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Centre for underprivileged girls to come up with corporate aid

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Jul 16 2014 | 9:24 PM IST
US-based aerospace make Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp (UTC), and its supplier-partners have donated USD 113,000 (Rs 67,05,000) to build a residential facility here for underprivileged girls.
The facility will be built in cooperation with the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust (KGNMT).
Pratt & Whitney contributed USD 20,000 (Rs 12,18,000) in addition to UTC's USD 45,000 (Rs 26,43,000) besides sums from its supplier-partners to build the 6,000 sq ft structure, which will provide the girls with furnished dormitories, a study centre, an e-learning unit and playground, while incorporating environmentally-friendly features, a company release said today.

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First Published: Jul 16 2014 | 9:24 PM IST

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