A committee was constituted comprising of Employees & Workmen named “Samaj Mitra” having the following objectives:

• Enhance interaction with Society
• Identify gaps in societal needs
• Prioritize spending to bridge these gaps
• Review the effectiveness of societal initiatives.

Keeping the above objectives in mind, several initiatives have been carried out in the following avenues:

• Rain Water Conservation's
• Rural Employment & Training
• Rural Infrastructure
• Basic Literacy & Education
• Pollution Control
• Women’s Welfare
• Orphan Children Welfare
• Energy Conservation
• Use of recycled materials
• Assistance to the victims of natural calamities

Rural Development

Dr. Samant has been running the Jayprakash Narayan Leprosy Hospital in Vasai for many years now. It is a charitable hospital, providing medical facilities, free of cost, to the needy and destitute people in the areas surrounding Vasai.

Raychem RPG has initiated a Fish Farming Project jointly with the neighboring areas in the Hospital ,under which the Hospital will train tribal people from the neighboring areas in the cultivation of a species of fish called 'Tilapia' in an artificial pond.

The Hospital has provided land for creating the pond that will measure about 40,000sq.ft. Once it is complete, rainwater will start accumulating in the pond, creating a natural eco-system foe aqua-culture sustenance.

After the training, the tribal people will be encouraged to create smaller ponds in their own backyards for farming Tilapia, and the necessary guidance and support will be given to them.

Mr. Chandrashekhar Bhandsavale, an eminent aqua-culture expert who has implemented similar projects in Neral, is supervising and guiding the projects.

The objective of this is to provide the tribal people living in and around Vasai with an alternative source of earning that will require minimum attention, and that can be done along with their other regular work. It will make them self-sufficient and help improve the quality of life.

This project will also help in rainwater conservations, and the fish cultivated in the pond will be a source of income to the Hospital.

Yet another Samaj Mitra Project with multiple benefits!!.

Environmental Care

Pollution Control:

To promote a pollution free and eco-friendly environment, Lloyd Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) have certified our compliance to ISO norms and accredited us with ISO 14000 certification. The following initiates were undertaken by us: Installed fuel DG set to economies diesel consumption. Changed our expansion process from wet to dry to save water from contamination. Waste hydraulic and lubricant oil are refined for re-use. This conserves natural resources.

• To control noise pollution, acoustic chambers have been provided.

• Disposing Factory waste in a scientific manner. The polymer process scrap which cannot be recycled, and which is non-biodegradable, is used for land filling.

• Chemically/ Oil contaminated wastes such as cotton rags, tins, plastic cans of paint, mold release spray, oil contaminated paper/ poly bags from canteen are incinerated through approved facility.

• Non-contaminated paper, poly bags, wood, metal scrap, drums are recycled

• Non-silicon pressure spray cans are recycled.

• Regularly monitoring air quality, noise level, stack emission and factory effluent.