Dalmia Bharat Salutes 123 Veteran Contractors across Eastern Region during ‘Aap Hain Sachche Viswakarma’ felicitation…..

Dalmia Bharat Salutes 123 Veteran Contractors across Eastern Region during ‘Aap Hain Sachche Viswakarma’ felicitation

During company’s annual Vishwakarma Puja celebration in West Bengal 26 Heroes of Construction were honoured, ensuring salience within region’s contractor fraternity

News Stardom : Kolkata, 22nd September, 2022: Dalmia Bharat Limited (DBL), one of the nations leading cement manufacturers, celebrated the valuable contributions of 123 veteran contractors across the East region at its ‘Aap Hai Sachche Viswakarma’ felicitation initiative. Saluting elderly veteran contractors whose expertise and craftsmanship have made innumerable dream homes of Individual House Builders a reality, the event was held during the company’s annual Viswakarma Pooja celebration in Midnapore, West Bengal.

Dalmia Bharat Limited started the ‘Aap Hai Sachche Viswakarma’ initiative in 2020 to build salience within the contractor fraternity across the region. In its inaugural year, 14 Viswakarmas were honoured, followed by 74 in 2021. This year, the cement major celebrated a record 123 veteran contractors across the region including (45 in Bihar, 35 in Orissa, 26 in West Bengal, 11 in Jharkhand and six in Uttar Pradesh.)

Commenting on the company’s ‘Aap Hai Sachche Viswakarma’ initiative, a company spokesperson said, “Each year our company celebrates Viswakarma Puja day with our fraternity of Veteran Contractors by worshipping Lord Viswakarma who is regarded as the God of Workmanship and Skill. As a mark of honour and gratitude towards our elderly contractors in the East region, we salute them,on this day, to commemorate their irreplacable craftsmanship that has helped build our nation. We hope that our ongoing efforts will help forge a strong emotional connect as well as infuse a sense of respect that is an integral aspect of our Dalmia Bharat Limited value system.”

During the celebration, the life and work of selected senior contractors, encapsulated in a specially-designed album, was shared with the entire contractor fraternity. The Viswakarmas were also presented with a memento honour, a shawl, a Wall clock in the presence of the senior contractors’ families, Dalmia Cement senior functionaries and dealers, the contractor fraternity, theDalmia Bharat team.

The felicitation was organised in the presence of over 1300 masons and contractors, Dalmia Bharat’s channel partners and key influencers.

About Dalmia Bharat: Founded in 1939, Dalmia Bharat Limited (DBL) (BSE/NSE Symbol: DALBHARAT) is one of India’s pioneering cement companies headquartered in New Delhi. With a growing capacity, currently pegged at 37.0MnT, Dalmia Bharat Limited is the fourth-largest cement manufacturing company in India by installed capacity. Spread across 10 states and 14 manufacturing units, the Company is a category leader in super-speciality cement used for oil well, railway sleepers and airstrips and is the country’s largest producer of Portland Slag Cement (PSC). Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited, a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, prides itself at having one of the lowest carbon footprint in the cement world globally. It is the first cement company to commit to RE100, EP100 & EV100 (first triple joiner) – showing real business leadership in the clean energy transition by taking a joined-up approach.