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E V E N T S

____________________________________________________ US Commercial Officer’s visit to Pharma City

The US Commercial Officer, Ms. Aileen Crowe

Nandi, visited the Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City

on the 1st of April, 2010. She wished the Pharma

City the best of luck for growth and expansion to

showcase the best that Vizag has to offer.

Minister of Environment & Forests visits the JNPC

Mr. Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, the

Minister for Environment and Forests visited the

Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City on 27th of April,

2010. He visited Common effluent treatment

plant, water treatment plant, coastal waste

management project and the commercial area.

Fire Demos at PharmaZell & Vishnu Chemicals

Fire demonstrations were conducted at the Vishnu

Chemicals Unit on the 23rd

of Feb, 2010, and at

PharmaZell on the 6th of March, 2010. The Workers

were explained as to how to deal with the unforeseen

Solvent fire outbreaks. The demonstrations were

performed by the Asian Fire Crew of the JNPC. The workers were trained on fire

outbreaks and first aid of injuries. Training was given on how to operate the fire extinguishers and how to

combat solvent fire outbreaks using foam and fire tenders. About 75 workers from the Vishnu Chemicals

and 60 workers from PharmaZell participated in this demonstration session.

Vishnu Chemicals PharmaZell

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Inauguration of Alkali Metals & Vimal Drugs

The Alkali Metals and Vimal drugs were inaugurated on the 16th and 29

th of March 2010 respectively.

Installation of Fuel Outlet

A fuel outlet is under installation in the services area of the JNPC to cater to the

needs of the member industries.

Formation of JNPC HR Committee A JNPC HR Committee was formed comprising of 9 members representing the various member

industries and the developer. The objective of this committee is to sort out the employment issues of the

project affected and project displaced families. Mr. Narasimha Rao of Aptuit Laurus and Mr. M. Gopal

Rao of M/s. Vishnu Chemicals were elected as the Chairman and the Secretary respectively. Mr. P.

Sudhakar of RPCIL will function as the Convener of the committee.

Industrial Tour to the JNPC

Students from the Engineering colleges at Tuni and Bheemavaram visited the

Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City on the 19th March, 2010. They interacted with the

Manager-PR and the workers at the treatment plants to gain some insights into the

processes adopted.

Alkali Metals Vimal Drugs Alkali Metals Vimal Drugs

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Mock drill at Vijayasri Organics A Safety training and Mock drill was conducted at M/S

Vijayasree Organics Ltd in the JNPC on 27th April, 2010. Sri

Ramabhadra Raju, Safety Manager of M/S Vijayasree

Organics Ltd, addressed the participants and explained

about Safety training class & Mock drill. All types of

portable Fire Extinguishers operated by team members for training purpose. A total of 79 members

participated in this program.

National Fire Day Celebrations The Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City celebrated the National Fire Celebrations Day on the 14

th of April,

2010. Assistant Commissioner of Police, South Sub division, Mr. B.P.Thirupalu was the chief guest for

the event. The Asian Fire crew demonstrated skills in extinguishing different types of fire accidents and

conducting first aid for the workers involved. An exhibition was organized to create awareness about

the latest developments in the fire fighting and safety equipments.

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Solvent recovery plant A solvent recovery plant is being constructed by M/s. Visakha Solvents in

the Jawaharlal Nehru Pharmacity premises. The plant is in the erection

stage.

Appointment of New Executive Director in APIIC Dr. C. Sridhar took charge as the new Executive director at the APIIC from 26

th March, 2010.

Meeting Between the Member Industries, APIIC & Local Politicians

On the 5th and 6

th of March 2010, and 23

rd April, 2010, the

JNPC HR Committee had meetings with the HR

representatives of the a Member industries, JNPC officials

and the Local politicians to discuss the issues of

employment to house/land losers of surrounding villages of Pharma City and pollution problems in and

around Pharma City.

THANK YOU

Dr. P.P. Lal Krishna, Ph.D., Head – Operations Ramky Pharma City (India) Ltd.

JNPC - Parawada – Visakhapatnam – 531 019. www.ramky.com

Any comments on this News Letter may please be forwarded to lalkrishna@ramky.com