Alok Bhartia goes Green again with Dakshin Foundry

Within the natural green tapestry woven by nature is Alok Bhartia’s industrial opus. Dakshin Foundry is surrounded by lush green trees and its campus features beautiful gardens. This attractive scene is in sync with Mr Bhartia’s environmentalist views; he believes industrial set-ups should be installed in places where the harmful releases can be negated. This is why green industries are slowly popping across India. Industrialists like Alok Bhartia, are giving sustainable development a chance.

The Dakshin foundry is huge and busy, but this hasn’t stopped them from focusing on precautions against industrial hazards. The foundry produces a long list of metal goods like housings, bearings, valves pumps etc. through high-integrity castings. From die-casting parts to truck parts, the range goes from 25 kg to 2 ton weighing products. The factory includes shot blasting shop, pattern shop, mould maker, and a painting & packaging department. Despite all these, you won’t really find the premise to be polluted with fumes and smoke like its counterparts.
Alok Bhartia has applied the sustainable model of Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) in his foundry. This allows him to take note of the raw materials, water, energy, and generated waste products. Apart from that, the RECP model in Dakshin Foundry also emphasizes on the minimization of risk through stringent safety standards. Further, the model allows preventive management strategies that let Dakshin Foundry use natural resources without any blowbacks.
In the 21st century, the challenges of going green are too big to be listed with pen and paper. Foundry operators in India often overlook safety compliance and environmental protection norms. Studies suggest that the most difficult part of applying green practices is dealing with the cost of installing energy-efficient systems. Training the staff to minimize the overuse of certain resources is demanding as well. or foundries, diminishing the carbon footprint is an issue as the levels of air pollution are rising across the Indian metropolitans.
“Used molding sand can be beneficial for another industry. You just need to figure out where to push it, depending on the location of your foundry”, says Alok Bhartia. Moreover, there are a lot of operations that can be streamlined to use less energy in foundries. “We all just need to take an initiative”, Alok appeals to his co-industrialists.
Mr. Bhartia is also the chairman of Sri Bajrang Jute Mills, which produces easily-degradable Jute. He enjoys gardening and makes a point to care about the planet through tree plantation drives. Alok’s wife Alpana Bhartia is a well known environmentalist and animal conservationist. She is one of the founding members of the organization, People for Animals.