Technopark and Technopark TBI to promote Safe Drinking Water on World Environment Day

TechnoparkToday.com>> June 04, 2013: On June 5, 2013, World Environment Day, Technopark and Technopark TBI as part of its CSR initiative is planning to promote Safe Drinking Water and will set up outlets in all Technopark buildings to sell Liquid Chlorine Solution for Safe Drinking Water. This solution has been developed by Ideal Safety Systems, a Govt. of Kerala approved service provider in Waste Management and a TTBI Virtual Incubatee in Social Entrepreneurship.

Ideal Safety Systems has been virtually incubated by Technopark TBI one year back. One of the thrust areas of the incubation initiative of Technopark TBI is Social Entrepreneurship and TTBI has 4 Incubatee companies operating in this area.

The Liquid Chlorine Solution for Safe Drinking called ISS JalSuraksha will be sold at Rs.30 per bottle. Each bottle is sufficient to make 500 Ltrs of water in a household tank safe for drinking. .

“As everywhere, safe drinking water is a great concern and each one of us takes great care to ensure to have safe water to ward off any diseases especially in the wake of dengue, malaria, H1N1, typhoid, on the rise, such a solution would be ideal to ensure safety from diseases and a healthy living. As part of this CSR initiative, we are targeting at the 45000+ employees in Technopark campus to participate in making this initiative a success. With the amount we receive through this initiative, we intend to distribute the ISS JalSuraksha to the poor people of various colonies in Trivandrum and other districts in south and central Kerala free of cost.” Said Dr.K C C Nair, CFO &Registrar, Technopark TBI.

The initiative will help the people who are all suffering from diseases generated from polluted water with the start of the Monsoon season, added Dr. K CC Nair.

Technopark TBI has been identified as a partner for implementing the CSR activities of Central PSUs in the country by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). TTBI is also an approved agency for implementing CSR initiatives by Government of India.