Metro India News | Hyderabad 

Amazon Web Services (AWS) India announced the completion of community development initiatives in Meerkhanpet, Kandukur Mandal, part of Rangareddy district in Hyderabad. The new initiatives – including a public park, a water purifier system, and newly renovated buildings for a health sub-centre and self-help group (SHG) resource centre – were handed over to the local community.  

The new initiatives were inaugurated in the presence of dignitaries including Sabitha Indra Reddy, Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana; Sergio Loureiro, VP of Global Data Center Operations, AWS; Saji P.K., Director of Data Center Operations – Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, AWS; Aditya Chowdhry, Director of Data Center Operations – India, AWS, and local ward members and local leaders. These initiatives were undertaken by Amazon with support from non-profit organisation ‘SEARCH’, as part of Amazon’s commitment to positively impact communities in regions where it operates.

Amazing work

*   Theme-based park established by Amazon

*   Health Care Centre set up by Amazon, staffed with doctors and Asha workers

*   Libraries and Anganwadi centers established in neighbouring villages

*   RO water purifier system will provide affordable and accessible drinking water to the community

*   The park features an open gym, a children’s play area, and a jogging track

*   The SHG resource center now has a large meeting space, two storage rooms, and newly added washrooms

*   Amazon has also installed solar streetlights and undertaken avenue plantation for village roads in Meerkhanpet

*   Amazon built a Community Library and renovated the Zilla Parishad High School at Meerkhanpet, while also establishing an Amazon Think Big Space in the school