(The Hindu)
District Collector R. Mahesh Kumar on Tuesday directed the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) to fulfil their Corporate Social Responsibility mandate by allocating funds to adhere to the CSR guidelines in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district.
The Collector held talks on Tuesday (June 10) with the public sector units, ONGC and GAIL, which engage in oil and natural gas exploration, and observed poor funding under the CSR mandate.
“ONGC and GAIL failed to release the CSR grant for various projects proposed by the respective public representatives in the financial year 2024-25. These companies engaged in oil and natural gas exploration should fund all the projects proposed under the CSR mandate”, said Mr. Kumar.
He reiterated that half of the total CSR funds should be allocated to the medical and health sector, while the remaining amount for developmental works. The MLAs of the Konaseema region have asked the ONGC to repair the roads that have been damaged due to the deployment of heavy vehicles for their operations.
MLAs Vegulla Jogeswara Rao, Datla Subba Raju, Bandaru Satyananda Rao, Deva Vara Prasad, ONGC and GAIL representatives were present.
