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TCS CEO and Managing Director N Chandrasekaran said, "We firmly believe that achieving the mission of providing hygienic sanitation for girl students will have a tangible impact on the level of education achievement and development of India's next generation," reports The Times of India.

Telecom major Bharti announced an initiative named 'Satya Bharti Abhiyan' to invest up to 100 crore in constructing toilets in Ludhiana over the next three years.

The foundation, which is the development arm of Bharti Enterprises, said the programme was inspired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to corporates in his Independence Day speech to join the cause of rural sanitation. Bharti Enterprises is led by Sunil Mittal who hails from Ludhiana.

As part of this programme, the Foundation will invest up to 100 crore in constructing toilets while reaching out to every rural household lacking such facilities in the district, over the next three years.

In addition, the 'Satya Bharti Abhiyan' will also invest in improving sanitation facilities in government schools in rural Ludhiana by building new toilets for girls.

(With Agency Inputs)

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