Media Release

Mangaluru, Dec 23: MRPL, under its corporate environment responsibility expenditure, will be supporting the cause of conservation of biodiversity in Mangaluru.

MRPL and Dr Shivarama Karantha Pilikula Nisargadhama Mangaluru signed MOU on Tuesday December 22 for providing adoption of wild animals in Pilikula Biological Park for a period of 12 months. Elango M, ED (Refinery) and Gokuldas Nayak-ED (DSKND Pilikula) were the signatories. Among those present were Sanjay Varma, director (Refinery), Pomila Jaspal, director (Finance), Rajeev Kushwah, CVO MRPL, BHV Prasad, ED (Projects), H Jayaprakash Bhandary, ED (DSKND Pilikula), Krishna Hegde, GGM(HR), Babu Devadiga, administrative officer, DKSND Pilikula and Sudarsan M S, CGM (HSE).

Financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 4,16,45,145 shall be spent for this cause. MRPL’s funds will be mainly utilized for providing fodder to 1,200 wild animals and also to provide veterinary facilities and medicines to the animals.

A need was felt to protect and feed more than 1200 captive wild animals during the Covid-19 outbreak and in the nationwide lockdown which has resulted in the loss of revenue generation at Pilikula. Therefore, MRPL took up the project under its CER upon a recommendation from deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district.

MRPL is associated with the Pilikula Biological Park since 2016 wherein agreement was entered into for creation of Green Belt by planting 2,000 plants in the Pilikula in 20 acres area. Further, another agreement was joined in 2017 for planting another 2,000 plants in a 30-acre area.

With this MRPL has once again shown its commitment to respond to the needs of the Dakshina Kannada region. It may be recalled, MRPL has provided sanitizers, masks, ventilators, food kits for unorganised sectors, 50,000 kg rice for Ganji Kendras, food for migrant labourers and free fuel for buses carrying migrant labourers during the COVID-19 period.