Education plays a crucial role in the development and progress of a society. It serves as the foundation for individual growth, societal cohesion, economic prosperity, and cultural advancement. We at Geomysore are determined to provide all necessary support to facilitate the education to the local community, directly or indirectly. Some of our initiatives include

1. Transportation arrangements for the students to and from schools within the villages
2. Providing free drinking water to the schools
3. Providing the schools with the necessary educational staff volunteers
   

   o Employment of approximately 30 school teachers, aids and helpers in 7 different schools within the community

4. We are planning to offer free special tuitions to the students of the nearby villages
5. We have set up free computer training centres to train the school children.
6. Assisting the schools with the infrastructure developments
   

   o Installation of Computers

   o Construction of compound walls

   o Construction of dining shed

   o Providing books, stationary and sports equipment

7. We have been also involved in the Extra Curricular Activities with these schools by
   

   o Conducting sports competitions, cricket matches in the schools and distributed several prizes

   o Planning to offer internships to the school students to give them a feel of industry atmosphere during their early education itself.

Skill development plays a vital role in the growth and empowerment of a community. By equipping individuals with the necessary knowledge, abilities, and competencies, skill development initiatives contribute to the overall progress and well-being of the community. As a part of skill development for the people of the local community, we have initiated the following activities

1. Rural Youth being trained in Green Belt Development, Modern Agricultural Practices and Soil Rejuvenation.
2. Conducted spoken English classes and other skill development programs to the local unemployed
3. Set up free computer training centres and provided training to local unemployed youth
4. Imparted training in handling drill cores etc.,
5. Imparted training in carrying out resistivity surveys
6. Trained in collection of geochemical samples

Since the very beginning, Geomysore has been involved in assisting towards the health aspect of the nearby local people either by assisting the hospitals or directly by organizing various health camps. We have initiated the following activities.

1. Eye Camp and Health checkup camps have been conducted. 350 farmers underwent eyecheck up and 150 farmers underwent eye surgery.
2. Free drinking water for the local hospital
3. Setting up back-up battery power unit in the hospital that has helped to attend to emergency cases during the nights with power failure
4. Set up and employed a local vet who assisted the community with livestock insemination and other medical requirements

At Geomysore, we have taken intensive efforts to provide water to the surrounding villages, schools and hospitals through water tankers, bore-wells and water pipelines.

Borewells

A total of 40 wells have drilled out of which only 10 bore wells have been yielding water. They are equipped with pumps at Jonnagiri and Pagadrayi villages which are nearest to the project area and supplied water to 70% of the population.

Mineral Water

Continuous Drinking Water Supply has been arranged for all the 3 Villages surrounding the ML. We have installed water stalls in the surrounding villages for providing mineral water. In addition to the stalls, we have been supplying drinking water to the villages and schools also through tankers during the peak summer.

Water Pipe-line

In order to have a continuous supply of drinking water in Pagadrayi village, we have installed a 1 km long pipeline having it connected to the supply line from nearby village of Bollavanipalli

We have deployed permanent sanitary staffs in the surrounding villages and schools to maintain the sanitary conditions of these villages and schools. From time to time we also deploy our additional staffs and machineries to make the process much more efficient. We have been involves in maintaining the local roads, drainage system, plantation and other village related infrastructures.

Geomysore has been actively involved in the plantation activities in and around the lease area.