APM Terminals Pipavav collaborates with Tata Trust CSPC for community project

APM Terminals Pipavav one of Western India’s gateway ports, in collaboration with Tata Trust CSPC (Coastal Salinity Prevention Cell) has launched Kharash Vistarotthan Yojana (KVY), a project which aims to strengthen community based institutions through promotion of improved farming practices and water management for 32 coastal based villages in 3 years. The launch ceremony was attended by about 775 farmers (both male and female) across the Rajula district. The project intends to scale up agricultural interventions for over 3000 farmers spread across 32 coast based salinity affected villages of Rajula block under the guidance of natural resource management (NRM). It also aims to improve the socio –economic conditions of the farmers and build community based institutions for long term sustainability. The project which will be implemented by an NGO Vivekanand Research and Training Institute (VRTI) will promote sustainable agricultural practices through the adoption of improved package of practices (PoP), technological interventions and crop diversification. It will also help support alternate livelihood for landless population and create long term sustainable community institutions for self-reliance. Under KVY, a sanitation project will also be taken up with the support of the Government of Gujarat under the Swachh Bharat Mission where toilet facilities will be set up that will benefit 4000 households in the Rajula block. Commenting on the occasion Keld Pedersen, managing director, APM terminals Pipavav said, “We are very proud to collaborate with Tata Trust on the KYV project which will help uplift the lives of the villagers. As an organization we have always been focused on acting responsibly and ethically and have undertaken a number of initiatives in keeping in line with our mission of uplifting the communities around us”.