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HCC’s Disaster Response Engagements

Disaster Management: Facts• Natural disasters result in significant loss of life, damage to property, assets and environmental

resources, and the disruption of supply chains and markets.

• Approximately 75% of the world’s population and half of the least developed countries are

exposed to extreme events such as earthquakes, flooding and cyclones.

• The annual number of natural disasters has more than doubled since 1980.

• The Global Humanitarian Forum estimates that 40% of the total increase in natural disasters since

1980 can be attributed to climate change. Statistics indicate that hydro meteorological events

(such as flooding and cyclones) have increased dramatically, while those caused by geophysical

events (such as earthquakes and volcanoes) have remained relatively stable. This suggests that

the increase in weather-affected events is very likely the result of environmental degradation and

climate change.

• Future projections indicate that by 2030 the annual number of weather-related disasters will be

three times higher than during the last three decades.

Disaster Management @ HCCWhy?

• Vision to build on the core strengths and existing capacity of the organization ie Engineering, Project Management Capabilities.

• Availability of relevant resources & well equipped to handle emergencies through trained engineers & workers, heavy equipments and communication hardware needed for disaster response, evacuation and reconstruction in close proximity to disaster hit region.

Impact

• Retain talent through employee engagement: Provide opportunities for professional development, increases morale and loyalty towards the company.

• Generate goodwill in the workforce & build strong sense of community within the company

• Improve brand recognition & company reputation.

• Encourage long term business relationship.

• Develop new network and contacts and lead to potential access to new markets and geographic regions.

Disaster Resource Partnership (DRP) WEF & Disaster Resource Network (DRN) ,India

Disaster Resource Partnership (DRP): An initiative by WEF• Vision

To form an ongoing collaboration with the humanitarian community at the global level and government and other key humanitarian actors at the national level ,to leverage the core strengths and existing capacities of the E&C community before, during and after natural rapid-onset disasters to reduce suffering and save lives.

• Objectives:

• Establishing a clear and dependable deployment mechanism through which E& C company skills and assets will be directly applied to post-disaster response, particularly in the areas of emergency shelter and early recovery.

• Ensuring that E&C companies are adequately trained and meet the minimum core competencies necessary for humanitarian response as established by the humanitarian community.

• Ensuring that the E&C companies are aware of and adhere to international humanitarian principles and standards such as the Sphere standards.

• Supporting existing country level National Networks and catalyzing new National Networks

• Establishing partnerships and framework agreements with humanitarian organizations, donors and governments which facilitate the engagement of National Networks locally and also facilitate the delivery of global E&C expertise at the global and local level.

• Capturing and sharing ‘best practice’/institutional knowledge between National Networks and with humanitarian organizations and academic institutions.

DRP-National Networks

1. DRN Mexico( Unidos por Ellos): Unidos por Ellos was founded in 1998. It has since developed

into a national network of approximately 50 companies, foundations and universities that provide

post-disaster assistance (logistics, information management, medical assistance and damage

assessments) in Mexico and abroad. Their response is considered in two phases −relief and

subsequently reconstruction.

2.DRN India : DRN India was established in November 2002 and is coordinated by Hindustan

Construction Company (HCC). HCC CEO Ajit Gulabchand is the Chairman of the Indian DRN and

sits on the Board of Directors of DRN Global. DRN India has two areas of operation – providing

training and increasing the capacity of the E&C community to respond to disaster situations, and

creating an organizational structure and emergency management plan to respond to emergency

situations.

3. The DRP Indonesia National Network: Launched in June 2011 by the President of Indonesia

at Jakarta. This network will replicate the DRP model to improve disaster mangenement in

Indonesia .

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Disaster Resource Network

Coinciding with the 2001 annual meet of the World Economic Forum, an earthquake devastated Gujarat, India. Forum members in the engineering, logistics and construction industry came together to establish the network.

Disaster Resource Network (DRN)

Vision

The Disaster Resource Network (E&C DRN) is a network that enables the core strengths and existing capacities of the E&C community to be mobilized during and after crises to reduce suffering and save lives.

