The Group has transformed Hazira and its neighbouring areas by planting thousands of trees and laying water pipelines. Self-supporting schemes for women, schools, roads, and playgrounds and out-reach programmes have established Essar as a committed corporate citizen of Gujarat. What’s more the company’s businesses have generated direct and indirect employment opportunities for thousands of people in Gujarat.

The Group has supported and continues to support Hazira and surrounding villages through the following activities:

	Built a water pipeline to carry 0.7 million cubic metres of drinking water everyday to the villages near Hazira
	Organising weekly recreational programmes for children between the ages of 9 and 12 at Ankur Bal Kendra, Hazira
	Providing subsidised medical care at the Essar Hospital at Nand Niketan for the local population
	Providing subsidised education facilities at Nand Vidya Niketan for children of nearby communities
	Infrastructure development; building of overhead water storage tank at Matafalia village
	Maintaining water pipelines, community wells, etc.
	Worked on the electrification of the 7-km stretch of road from L&T to Mandali Gate
	Building and laying of an approach road to the village crematorium
	Donated an ambulance to the Arogya Samiti of Hazira village
	Providing direct and indirect employment to semi-skilled and unskilled population