SRK Knowledge Foundation (SRKKF), the community welfare arm of Shree Ramkrishna Exports Pvt. Ltd (SRK), a leader in the world of diamonds, announced at an Independence Day event in Surat that they would install rooftop solar panels at the homes of 750 martyred soldiers and unsung heroes across India.
SRKKF under the leadership of founder-chairman Govindbhai Dholakia organised an event, named ‘Rashtra ki Roshni’ at SRK Sports Park, Surat to celebrate 75 years of India’s Independence. A parade escorted the chief guest, Commandant Chetan Kumar Cheetah of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative of celebrating 75 years of India’s glory with the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ campaign, SRKKF, during ‘Rashtra ki Roshni’, pledged to continue helping and empowering the affected families of unsung heroes and committed to the installation of residential solar rooftop at their homes. The initiative is said to impact 3000+ lives while addressing the needs of energy day and night. Once complete, this would be a pioneering initiative by a community welfare organisation.
The 750 KW rooftop solar systems will be used to power 750 homes. With this, the residents will be able to save Rs 2,000 per month over 25 years. SRKKF is accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and this initiative is a small step towards a green future among the various other initiatives.
In March this year, Govindbhai announced plans to make Dudhala in Amreli district of Gujarat a green village by installing solar panels at all the homes. Earlier in 2016 at Nadabet, SRKKF had organised an event named “Hum Chale toh Hindustan Chale” to felicitate our brave army jawans.
Govindbhai remarked, “Our unsung heroes are doing so much for us. We should take inspiration from them to always contribute to the development and growth of our nation. As responsible citizens of India, we, the SRK Family, thought of what should we do for our unsung heroes which could benefit them for a lifetime and came up with the idea of providing solar energy to their homes.”
Till date, over 3,008,160 people have received financial support for various educational scholarships and medical exigencies. Govindbhai instituted the ‘Santokbaa Humanitarian Award’ in 2006 in the fond memory and honour of his late mother, Smt. Santokbaa. The award till date has been conferred on 13 eminent personalities from distinctive backgrounds.
