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.
