(THE NEWSMAN OF INDIA.COM)
RITES Ltd., a Miniratna (Category – I) Schedule ‘A’ Public Sector Enterprise, has won the SKOCH Gold Award (Response to Covid-19) at the 68th SKOCH Summit on November 28.

RITES Ltd. was also conferred the ‘Beacons of Hope-Order of Merit’ Award for Bogibeel Bridge Project, India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge, on the Brahmaputra river in Dibrugarh, Assam.

The awards are testimony to RITES’ commitment to support the nation and its people, ensure the well-being of its workforce & associates and contribute to the ecosystem that nurtures it, during these challenging times. These also acknowledged RITES’ efforts in providing state-of-the-art technical and innovative solutions to major infrastructure projects of the country and ensuring the uninterrupted supply of essential services, including power supply to Indian Railways, during the Covid-induced lockdown.

The awards were presented by SKOCH Group, India’s leading think tank dealing with socio-economic issues with a focus on inclusive growth since 1997. Rajeev Mehrotra is the CMD of RITES.