17-05-2025
MRPL hands over three-wheeler scooters to 19 PwDs
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) distributed motorised three-wheeler scooters costing ₹21 lakh to 19 persons with disabilities (PwD) in Mangaluru on Friday.
The scooters were handed over during the inaugural function of Praja Soudha at Padil, which was attended, among others, by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
The initiative, under the company's corporate social responsibility, aims to empower beneficiaries by enhancing their mobility and enabling greater self-reliance in day-to-day activities and livelihood efforts. Most of the recipients were from the surrounding villages of MRPL.
M. Shyamprasad Kamath, managing director of the company, and Maneesh Nayak, District Disability Officer, were among those who were present during the handing over ceremony, an MRPL release said on Saturday.
