"World Environment Week"

RANGPO-1ST JUNE 12
Zydus Healthcare, Baghey khola is celebrating "World Environment Week" from 30 May to 5th June 2012. During this week the company will organise inter - department Environment Health & Safety audit competition; best idea competition, quiz & slogans competition, some community based awareness programs and few other such activities.
In fact, as part of the celebrations the company decided to contribute towards reducing a bit of the carbon footage like the previous two years. Towards this, on 30th May, the first day of the environment week, all employees came walking from their respective houses to the factory. The employees came to the factory in two groups with banners conveying healthy environment messages. One group came from Singtam which was led by Mr. NN Kabade, the Unit Head and the other from Rangpo led by Mr. Suman Bag. Ms Geetanjali Singh D/O Major Ajit Singh, who happened to be in Sikkim for her summer vacation, walked for the third time in succession along with her father to the factory. No vehicles were used for coming to the factory in A and G shifts. On reaching the factory Mr. Kabade addressed all employees on the environmental issues and there after all employees took "Environment, Health & Safety" pledge.

The Unit Head along with the heads of departments and Mr. Purna Bahadur, Councilor Nagar Panchayat, Rangpo, spent the day with the students and staff of Majhitar High School on 1st June and shared their environmental thoughts with them. Besides planting saplings, the program at the school included drawing & painting competition; green idea/slogan and essay competition with the basic theme on environmental awareness. The company also screened the famous movie on environmental awareness, called "The Inconvenient Truth" for the students and staff of the school.

The World Environment week will be concluded on 5th June by planting saplings within the factory premises and prize distribution. The occasion will be graced by Dr. Gopal Pradhan, Senior Scientist, State Pollution Control Board, Sikkim. Various activities of the Environment Week are being organised by Major Ajit Singh (General Manager HR & Admin), Mr. Sharad Sawant ( Manager Engineering) & Mr. Jayaram Pattnaik (Safety Officer)