Our CMD, Mr Ajit Gulabchand is not only on the Board of Directors of DRN Global and also the Chairman of the Indian Chapter.

DRN India is associated with CFI (Construction Federation of India) which house the network.

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Disaster Management (DRN)Scope/Objectives: DRN Training and Relief WorkTo focus on life saving tactics which are needed by each individual during any disaster by providing first responder training to all the employees.

To give an insight to all employees including the workers at each project site to deal with any disaster or accident effectively ,till medical help arrives.

To create a disaster management core group which will include people with certain skill sets to help during any disaster on site by providing a second level training for selected volunteers for each site. This core of volunteers can be sent to support the rehabilitation at the time of disaster.

Scope/Objectives: Emergency Response SystemTo create a matrix of various disasters / emergencies and mark the probability of natural or man-made disaster occurring at each site.

To create a Do's and Don'ts chart for each disaster.

To improve the existing On Site Indicative Emergency Preparedness Plan to devise a best practice Alarm Tree.

To create an evacuation plan during any emergency at each site.

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DRN India Engagements

•HCC has participated in many disaster relief work like J&K earthquake 2005,Bangladesh Cyclone 2007,Bihar Floods 2008,Orissa Floods 2008, AP Floods 2009 ,Leh Flash Floods 2010,Sikkim Earthquake 2011,J&K Snow Avalanche 2012 etc. The focus areas are water, sanitation, Shelter and hygiene promotion.

3 )Relief Operations : HCC has the relevant resources and is well

equipped to handle disasters with its EE trained engineers, project

management capabilities and the heavy equipment needed for disaster

relief work, evacuation and reconstruction. Some partners:

OXFAM,SEEDS,REDR India, Unicef etc

•HCC trains selected engineers from HO and various sites to form a core team. This core of volunteers can be sent to support rehabilitation at the time of disaster.•Partner: REDR India

2)Engineering In Emergencies Training : An advance level training

for select engineers of the company. It is a seven days extensive

training on public health engineering ,hygiene promotion, shelter and

settlement.

•Participation in Conferences & Sharing DRN Best Practices with other E&C companies.•Encourage other E&C companies to join in the DRN Initiatives.

4)Networking: Developing network and Partnering with the lead

national, international agencies working in the field of disaster

management.

HCC's InvolvementSub- Activity :DRN India

•HCC conducts this training at all project sites for all employees including workers.

1)First Responder Training: Sensitization program with the objective

of imparting basic knowledge on life saving skills and disaster

management.

DRN India Working Group Companies

Disaster Response Activities

Why E&C should get Involved

Assets

Food + water supplies

Shelter materials

Tools

Equipment

Vehicles

Power

Labour

Communications Equipment

Space

Networks

Skills / Services

Assessment, monitoring + evaluation

Strategic planning

Technical expertise

Programme/ project management

Safety management

Physical planning

Infrastructure design (shelter, roads, wat-san, power, facilities)

Logistics / supply chain management

Site supervision

Local knowledge &networks

First Responder Training

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First Responder Training

What- This is a sensitization program with an objective of imparting basic knowledge on life saving skills and disaster

management.

Why- The objective is to focus on life saving tactics which are needed by each individual during any disaster by

providing first responder training to all the employees and to give an insight to all employees including the workers at

each project site to deal with any disaster or accident effectively, till medical help arrives.

Target Audience- All HCC employees including workmen.

Duration- 4 hours

Partners involved- RedR ,India:RedR-India is part of the RedR International network, a humanitarian, non-profit

organization, which maintains a register of experienced humanitarian professionals who are available to assist

governments and external support agencies that work in the humanitarian sector.

Till now, 11900 people including HCC employees and academicians are covered in the training

spending, 47596 man-hours.

First Responder Training

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Engineering In Emergencies (EE)

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Engineering in Emergencies Training

Second Level Training for Volunteers: Engineering i n Emergencies

What- This is an extensive second level residential training for selective employees.

