SHIMLA: As many 1200 youths have been trained through DISHA centres of ACC Ltd that have enabled them to gain sustainable livelihoods in Himachal Pradesh.
This DISHA initiative of the company has come as welcome effort to make youth trained and employable.
But locals mainly in Barmana have been complaining about pollution from the chimney of the cement plant in the nearby villages.
The nano particles emitted from the cement plant impacts on their crops and health, but the company and state pollution control board have failed to solve their problem.
Development Initiative on Skills for Holistic Development (DISHA) has provided training to over 1400 youth in the state by providing them necessary training and education required to make them employable.
According to the spokesperson of the company, ACC Limited is the cement and building materials arm of Adani Cement and part of the Adani Group.
As a part of the community development initiative, the company has launched various initiatives for the youth through its outreach programmes.
DISHA gets household data that facilitates micro planning and provide counselling, soft skills and digital skills. The youth are engaged with the local panchayat members, who are key stakeholders of villages, spokesperson said.
He stated that some of its other outreach programmes meant for underprivileged focus on digital and financial literacy, soft skills, personality and all-round development.
Take an example of Piyusha, a 25-year-old and fruit shop owner’s daughter, who exemplifies Disha's success.
She completed her 10+2 from the HP Board before moving to Bilaspur to pursue a degree in science. Piyusha learned about the ACC’s DISHA centre where she got short courses for employment after graduating.
Piyusha chose a retail sales course in June 2022 and is employed as a Customer Relation Officer at Airtel in Sundarnagar.
The programme also aided Pradeep Kumar, a middle class, 22-year old from the village of Jamthal. He completed a two-month short course in F&B and is employed as a Steward at Hotel LA-RI-SA in Shimla.
There are over 1400 youth who have been trained for the gainful employment so far, he added.
ACC cements ltd was acquired by the Adani group recently. It has over 6,400 employees, 17 cement manufacturing sites, 80 concrete plants and a nationwide network of over 50,000 channel partners to serve its customers.
