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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN INFRASTRUCTUREDEVELOPMENT

Rajesh Chouhan

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Abstract: Social responsibilities are very important to understand while planning forinfrastructural development because it will help in the development of the society and thecountry as a whole. In this way the development will not be restricted to a person or anorganization but will take place on a large scale reaching common man.

Keywor s! Infrastructure Development, Infrastructure Development esponsibilities,!cological Infrastructure Development, Social esponsibility

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In"ro u#"$on! In $a is going through two

different stages at the same time %"ne

showing the bright part of India that is its

rapidly developing infrastructure system

and technology and other side, the dark

part that resides in the core of India,

hidden from the shine and glitter of India.

#e all are well aware of that part which

contains poverty, unemployment,

miserable life of villagers etc.

In&ras"ru#"ure may be defined as the

physical and organizational structures

needed for the proper functioning of asociety or enterprise for e$ample roads,

bridges, telecommunication, and electrical

grids etc. It is impossible even to think

about life and society without

infrastructure and nowadays it works as a

scale to measure country%s development.

&herefore, it is very important to givegreat emphasis on infrastructure

development if we want to maintain our

self in the league of developing and

developed countries

'ut in today%s scenario, in the never

ending race of development

(infrastructure) we are leaving behind our

social ethics and responsibilities without

which we may achieve fast development

but that%s not going to last very long.

In countries like India we need to

understand where we lack, there are the

problems like poverty, employable skillgeneration, health sector etc. which can be

tackled to a great e$tent if we understand

the social responsibilities in infrastructure

development

In last few years, India has shown a great

advancement in infrastructure

development. In year, *++ infrastructure

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contributed only -. / to 0.D.1. and now

it contributes about 22/ and in future the

contribution of the infrastructure to our

0D1 is going to increase from here on.

'ut will that make India a better place for

the common man3 &hat is the real

4uestion we need to answer. 'ut if we

merge the concept of social

responsibilities with infrastructure

development, it will definitely help us to

gain something that we deserve for better

living.

Poss$'(y) $" *ay s(ow own "he ra"e o&

e+e(o,*en" o& $n&ras"ru#"ure 'u" $"

w$(( *a e "he e+e(o,*en" so#$a( an

sus"a$na'(e $n a(( res,e#"s

Me"ho o(o.y!

So#$a( res,ons$'$($"y means those

activities which an individual or an

organization does as a part of society for

welfare of society and its people.

Ty,es o& So#$a( Res,ons$'$($"$es $n

In&ras"ru#"ure De+e(o,*en"

2) Re(a"e "o /ea("h0 5ortality rate

in India is much higher in

comparison to countries like

6.S.A due to poor health

facilities .Infrastructure that may

be private or public should not

only help a person or an

organization to attain ma$imum

profit but also help a common man

to have better health facilities. 7or

instance, companies like Re($an#e

ha+e o,ene *any #o**un$"y

hea("h #en"ers an $n$"$a"e

,ro.ra*s ($ e 1DRIS/TI2 w$"h

Na"$ona( Asso#$a"$on o& B($n s%

&hese types of activities are only

possible if people think beyond

their own benefits and work for

self8actualization. 5any other

companies like A.9.9, .&.1.9.

have opened community health

centers where poor people can get

free treatment and live a healthy

life. A 1rivate ; 1ublic

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the organization working on that

plant (infrastructure) should try to

provide free education to the

children of poor families of nearby

area to benefit the society as a

whole. 5any organizations like

A.9.9 'armana and &19

=oldam etc. have come forward

considering this as their social

responsibility. O"her #o*,an$es

($ e P34 ha+e he(,e "o *a e

"he ($+es o& *ore "han 5 *$(($on

#h$( ren 'e""er 'y .$+$n. a ,ar"

o& "he$r ,ro&$" &or ,ro+$ $n.

e u#a"$on "o #h$( ren . It%s the

most important social

responsibility that any

organization should consider and

act upon while working for

infrastructural development.

>) Re(a"e "o En+$ron*en"

Preser+a"$on0 !nvironment has

always given us what we wanted,

directly or indirectly and that is

why as a (aw o& .$+e an "a e $n

hu*an wor( we nee "o .$+e

'a# so*e"h$n. "o "he

en+$ron*en" an "ha" so*e"h$n.

$s 1Preser+a"$on2% It is self8

evident that if we keep on

destroying our environment and

ignoring its preservation soon we

will be left with nothing in the

name of environment. It%s not the

environment that is changing and

causing problems like &sunami

and 0lobal #arming but we are

forcing it to change it. A dam is

must because we are a power

starved nation, but that must not

be built at the e$pense of local

populace and wildlife. All we

need to do is to understand our

social responsibility toward

environment while developing

infrastructure.

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and actuating infrastructure

development there will be a great

use of resources and we can%t

refuse or restrict ourselves for not

using them. #e have to use them

in a sustainable way. #e have

already made many species of

animals and plants e$tinct, many

of our fossil fuels rare, and many

of them are on the verge of getting

e$tinct so we need to take this

seriously before it is too late. &he

goal of sustainable use of

resources can be achieved by

following some simple points as

follow8

&he policy of ( educe,euse, ecycle) must be kept in

mind while planning infrastructure

development

Advanced technologies like

geopolymer, hollow concrete

blocks must be used in

construction which will eventually

reduce the cost and time of

construction and will save material

1reservation and proper utilization

of all our natural resources

A fair communication system

between 0ovt. bodies and

common people

!4ual and fair distribution of

income

9ontribute in research and

development

&o make 9.S. a key business

process for sustainable

development

ACKNO7LED4MENT

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