Chennai Port Trust has been extending a number of welfare measures to the officers/employees and their family members. The major and important welfare measures which are implemented by the Port are described below in brief :

The Trust has provided about 18.7% of the officers/employees with quarters at Tondiarpet, Cassimode, Clive Battery, Spring haven Road and Napier Bridge near Heavy Workshop. There are 1736 quarters of various types (Types I to V) and 1540 have been occupied as on 1/1/2008

For the benefit of the employees of the Chennai Port Trust and Dock Labour Board, the Trust has constructed a Community Hall, which is being allotted to the employees/retired employees for religious/social functions @ Rs.500/- per day and for the deceased/retired employees’ spouse/dependant children @ Rs.1000/- per day, and even for the outsiders the Community Hall is being allotted on request at the rate of Rs.5000/- per day as rent. A Welfare Committee has been functioning since 01/01/1991 to ensure efficient and orderly maintenance of the colony and to promote co-operation, cleanliness, peace, amity and cordiality among the residents of the Colony.

A Post Office and a Corporation High School are functioning for the benefit of the occupants of quarters.

With a view to provide better educational facilities to the children of the employees of the Trust, the Madras Port and Dock Educational Trust Higher Secondary School with English and Tamil as medium of instruction was started in June, 1989 at the Chennai Port Trust Tondiarpet Housing Colony and has been functioning well since then. The School is being managed by the Madras Port and Dock Educational Trust headed by the Chairman, Chennai Port Trust.

During the academic year 2007-08, Rs.1,63,72,000/- has been granted to the School Managing Committee for the maintenance of Madras Port & Dock Educational Trust Higher Secondary School.

A Stadium with long pavilion in the capacity of thousand viewers has been constructed at Tondiarpet Housing Colony. The Stadium has been designed to conduct various games and sports at a time. Grounds have been earmarked separately for Football, Cricket, Track and Field, Kabaddi, Volley Ball, Basket Ball, Badminton and Weight Lifting etc. Annual Sports Meet has been conducted among the residents and their wards with financial assistance from the Welfare Fund, besides permitting the Welfare Committee to organize District and State Level Sports Meet at the Stadium with a purpose to develop sports awareness among the youth with the result that some of the employees’ children have won the medals in State Level Athletic Meet. In addition, Schools, Colleges and Other Institutions are being permitted to conduct Sports Meet at a nominal rent of Rs.1000/- per day and Rs.2000/- per day respectively

For the benefit of the residents, a well furnished Gym For Men and a Gym with a Yoga Centre for the use of women residents at Tondiarpet Housing Colony have been functioning since 2006.

With a view to provide opportunity in self-employment to the women dependents of the employees, a Tailoring Training Centre is functioning in the Trust Housing Colony at Tondiarpet and the women dependents who undergo training at this Centre are taught tailoring and embroidery work for a period of six months at free of cost. These trainees are also paid a cash incentive on successful completion of the course.

A Ritual Shed has been constructed at Tondiarpet Housing Colony and allotted to the residence of Tondiarpet Housing Colony and other employees at nominal rent of Rs.1/- per day so as to perform rituals.

The Board at its meeting held on 27/8/2007 approved the proposal vide B.R. No.66 for construction of Modernized Air-conditioned Community Hall at Tondiarpet Housing Colony for the use of the employees of the Trust, Persioners’ Families on normal rent and for the residents of North Chennai on payment of rent as fixed by the Board from time to time.

In order to alleviate the burden of children’s education and with a view to encourage the employees to give better education to their wards, every year the Trust is granting scholarships of varying amount from Rs.350/- to Rs.5,400/- to the officers / employees of the Trust for their wards studying from X Std to Graduate / Post Graduate Courses. Scholarship for Correspondence Courses is also being granted to first two children of the employees of the Trust .

The Scholarships are being awarded in two categories viz. Merit and General. Those children of the employees who secure 70% and above marks in aggregate in cases of OC Categories and 60% and above marks in aggregate in cases of SC/ST Categories are eligible for award of Merit Scholarships. For award of General Scholarship a pass mark in each subject is sufficient for all the categories.

During 2007-2008, Rs.25,11,372/- has been granted towards the payment of scholarships to the 1,230 officers / employees of the Trust in respect of their wards.

The Trust has been granting financial assistance for purchase of text books to the officers/employees in respect of their children studying from I Std. to Degree Courses every year.

