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Inauguration of Government Primary School in Saari,
Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand

he Tata Uttarakhand Programme (TUP), building in three days. On May 2, 2019, in the presence
Tpost-2013 disaster rehabilitation in three districts of Ravi Kumar, block education officer; Sarita Negi,
of Uttarakhand, undertook a project to rebuild the school principal; gram Pradhan Ghanshyam Lal; SMC
dilapidated primary school in Saari with a total built- president Laxmi Devi, school staff, students, parents and
up area of 315sq m catering to 66 students from school management committee members, chief guest
Grade 1 to 5. TCE was involved in the design, detailing, Mr K Ramesh, senior vice president, Tata Consulting
construction and supervision of the new school. Engineers (TCE), inaugurated the school.

The new school consists of five multi-utility rooms, In his address to the students and the community
one office room and toilet facilities. The highlight of members, Mr Ramesh praised the community’s voluntary
this construction project has been the community’s efforts and conveyed his expectation that the new
participation in the safe demolition of the old building. infrastructure will provide a better learning environment
Similar to its construction more than seven decades for their future generations and thereby strengthen
ago, one member from each family gave a day’s the Tata group’s legacy of working together for more
‘shramdaan’ which enabled demolition of the old significant social causes.