Inspirational initiative from Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Pune Centre for providing Fresh Room facility for girl students in village and remote areas
Pune, 07 Jan 2021: R.B. Suryavanshi (Past Chairman of BAI) in association with BAI has constructed decent Fresh Room (Toilet Block) facilities for the girl students of New English School, Jeur and Babalal Kakade-Deshmukh Vidyalaya, Pimpare Khurd located in rural areas of Pune district. On 17th December 2020, Jay Pinjani, Chairman, BAI Pune Centre inaugurated and handed over the Fresh rooms to schools in the presence of BAI members Manoj Deshmukh, D.S. Shirole, Shashikant Killedarpatil, Sanjay Apte, D.S. Choudhari, Shivkumar Bhalla, Sunil Mate, Naik and Gogawale.
R. B. Suryavanshi read articles/news in various Marathi and English newspapers in 2013 highlighting about the dropping out of girl students from the schools due to the most embarrassing plight of the sanitation facilities in the schools of rural areas, giving rise to the issues concerning education, health and safety of girl students. Moved by this news, he actively pursued this matter with all the Members of BAI-Pune Centre & expressed his desire of constructing at least two toilet blocks every year for the girl students out of two one he will sponsor and other by BAI, Pune Centre as a social responsibility. All the Members upheld his suggestion & accordingly this activity was started in the year 2013.
Till date, Fresh Rooms (Toilet blocks) facilities have been constructed at eleven (11) rural schools in and around Pune at Warje, Koyali, Palu, Ekhatpur-Munjwadi, Kothale, Valhe, Rule, Guroli, Ambawade, Pimpare and Jeur. Out of these, five have been sponsored by Suryavanshi and the other six by BAI, Pune Centre. More than 2000 girl students from rural area are immensely benefited with this facility.
Patron members of BAI, D.S. Shirole and Shashikant Killedarpatil are actively involved in constructing the Fresh rooms right from selecting the needy schools till completion.