Why- This core of volunteers can be sent to support the rehabilitation at the time of disaster.

Target audience- Young and Dynamic Engineers

Partners involved- RedR India

Duration - 7days

Training module : Designed on the Sphere standards for emergency relief work and global standards for humanitarian response emphasizing Environmental/Public Health Triangle composed of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene promotion, Shelter and Settlement, access road repairs and maintenance etc.

Method: Participatory group exercises, case studies, role-play, interactive presentations, focused discussions, film shows, simulations and practice with equipment used in the field and experience sharing with senior professionals who have been a part of national and international disaster responses and rescue missions

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Disaster Management (DRN)- DRN Training

Second Level Training for Volunteers: Engineering i n Emergencies

Day Seven A surprise emergency simulation exercise (operation planning) to put to test the participant s’

learning of the entire training course.

Day Six Data Collection methodologies for emergency needs assessment cycle, group exercises and practical

activities

Day Five Basics, concept and actual intervention methodologi es for Shelter and Settlement, and Access–

road repairs and maintenance.

Day Four Discussions on Hygiene Promotion and its importance , linkage with Shelter, Water Supply and

Sanitation.

Day Two and Three Introduction to the Concept and interventions on En vironmental Health – Public Health

Triangle composed of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene promotion.

Day One Expectation setting and course overview. Sessions o n nature and risk of emergencies,

humanitarian principles, current relief system with a concluding session on the Sphere standards for

emergency relief work and global standards for humanitarian response.

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Engineering In Emergencies

Second Level Training for Volunteers: Engineering i n Emergencies•Launched in November, 2008. •Six batches of EE successfully conducted.•First batch had only HCC participants.•Second batch onwards, other E&C companies joined.

13HCC-12 and L&T -120-26 September,2010Fifth

104Total

10L&T-2,ESSAR-2,SPCL-4,CH2MHILL-1,DRP Indonesia-12-8 July,2012Sixth

18Fluor-5 and HCC-1316-22nd November,2009Fourth

16L&T-7,Fluor-5,ITDC-1 and HCC-315 - 21 March,2009Third

21

Jaiprakash Associates Ltd-7, ITD Cementation(ITDC)-2, Shapoorji and Pallonji-1 and HCC-129-15November, 2008Second

26HCC-2628 July- 3 August 2008First

Total Engineers Trained

E&C Companies Name and Number of participantsMonth Batch

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Engineering in Emergencies

Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Resilience

Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Resilience• An investment in disaster risk reduction is an investment in the future, with substantial returns for all.

• Therefore today the worldwide focus towards disaster management is now taking a transition from relief and

rehabilitation to awareness towards Disaster Risk Reduction.

• Corporates are also expected to engage more in the risk reduction and building resilience across their business

and communities around. The private sector has a vital role to play in averting disasters, safeguarding

economies, nations, communities, and themselves.

• HCC also focuses on:

(i) help to prevent disasters from happening (prevention)

(ii) reduce the impact disasters have (mitigation)

(iii) prepare societies to deal with the effects of a disaster when they happen (preparedness)

• To focus more on the above HCC has joined United Nation’s International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

UNISDR's Disaster Risk Reduction Private Sector Partnership (DRR-PSP) to engage the private sector in

future Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) initiatives. Mr.Ajit Gulabchand has joined as a member of Private Sector

Advisory Board. Mr. Gulabchand has endorsed UNISDR’s Statement of c ommitment by Private Sector for

Disaster Prevention, Resilience and Risk Reduction.

Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Resilience • Activities

• Strengthening our existing BCP: A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is how an organization guards against future disasters that could endanger its long-term health or the accomplishment of its primary mission. Therefore prior to creation of the business plan itself, it is essential to consider the potential impacts of disaster and to understand the underlying risks which are the foundations upon which a sound business continuity plan should be built.

• To create a matrix of various disasters / emergencies and mark the probability of natural or man-made disaster occurring at each site

• To improve the existing on Site Indicative Emergency P reparedness Plan

• To Make do’s and don’ts for each probable disaster

• Creating task force within the company

• Creating disaster risk awareness in community in vicinity of the project site.

