The New Nation - Internet Edition

Holcim (Bangladesh) Ltd, a leading cement manufacturer of the country, has recently organised a mason meet at the country's Bhola district. In all around the country 'Holcim' is well known for its quality and advance technology. 'Holcim' has a tremendous demand in Bhola district. 'Holcim' has been providing cement to Bhola district since the very beginning and the good news is that the people of Bhola district are using Holcim with a deep satisfaction and giving high priority to its quality.

'Holcim' always actively perform its corporate social responsibility along with its business activities. Under corporate social responsibilities, 'Holcim' organised a masons' gathering at 'Kabi Mojammel Hoque Town Hall' of Bhola district. Around 400 masons were present in this meet and many dealers and retailers attended the meeting from Bhola and adjacent areas.

Masons are the key workers at construction sites, but they have long been considered as downtrodden section of the society, despite their large contribution towards the development of The country in general and construction in particular and realizing this reality; 'Holcim' has come forward to extend all possible supports towards the improvement of this segment of the society. As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Holcim had taken an initiative to provide insurance coverage for masons. Under this insurance program if any mason (i.e. enlisted under this program) falls any accident and/or expires during construction work, the insurance holder will receive compensation of Tk 25,000-Tk 50, 000 through fulfilling certain conditions. 'Holcim' also provides scholarship to the masons' children for their brilliant result.

During the Bhola mason meet, Jashim Uddin Khandaker, GM- Customer Care of Holcim (Bangladesh) Ltd, welcomed all the masons and said, "Holcim is the first company in Bangladesh that took such an initiative for the betterment of the masons which create huge positive impact on masons' living standards."

Senior Executive Customer Support Achinto Kumar Roy, senior Executive-Customer Care Shaibal Shaha, and Sr Executive- Customer Care Moinul Hasan and other well known dealers and retailers and other respectable guests from Bhola district were also present in the meeting.

All the masons who were present in meet express their gratitude and thanked Holcim for arranging these meet and making their life easy. The program was followed by a nice cultural show for all of them.