Culmination of Railway Dustbins Installation

In partnership with Western & Central Railways

We also did a random on-ground check of dustbin installations across the Mumbai Suburban Stations and it was gratifying to see the dustbins being utilised as intended by the general public for maintaining cleanliness at the stations. The Station Masters were appreciative of our initiative and the high quality standard of the dustbins and reported considerable improvement in cleanliness at the stations after the installation of dustbins during our interactions. Arcil was also presented with a letter of appreciation by Central Railway officially recognising our initiative towards maintaining “Clean & Green Railway Stations” across Mumbai. To date, we have installed a total of 1231 sets of dustbins across all major railway stations in Mumbai on the Western, Central and Harbor line suburban and main line stations.

Beautification outside Bandra Terminus

In partnership with Western Railways

In lieu of the land provided by Western Railway to Arcil at Bandra Terminus for commissioning of our Waste Management Unit and under its initiative of “clean & green railway stations in Mumbai”, Arcil undertook the beautification of the long divider stretch outside Bandra Terminus Station by planting Caesalpinia trees  and also developed a small garden patch at the entrance of the Station. The beautification project was done with Arcil branding to give us the desired visibility.

Renovation of public washrooms at Lucknow Collectorate Office

Personal hygiene is essential always, especially during the COVID 19 pandemic, and even more so in high footfall public spaces such as the Lucknow Collectorate Office. Our local team at Lucknow was tasked with the renovation of its public washrooms along with maintenance for one year. This CSR project is aligned to GoI’s Swachh Bharat Initiative. It was an honour to have Shri Abhishek Prakash, Hon'ble District Magistrate, Lucknow, inaugurate the project upon its completion in the presence of Shri Vishwa Bhushan Mishra (A.D.M), Shri S.P. Singh (City Magistrate), Shri Kaptan Singh Chauhan (Admin).

Ram Krishnaa Academy – Donation of Benches

Donation of 100 benches with Arcil branding to Ram Krishnaa Academy School, Panvel, to enable them to comply to social distancing norms in the classrooms. Ram Krishnaa Academy is the only English medium school for rural children of seven villages around Panvel run by a Charitable Trust and its Mission is to provide the same amenities to rural children as their urban peers. Thus came about a physical visit to Ram Krishnaa Academy School by a small Arcil team from across various groups. During our visit, we had informal interactions with the students, teachers, parents and management of the School and witnessed first-hand the impact of the education provided by the School and appreciation for the timely provision of benches by Arcil.

Emergency rations in early months of the lockdown to the visually impaired

In partnership with Drishti Foundation

COVID 19 has raised many peculiar challenges, which require us to adapt to the need of the hour, and one such case is that of Drishti Foundation. Its Founder being visually impaired himself since birth, has founded the NGO to help a community of 400 families residing in Vangani near Badlapur, where the primary bread earner is visually impaired. The effort is to help them to live a dignified life through skill development. 

However, due to the pandemic situation, their immediate needs changed. The focus was now on basic sustenance for the families. As per requirement of the NGO, we immediately supported the procurement of ration kits for 100 families which included pulses, oil and essential grains sufficient to last a month for a family unit of 4-5 members. Challenges were faced in reaching the funds to the Drishti Foundation volunteers in the area due to it being in the red zone, which we quickly managed to work around  and deliver on our commitment to this community.