• Preparing community based emergency response plan in coordination with local government and technical agencies sharing do’s and don’ts with the communities

• Dissemination of the ERP in the community and creating community task force.

Relief Work

Uttarakhand Cloudburst & Flash Floods 2013- Relief O peration

• Torrential rains and cloudbursts occurred in the state of Uttarakhand and the neighboring Himachal Pradesh from

June 17-19, 2013 which triggered devastating floods and landslides. The scale of destruction has been huge −

there has been a significant erosion of the river banks and major roads have been washed away, leading to

heavy landslides. Many people died and thousands of people remain totally stranded, including pilgrims and

residents. The timely arrival of help and relief was severely restricted due to sporadic landslides and consequent

road blocks.

• HCC is currently executing work on the Tehri Pump Storage Plant in Garhwal, Uttarakhand, encompassing the

construction of an Underground Machine Hall on the left bank of River Bhagirathi.

• After the disaster struck, no damages were reported at the project, and all the personnel of HCC were safe .

• HCC team closely worked with the army for clearing the rescue routes and enabled he army to go up and

start evacuation and saving lives. Tehri served as a base camp for all the pilgrims who were rescued i n

the region. All the pilgrims were provided with food , water, sanitation, shelter and medical facilities at

HCC’s Relief camp at Tehri.

Uttarakhand Cloudburst & Flash Floods 2013- Relief O peration

Some of the highlights of the operations are-

• Clearing of the main road that connects Tehri to the city of Srinagar ( the largest city in Garhwal Uttarakhand)

using equipments like dozer and dumpers

• Assistance to the government teams to move towards Kedarnath to rescue the stranded pilgrims by clearing the

debris. Three landslides took place between 18th & 19th June and the team continuously worked to clear severe

accumulation of rock and debris. A government rescue team fleet comprising of around 500 vehicles and 1500

personnel including 75 NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) could finally move towards Kedarnath the

worst affected region.

• Over 23000 people availed the free food facility set up at the Langar (food camp) from 18th June onwards.

• Team & equipments deployed for clearing of rescue route obstructed by fuel tanker.

• Over 3000 pilgrim treated at the 24 hour medical facility which included an ambulance and site medical officers.

• Sanitation facility provided for affected persons.

• The project team arranged shelter for women and children at the project office complex.

• The District Magistrate, The Superintendent of Police, Ministers from West Bengal used the HCC Project office as

their camp to monitoring the complete relief work.

Relief work at Uttarakhand 2013

HCC’s Tehri Project serves as a Nodal point for Utt arakhand Relief Operations

J&K Snow Avalanche 2012- Rescue Operation

• A massive snow avalanche struck Gurez area near the Line of

Control in Bandipora district of Kashmir valley on 19th

March’12.

• HCC has an ongoing HEP Project , Kishanganga HEP which

was near to the affected area.

• The affetced area was between HCC crushing plant site and

residential camp at Badwan village, Gurez site.

• Many people were trapped under heaps of snow.

• HCC formed a rescue team, including officers, workers and

doctors and reached the incident spot along with ambulance

and equipments like loaders and excavator to support the

police and army to rescue the victims.

• The rescue operation continued for two days and HCC team

was able to save many lives.

Sikkim Earthquake 2011- Relief and Rehabilitation As sistance• September2011: A major earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale occurred

with its epicenter on the Sikkim – Nepal border.

• HCC is executing two projects in Sikkim on the Teesta Hydroelectric Project

(H.E.P.); namely Teesta VI - H.E.P -LOT IV (Tarkhola ) and Teesta VI – HEP- LO T

II ( Mamring & Kalej Khola). No damage was reported at both project sites, and all

HCC personnel were safe.

• The areas worst affected by the earthquake were in North Sikkim, located about 70

– 100 km far from the HCC project site.

• HCC’s deployed a team of officers and workers led by Engineering in Emergencies

(EE) trained engineer to support district authorities and the BRO (Border Roads

Organization) in the relief work.

