Thiruvananthapuram: The National Service Scheme unit of the College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram (CET) has planned to undertake renovation work costing Rs 8 lakh at the Vithura taluk hospital with financial aid from the Punarjani initiative of the technical education department. This will be done during the seven-day camp being organised by the NSS unit at Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, Vithura, which was inaugurated by Vithura panchayat president S.L. Krishnakumari on Wednesday.
Mr Joy Varghese, CET NSS programme officer, said over 120 NSS volunteers were taking part in the camp which will take up electrification of the houses of Bonacaud estate workers and distribute food kits to financially backward students. The students repaired equipment, including those in the operation theatre, at the taluk hospital. They also conducted maintenance of water storage tanks and toilets and carried out painting and wiring, plumbing, waste disposal and cleaning.
The camp was being held under the leadership of Vismaya and Ramees, NSS volunteer secretaries of CET. Experts from various fields would take classes during the camp. The ‘Punarjani’ initiative launched in 2013 had taken up the maintenance of non functional equipment in government hospitals. It also repaired damaged and out-of-use furniture. The NSS technical cell is holding such camps in 55 government hospitals across the state during the Onam vacation. It planned to create assets worth Rs 18 crore through the seven-day camps in various hospitals.