A cash award of Rs.300/- each is being granted to the children of the employees who secure 80% and above marks in aggregate in cases of OC candidates and 70% and above marks in aggregate in cases of SC/ST candidates in the X Std. / XII Std. Graduate & Post Graduate Courses Examinations held every academic year.

In order to recognize the meritorious academic performance of the wards of the employees of the Trust, who secure overall 1st, 2nd or 3rd ranks or any of the first 3 ranks in any one or more subjects in the State/University Level Public Examinations, Special Cash Awards varying Rs.200/- to Rs.2,000/- are being granted.

There are 3 major Canteens of which one Canteen named by Chennai Port Trust Industrial Employees’ Co-operative Canteen Ltd. is being run by the Trust’s employees on co-operative basis.

(i) Chennai Port Trust Industrial Employees’ Co-operative Canteen Ltd. is functioning with two branches inside the Harbour.

The Port Trust Administration has provided accommodation, supply of water and electricity at free of cost, besides providing utensils and furniture to CHPTIECC Ltd. It also meets the expenditure on salaries of the employees of the Canteen.

(ii) Chennai Port Trust Administrative Offices Canteen is functioning in the Harbour. The administration has provided accommodation on nominal rent and granted concession in water and electricity charges to this Canteen. The Trust also gives an annual grant to meet a portion of the salaries of the employees of the above Canteen.

(iii) Sea Shore Canteen

For the benefit of employees of the Trust and the Port Users, a new Canteen by name “ Sea Shore Canteen” has been functioning from 27.02.2006, which was inaugurated by the Honb’le Minister for Shipping, at the Centre Berth inside the Port. This canteen is maintained by the Constituted Committee. The price of edibles in this canteen is fixed on par with the Administrative Offices Canteen.

For the benefit of the women employees working in the Trust, a committee named Women Employees’ Welfare Committee has been functioning since 1988. Various programmes on medical treatment, stress management, skin care, making of handicrafts etc. are being conducted by the Committee from time to time

International Women’s Day was celebrated by the committee on 10/3/2008 at the Conference Hall of Old. Adm. Officues Building of Chennai Port Trust. During the celebration, various competitions for women employees were conducted and prizes were distributed to the winners. The financial assistance for conducting the program was being paid by the Trust. Blood Donation Camp was conducted on 7/3/2008 ahead of the celebration.

A Staff Institute has been functioning at Anchore Gate Building in which Carrom, Chess, Gym, Yoga, Billiards and Sports Games are practised by the staff of Chennai Port Trust employees and in which a Library is also functioning for them.

For the benefit of the Officers of the Trust, an Officers Club is functioning at Spring Haven Road. The Trust is granting Rs.2,00,000/- per year for the maintenance of the Officers Club. The Officers Club is carrying out the following activities:

1. Enacting dramas and arranging Cultural Programme.

2. Arranging lectures and debates.

3. Managing a Library and Reading Room, containing books, Periodicals and Newspapers.

4. Providing scope for athletic Sports and Games both Indoor and Outdoor.

5. Celebration of Festivals.

6. Celebration of Retirement Functions.

The Officers Club has been provided a Gym at Napier Bride for the benefit of the Officers of the Trust.

Family disputes are often solved by imparting counseling to the employees of the Trust and their relatives concerned. Counseling has been conducted on 18 cases of family disputes and settled amicably during 2007-08.

In order to keep up the employees’ health, De-addiction camps have been conducted from time to time among the employees of the Trust concerned explaining the adverse effect of alcoholism and the resulting destruction of the family of the employees who consume alcohol.

As a part of the de-addiction camps, 4TH campaign on Quality Life Programme and Counseling against Alcoholism was held at CLWO’s Office on 24/5/2007. In this program, Counseling was given to those employees of the Trust addicted to alcoholism.

Recently, Quality Life & Counseling Programme against Alcoholism was conducted on 31/3/2008 at the Conference Hall of Old Administrative Offices Building of Chennai Port Trust for 74 employees of the Trust addicted to alhocolism.

For the benefit of the employees of the Trust, a crèche has been functioning at the Chennai Port Trust Administrative Offices Building since 1988. The crèche was renovated and re-opened by the Chairman of Chennai Port Trust on 6/2/2008 for the benefit of kids of employees of the Trust.

The Trust is granting Rs.1,45,000/- per year as financial assistance to maintain the crèche.

In order to meet the expenditure towards welfare measures for the employees of the Trust a considerable amount has been provided in the Budget Estimate every year.

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