In line with its commitment of enabling communication across the nation, Indus Towers collaborated with Sood Charity Foundation to install mobile tower at Dongargaon, near Gondia Main town, Gondia district in Maharashtra enabling seamless connectivity in the area. Despite being only 150 kms from Nagpur, internet connectivity in the area was low due to absence of a tower site. The residents of Gondia Main town had approached the philanthropist on a social media platform asking his help in improving the network in the area as students were unable to access their online classes. 

This new tower in Dongargaon will cover two villages and a population of more than 4500.60% of the population of these villages are farmers and there are a high number of students who are dependent on online education. 

Dinesh Arora, CCEO, Maharashtra & Goa, Indus Towers said, “Mobile towers are a critical part of telecom infrastructure and is key to enabling the best in education experience even in India’s hinterlands. Indus Towers is proud to collaborate with the Sood Charity Foundation for this site at Dongargaonto improve network coverage for the villagers by setting up of a mobile tower. The commissioning of the new tower has been possible due to the efforts of the community and the philanthropic contribution ofthe Sood Charity Foundation. The new tower will boost the network in the area so students can seamlessly access their online classes from the safety of their homes and villagers can get access to seamless mobile connectivity. Going forward, we will continue to create a robust and efficient telecom infrastructure aligned with our mission of enabling communication across the nation.”

On completion of the installation, Sonu Sood, Founder and Philanthropist, Sood Charity Foundationsaid, “Online studies have become the new norm. When it was brought to my notice that students were unable to do so because of lack of internet, I along with my friend Karan Gilhotra, approached Indus Towers to find a solution. In less than a month, a new tower was installed, and lack of internet is now a thing of past, helping hundreds of students seamlessly connect for their online classes.” 

This is second such collaboration with Sonu Sood Foundation. Last year, Indus Towers’ Punjab & Haryana Circle put up a tower in Morni Hills, Haryana to enable online education for students around the area. 

About Indus Towers Limited

Indus Towers Limited is formed by the merger of Bharti Infratel Limited and Indus Towers. This combined strength makes Indus one of the largest telecom tower companies in the world.

Enabling communication for millions of people daily, Indus will continue to provide affordable, high-quality, and reliable services for the growing network connectivity needs of India.

Indus Towers Limited has over 179,225towers and 322,438 co-locations (as on 31^st March 2021) and a nationwide presence covering all 22 telecom circles. Indus’ leading customers are Bharti Airtel (together with Bharti Hexacom), Vodafone Idea Limited and Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, whichare the leading wireless telecommunications service providers in India by revenue.The Company is committed to truly living its credo of Putting India First and Connecting Lives Across the Nation.

About Sood Charity Foundation

Sonu Sood, the founder of the organization, an actor by profession and philanthropist by heart, his mission continues to transform lives through the right empowerment. 

Sood Charity Foundation started its journey in 2020 by taking the initiative to send migrants home, something many would have not thought of but today when the pandemic continues over 12 months, the foundation “took action” promptly and additionally launched PravasiRojgar, now known as Good worker, to enable the workers to earn a livelihood. This provided 3,00,000 workers means to earn a living.

Sonu believes in ensuring that the torch must always be kept alive, if the flames continue to burn, they will always provide hope. And who else but our next generation to do so? With this vision in mind, the Sood Charity Foundation introduced the Saroj Sood Scholarships, IAS Coaching Scholarships for our aspiring and bright students who wish to pursue higher studies irrespective of their financial background.

Sood Charity Foundation launched “ Ruk Jana Nahi” for the elderly to get quality knee transplants.

Amongst other initiatives of SCF,

ILAAJ India is Asia’s leading platform supporting paediatric surgeries and treatment.

Recently launched Sonu for You – India’s largest Blood Bank – App aims to connect donor with the done real- time.

We strongly believe that initiatives we have launched within 12 months are only a beginning of the era of change.

Of late, SCF has been helping the needy with initiatives as FREE COVID HELP, providing Free Covid Tests at home, Telemedicine, Oxygen Concentrators, Cylinders, Hospital Beds, Emergency Surgeries and Treatments, Medicine support across India.

Our mission at Sood Charity Foundation is to transform lives and create a progressive community in not only doing it ourselves but inculcating this culture in the entire society to uplift lives and provide them the means to lead a healthy and happy one!