Media Release

Udupi, Sep 26: Adani Group’s Adani Power Limited – Udupi TPP, under its CSR, unveiled community infrastructure development works in the limits of Belapu Grama Panchayat on Thursday, September 26.

The projects involved 3 community infrastructure development works namely developments to Jarandaya lake, construction of compound wall for Koraga colony in Devinagar and construction of retaining wall for natural nala in Paniyuru village.

Kishore Alva spoke on the occasion and informed that Adani entity is implementing various developmental works in the vicinity of its thermal power plant in the field of education, health, infrastructure development and promotion of rural sports, art, and culture.

Under Infrastructure development activities, the company has declared totally Rs 23 crore for infrastructure development works, out of which nearly Rs 13 crore of development works have been completed.

Belapu Grama Panchayat has so far benefitted with infrastructure development works worth Rs 1.75 crore in addition to the social development works in the field of health and education, Alva added. He further informed that Belapu GP has been covering the demands of all the community in its yearly action plan and the same is being executed by the Adani Foundation under its CSR, thereby making the CSR facilities reach all the villagers. Alva also expressed happiness that Belapu is being focused as focal point both for education and for industrial development.

Later, Dr Deviprasad Shetty applauded Adani Group’s initiation to deliver the CSR benefits to the villagers. He informed that Jarandaya Daivasthana is a prominent historical place and thousands of devotees visit this Daivasthaana.

The development of Jarandaya lake, located in the premises of Daivasthaana, is a long pending demand of devotees and villagers, which is now fulfilled through Adani Foundation’s CSR. Similarly, the koraga community’s worship place located at Sridevinagar in Belapu village is again a historical place, where the society from koraga community from Kapu Hobli involving the villages of Kalathuru, Kutyaru, Yellur and Belapu visit and perform pooja at this sanctity. The Panchayat is happy that Adani Foundation is extending its CSR facilities to all the communities, Devi added.

Sharat Kumar, Prakash Bhat, Sulaiman, members of Belapu GP; Praveen D’Souza, Panchayat development officer; Narayan Poojary, Lokesh Shetty, Ganesh Shetty, Subhash Shetty, Umesh Poojary, Umesh Koraga, Sudhakar, Timma, Bharat, Kumar, Shivanand, local villagers; contractor Prajwal Shetty; APL’s AGM Ravi R Jere, Adani Foundation’s Anudeep were present on the occasion.