to do the same for the ones under construction.

During the year, a campaign to plant mango trees in the premises of all Anganwadis centres supported by the Company was initiated. Nearly 1,700 mango saplings were planted at Anganwadis this year.

The Sewage Treatment Plant set up and run by HZL for the city of Udaipur is counted among the best functioning STPs in the country. The effluent treated every year is about 6,215,000 kilolitres and during the year it recovered 5,731,650 kilolitres of water.

Road Safety - the road safety project is running across all operating locations in partnership with the All India Federation of Motor Vehicles Department. The focus areas for the project were the 4E's of road safety: Education, Engineering, Enforcement and Emergency care. During the year, baseline surveys and stakeholder meetings involving all district level stakeholders were done and over 540 awareness sessions were held covering about 60,000 people.