• The team provided medical assistance and basic relief materials like food and water

(supplied around 10,000 litres of clean drinking water through a tanker to residents

in the community camps),

• It was a major challenge to provide relief as several roads were inaccessible due to

landslides so HCC deployed equipments to remove the debris.

Appreciation letter by Sikkim Govt for Sikkim Erathquake-2011

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Leh Flash Flood August (2010)•HCC which has two large engineering project sites in the Ladakh and Kargil regions has deployed trained engineers for relief and restoration work at the affected villages close to its project sites.

•HCC supported the village cleaning, distribution of food material and health check up and distribution of medicines for the villagers.

•The relief teams are led by Engineering in Emergencies (EE) trained engineers, who are selected engineers from various HCC project sites who are extensively trained to work in disaster on Water, Sanitation, Shelter and Hygiene Promotion.

•The disaster also ravaged the school in which the climax of Aamir Khan’s blockbuster movie “3 Idiots” has been filmed called as Druk School at Shey. Heavy equipment and HCC team including a trained disaster relief engineer, equipment such as JCB and tippers were deployed to clear mud and sludge left behind by cloudburst. Amir Khan personally visited the school and appreciated HCC’s work which helped the school to get back to normal situation.

•HCC team also repaired the bridges, cleaning Rizhong Monastery, Water Channel for drinking water. Another team of HCC EE trained engineers are building toilets and water supply system along with OXFAM.

Man-hours spent for Leh flood relief work by 380 officers and workers is 136800 hours.

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Relief Work at LEH

Equipments in operationHCC Team at workClassrooms filled with Mud

Aamir Khan appreciated HCC’s Work at DKP School whe re his film “Three Idiots” was shot

HCC organized a party for the school children after completion of cleaning and reopening of the school

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Relief Work at LEH

Restoration of Irrigation Canal at Khalinga Village August 19, 2010

Restoration of Irrigation Canal at Manegailcha Vill age September 10, 2010 Restoration of Road at Scurbuchan Village August 25, 2010

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3 HCC “Engineering In Emergencies” trained Engineers worked with OXFAM, an International organization working in field of disaster management.

Installation of T11 Tank for Water Supply Hygiene Promotion by HCC engineer at DPK School

Building of Temporary Toilets for the affected peop leRahul Bose brand ambassador Oxfam, appreciated HCC work

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Relief operationBIHAR FLOODS-August’08• One of the worst floods in the history of the Indian state of Bihar, occurred due to a breach in the

Kosi embankment, near Indo-Nepal border (at a place called Kusha in Nepal) on August 18, 2008.

• 10 HCC engineers, trained under training -Engineering Response in Emergencies (ERE) from various project sites were deployed to Bihar for the flood relief work.

• They worked along with UN, Oxfam and other local NGO’s

• Sent in three different batches for two weeks each.

• Mandate :Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) in affected regions. • Work Done: • Constructed public convenience facilities and water storage tanks. • Conducted awareness camps for the villages on hygiene and sanitation to prevent water borne

and vector disease. • Constructed more than 57 toilets and an equal number of bathrooms• bored 25 hand pumps and • Made 8 water tanks with a cumulative storage capacity of 40,0000 litres of drinking water. • Involved in Carcass DisposalMan-hours spent for Bihar Flood Relief Work by 10 en gineers is 6300 hours.

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Relief operationBihar Flood- August’08

Appreciation from our partners

“I would like to thank HCC for the

excellent support to Bihar flood

response through deployment of

HCC Corp Engineers, well-trained

in Relief and Rescue Missions.

Their contribution has been

enormous in setting up response

program that aims to provide clean

water and appropriate sanitation to

over 1,20,000 flood affected

displaced people at Supaul.”

Enamul Hoque,

Public Health

Advisor, Oxfam GB

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Relief operationORISSA FLOODS- September’08• Flood in Mahanadi River and its tributaries had brutally affected more than 3 million people in 17

of the states 30 districts. The worst affected districts were Kendrapara, Jagatsingpur, and Cuttack. • The Paradip project site deployed 350 officers and workers in several small teams headed by

officers who had attended the 7 days Engineering Emergencies (EE) Training on Disaster Management .

