Guwahati: “We see airplanes flying over our houses and wondered whether we will ever get a chance to sit inside. Now, it has come true for most of us at MKM primary school.”
These are the first words from Prince, a kid from MKM primary school, Garal, Guwahati who was embarking to fly for first time in his life from the national Capital Delhi. That Airports Authority of India, Guwahati has added wings to their dreams and smile on the faces of 20 similar school children could be easily felt here on Monday.
Under the corporate social responsibility programme, AAI organized an educational tour for these school children who boarded Air Asia flight from Guwahati Airport to Delhi on Monday morning.
Interacting with children at the Airport, Sanjeev Jindal Regional Executive Director, AAI North-Eastern Region said that the day he joined here, he first visited these school children at Garal community centre and had assured them that if school management wishes to, he could take them for air travel. Since that day and today, their dream to fly is now a reality and it gives him immense pleasure to facilitate them for flying.
As a responsible organization, AAI is always concerned for the people affected by airport projects, he added. We are striving to connect privileged with unprivileged people in and around airports.
The Garal community centre, near Guwahati Airport is being constructed under the CSR scheme of AAI for Rs 2.37 Cr. AAI has taken up many other CSR initiatives in NER. With UNDP for development of villages around Rani block, with Akshaya Patra for mechanised kitchen for Mid Day Meals, Jindal informed.
27/08/19 Sentinel
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These are the first words from Prince, a kid from MKM primary school, Garal, Guwahati who was embarking to fly for first time in his life from the national Capital Delhi. That Airports Authority of India, Guwahati has added wings to their dreams and smile on the faces of 20 similar school children could be easily felt here on Monday.
Under the corporate social responsibility programme, AAI organized an educational tour for these school children who boarded Air Asia flight from Guwahati Airport to Delhi on Monday morning.
Interacting with children at the Airport, Sanjeev Jindal Regional Executive Director, AAI North-Eastern Region said that the day he joined here, he first visited these school children at Garal community centre and had assured them that if school management wishes to, he could take them for air travel. Since that day and today, their dream to fly is now a reality and it gives him immense pleasure to facilitate them for flying.
As a responsible organization, AAI is always concerned for the people affected by airport projects, he added. We are striving to connect privileged with unprivileged people in and around airports.
The Garal community centre, near Guwahati Airport is being constructed under the CSR scheme of AAI for Rs 2.37 Cr. AAI has taken up many other CSR initiatives in NER. With UNDP for development of villages around Rani block, with Akshaya Patra for mechanised kitchen for Mid Day Meals, Jindal informed.
27/08/19 Sentinel
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