Cultural Heritage is an expression of the ways of living developed by a community and passed on from generation to generation, including customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values. Cultural Heritage is a human creation intended to inform. As part of human activity Cultural Heritage produces tangible representations of the value systems, beliefs, traditions and lifestyles. Due to various human activities over time, cultural heritage has been either partially deteriorated or completely lost. JSW Foundation actively supports organizations and initiatives that preserve and promote art, culture, and heritage of India. This is achieved through setting up art precinct, restoring the heritage structures and preserving legacy by establishing museums thereby leading to enhancement of our cultural heritage.
SDG 11 in its Goal 4 suggests strengthening efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage. Undeniably JSW has worked a lot in contributing to this sustainable development goal. The following are few of the many examples where JSW has safeguarded, rebuilt or sustained the cultural heritage of an ancient place or community
In 2017, JSW Group had signed an MoU with the Government of Uttarakhand towards the reconstruction and restoration of Kedarnath which was destroyed in the flash floods in 2013. The company also committed to the reconstruction and restoration of the Adi Shankaracharya Kutir along with a museum, Ghats on River Saraswati, reconstruction of the Teerth Purohit (priests) houses and other infrastructural facilities related to the houses in Kedarpuri.
Hampi’s status as the UNESCO World Heritage Site is a testament of all its cosmological, spiritual and religious grandeur. The spiritual energy that the remains of the shrines in Hampi exude, is irrepressible. In 2000, Mrs. Sangita Jindal, emotionally and intellectually, took onus of restoring the Hampi. In partnership with Global Heritage Fund, the JSW Group has restored the 15th century Chandramauleshwar Temple in Anegundi, while it continues work on the Soumya Someshwar Temple.
The Company aims to address the efficient use of water with the aid of new and innovative technologies.
Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ) is a heat recovery system to quench red hot coke from a coke oven to a temperature appropriate for transportation. It is an energy-saving system in which, during the quenching process, the sensible heat of the red-hot coke is recovered and utilized for power generation or as steam. Unlike water quenching, which takes place in a span of a few seconds, CDQ is a gradual coke quenching system and improves coke strength and coke size distribution. CDQ results in cost reduction as even with lower quality coal good quality coke can be obtained. The CDQ coke has a lower moisture content (0.1 to 0.3%) which helps in reducing the Coke ratio of a Blast furnace. CDQ has an added benefit of a Steam generation of around 500-700 kg/t-coke and power generation of 140-185 kWh/t-coke. Due to all the above qualities, JSW is implementing CDQ in its upcoming projects as well and also slowly replacing existing wet quenching units in the existing plants.
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