• HCC team reached the needy local people in the flood affected areas, where even the District administration failed to reach.

• Work Done: • Carried out the rescue, relief restoration of people from the villages surrounded and submerged by

Flood water.• Supported the District Magistrates of Kendrapara and Jajpur in restoration of embankment, road,

and culverts in flood affected areas. • Provided food, medicines, temporary shelter, drinking water along with providing lighting tower in

the temporary shelters for flood victims. • Supplied plastic sheets and bamboo for making temporary shelters. • Provided crane for unloading boats, providing equipments and manpower for safe guarding

breaching of embankment in the over flowing rivers. Man-hours spent for Orissa flood relief work by 350 officers and workers is 42000 hours .

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Relief operationOrissa Flood- September’08

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J&K Earthquakes 2005

• J&K Earthquakes

• Supported SEEDS Interim shelters program:

Raised Euros 200,000 for building 400 shelters for 1800 people in 12 weeks. Provided civil

engineering team support.

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Key stakeholders involved in J&K relief works

J&K Collector:Local district administrationIdentified project affected families

SEEDS: NGO Mandated to undertake interim relief shelters

Mobilized a pool of 40 trained masons from Gujarat DRN-India

Facilitated Project Management of the program

DRN-Global:Helped located a major international donor

COFRA: key donor for the program (Eur 200,000)

HCC: Volunteer company, mobilized engineers to oversee Project Management

Beneficiaries:“1800 quake Affected

people” across 5 districts

International Level• Bangladesh SIDR cyclone (2007)

• Super Cyclone SIDR, a Category 4 Super Cyclone struck Bangladesh in 2007. HCC

mobilized Bengali speaking Public Health Engineers to work with RED R and Oxfam

in the worst affected divisions of Khulna, Bari sal and Barguna. The engineer worked

along with Oxfam, UN, and other local NGO’s. Another engineers from L&T was also

deployed with him. He assisted Oxfam’s Public Health Engineering expert in the

districts of Bagerhat & Phirozpur in monitoring the Public Health Engineering (PHE)

targets planned out for immediate implementation along with the local NGOs.

The major sphere of activity included the following:

• Cleaning of navigational canals by removal of carcasses and broken trees.

• Cleaning of ponds through the use of lime followed by testing of PH levels for

testifying the removal of bacterias and thus making the same re-usable.

• Repair of hand pumps, cleaning of existing (PSF) pond sand filter and construction of

new pond sand filters. Construction of temporary latrines and encouraging local

vendors to manufacture concrete ring and slabs to meet the demand.

Public-private partnerships: HCC’s DRN India Initia tives selected for Publication by Kings College ,London

Humanitarian Futures Programme, King’s College, London

DRN India Research Study was

published by King’s College,

London. This is a study by the

college under Humanitarian

Futures Programme. The theme of

the study is “Platform for Private

Sector –Humanitarian

Collaboration. The study is based

on the report provided by HCC and

an interview of Ms.Niyati Sareen,

GM, CSR and Ms.Shikha

Shabdita, Manager DRN India.

DRN-India, DRP-Indonesia and DRP Secretariat / Worl d Economic Forum, meeting hosted by HCC• The first inter-network exchanges took place in Jul y’12 in India by organizing a special DRN-India

Working Group meeting to share experiences from Ind ia, Indonesia and the DRP Global Services

Secretariat.

(Right to left) Ms.Priya Nikam(ARUP), Ms.Niyati Sareen(HCC), Mr. Subodh Pandey(CH2MHILL),Mr. Alok Shrivastava(SPCL), Mr. Dilip Trikannad (HIRCO),Mr. Richard Jackson(ARUP),Mr.Gavin White(DRP,WEF),Mr. Victor Rembeth(DRP Indonesia),Mr. Karuna Gopal(L&T) and Ms.Shikha Shabdita(HCC).

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