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Ambuja Cement offers relief aid to flood-affected in West Bengal

| | Aug 18, 2015, at 03:07 am
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IBNS): Ambuja Cements Limited through its CSR arm, the Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF) and Regional offices have come forward to extend relief aid to flood affected persons in the state of West Bengal.

Ambuja has undertaken various relief activities across Hooghly, Howrah, Sankrail and Midnapore districts of West Bengal.

Through the initiative, ACF has till date reached out to over 2,000 people and provided them with essentials for food and hygiene as well as shelter camps. Ambuja officials extended items like rice, pulses, biscuits, zeoline, bleaching materials and tarpauline. In addition, Ambuja had also deployed special squads for delivering essential items to the doorstep.

Also present was M.L.A. Sukumar Das who helped in distributing relief to the inhabitants in the regions. Many people from the gram panchayat lent support to the ongoing activities.

Commenting on the initiative, Head - ACF Pearl Tiwari, said, “At Ambuja, social responsibility has been an integral part of the way we have been doing our business. We can empathize with our fellow citizens in the state of West Bengal, and will go all out to help them endure through this crisis. We stepped in immediately to help with the situation and tide over the crisis.”
 

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