GURUGRAM, India, May 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
In its bid to promote a sustainable and green public transport option among its employees, Indus Towers, India's largest telecom tower company, today joined hands with Rapid Metro Gurgaon.
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Leading by example, Bimal Dayal, CEO, Indus Towers, along with its employees and Rajiv Banga, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, IL&FS Rail Ltd., today boarded the Rapid Metro from Sector 55-56 Rapid Metro Station and travelled till Vodafone Belvedere Tower Rapid Metro Station. The move is aimed at promoting usage of public transport, instead of private transport, amongst employees and is inline with Indus' commitment towards protecting the environment and reduce carbon footprints. The move will benefit Indus' employees travelling from Gurugram and Delhi NCR to Indus' office.
Commenting on this initiative, Bimal Dayal, CEO, Indus Towers, said, "We are pleased to collaborate with Rapid Metro Gurgaon which integrates well with Indus' philosophy of contributing towards preserving our environment by adopting green and sustainable means of transport."
Speaking on the collaboration, Rajiv Banga, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, IL&FS Rail Ltd., said, "Rapid Metro has always been about stress free, safe and comfortable journey to our commuters in a pollution free and eco-friendly manner and collaboration with Indus Towers, further reinforces our commitment to promote sustainable means of public transport."
Since its inception in 2008, Indus Towers has consistently worked towards creating value for all its stakeholders in a sustainable manner with commitment towards green initiatives and 'Putting India First'. Indus Towers, in line with its commitment towards protecting the environment, has made significant progress in expanding its green sites portfolio to 54% of its total portfolio of towers across India, as of February 2018. Green Sites, are those telecom sites of Indus Towers, where no diesel is consumed for cell site operations.
About Rapid Metro Gurgaon
Rapid Metro Gurgaon, an initiative of IL&FS Rail, is India's first fully privately funded Metro Rail system. The driving force behind Rapid Metro is IL&FS Rail which is a subsidiary of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS), India's leading infrastructure development and finance company. The entire loop of Rapid Metro Gurgaon is 11.7 kms with 12 trains and 11 stations providing mass transit solution for areas in and around Cyber City, DLF Phase 2 and 3, NH-8 and Golf Course Road up to Sectors 55 and 56 of Gurugram.
About IL&FS Rail Ltd.
IL&FS Rail is part of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) group, India's leading infrastructure development and finance company. Pioneer in 'Public Private Partnership' model IL&FS has significant experience and expertise in the area of Project Development, Project structuring, Project Monitoring and construction, administration and operations. IL&FS has developed an array of innovative solutions on the public private partnership platform to develop commercially viable models for infrastructure projects.
About Indus Towers Limited
Indus Towers Limited is an independently managed company offering passive telecom infrastructure to all telecom operators. Indus is headquartered in the National Capital Region. Founded in 2007, Indus Towers Limited has been promoted under a joint venture amongst Bharti Infratel Limited (group company of Bharti Airtel limited, rendering telecom services in India under the brand name Airtel), Vodafone India Limited (rendering telecom services under the brand name Vodafone) and Aditya Birla Telecom Limited (group company of Idea Cellular Limited, rendering telecom services under the brand name Idea), which created history by collaborating to share telecom towers & infrastructure.
Indus has presence in 15 telecom circles of India and has achieved over 2,88,727 tenancies (as on 31 Dec. 2017). With the current count of over 1,22,962 towers (as on 31 Dec. 2017), Indus has the widest coverage in India and is also the largest telecom tower company in the country.
Indus' vision of 'Transforming Lives by Enabling Communication' is setting a new paradigm for a networked economy, on a world leading scale, whereby there is inclusive and impactful growth for all.
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