As part of its long-term commitment towards flood victims, Engro Polymer and Chemicals Ltd (EPCL) continues to instill a new sense of hope among people whose lives were completely devastated last year by the most catastrophic flood disaster in the history of Pakistan. The EPCL recently initiated its agriculture rehabilitation programme in the areas worst affected by the floods.
EPCL follows a clearly chalked out CSR strategy which focuses on community involvement in line with EPCL's core business values in an effort to give back to the society. After successfully carrying out its flood relief efforts, EPCL recently kicked off its agriculture rehabilitation activities in Northern Areas that were worst affected by the flood's aftermath. EPCL has currently launched agriculture-based self-sufficiency projects in far-flung areas where the flood victims suffer from low morale and inadequate economic opportunities at the moment.
The EPCL also recently installed 500 high-efficiency micro drip irrigation systems in Northern Areas to support the nutritional needs of low income groups. These micro drip irrigation systems made of high-quality PVC pipes use advanced technology to water plant at the roots. Through this system, the amount of water delivered can be tightly controlled to keep the soil at the ideal level of moisture, necessary to maximise growth of the plants. As the crop is planted at specific locations next to the emitters, urea, fertilisers and pesticides need also only be applied directly to the root area of the crop, ensuring major input cost savings of about 50-75 percent. Other input costs are also reduced by 30-60 percent, while potentially increasing product yield by 10-50 percent. EPCL aims to provide these drip irrigation systems to 2,000 deserving families.-PR