Social responsibilities and conservation

Participation in local community projects

Our Resort is actively involved in various community welfare projects:

We maintain a common tip box for equal distribution of the money within the staff.
We have tie-ups with local vendors and villagers from where they buy wood, grains, and other required materials. This helps in raising the monthly income of the local community from the Resort’s support.
Every evening a group of musicians comes to sing the local Bhajans for all guests to know about the tribal community musical background.
Resort staff on our behalf is involved in village programs and events such as Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations in the village school.
We make several donations, for e.g .ceiling fans to Zilla Parishad Prathamik School, Bhamdeli, and food grain packets as and when required.
Since there is water scarcity in Bhamdeli village during the harsh summers, we provide water to the villagers.
The resort has donated Rs. 1,00,000/- towards the building of Hanuman Temple in Bhamdeli village.

Compliance to Environmental Law

It is noteworthy that the Resort is having all the requisite environmental clearances and it has followed all the ecological norms/regulations in its planning, designing & construction.

Training

Our resort makes arrangements for upgrading the skills and knowledge of their staff at regular intervals

Water Conservation/Treatment/Recycling

Irai Safari Retreat has taken measures to ensure water conservation, they are as mentioned below:

We have placed aerated water taps and low flow showerheads in our rooms.

Dual flushing system has been installed in each cottage of the resort.

The pathways are concreted

We provide herbal toiletries products to the visitors in each cottage which are non-polluting and easily degradable.
Our resort encourages visitors to save water and brochure of “Save Water” have been placed in the guest rooms to educate the guest on water consumption & saving.

Visitor has given option of re-use sheets and towel.

We have in-house laundry that uses bio degradable washing ingredients.

We do not use One use plastic water bottles, unless it is requested by the guests.

R.O. water filtration unit has been installed to filter water and use the same in kitchens and rooms.
Our Swimming pool is installed with a filtration machine and the water is purified and reused.

Waste Management

Our Resort has taken some measures to minimize waste as discussed below:

IRST segregates its solid waste into bio-degradable & non-biodegradable waste streams.

We provide R.O. water in rooms for drinking to minimize the use of plastic packed water bottles.

Although the food is made in limited quantity based on the number of guests to minimize any wastage, any untouched food still left is consumed by the staff.

Recyclable waste/ non-biodegradable waste (plastics, paper, glass etc.) are taken out to be sold to a scrap merchant and removed from the property.

Kitchen’s store room, Gas cylinders and other housekeeping store room are separate.

Dustbins are placed inside each room.
Decomposting pits are made for biodegradable waste and used as bio gas.

Energy Conservation

The following steps have been taken by our Resort to save energy in their premises:

Cottages are well insulated with local materials like mud, thatch, stones and tiles

Our Resort uses L.P.G. as fuel for cooking instead of fuel wood which is a positive act towards the energy conservation and use of clean energy.
Our Resort also generates biogas from biodegradable waste which is being used in food preparation.
Maximum use of natural light and ventilation in rooms with big windows and doors has been facilitated
Uses of CFLs and LED Bulbs have been found all over the property
We use solar energy to provide hot water in all the bathrooms as well as installation of solar panels which meet more than 50% of the resort energy demands.
Maximum appliances are star rated ensuring energy efficiency
Local produce is used at maximum possible extent in order to minimize inbuilt energy consumption involved in using packaged and transported products.
A noise free and less polluting DG set has been installed by the Camp to ensure control of noise pollution.
Our resorts uses battery operated vehicles for luggage and guest transportation inside the premises as a cleaner mode of transportation.
Fire wood is also used for camp fire, which are purchased from forest department.

Nature conservation

Nature walk and Village walk are provided to the interested guests.
Our staff have good understanding and working relations with the local villagers.

Our resort has good number of trees (naturally growing) and other vegetation (vegetable garden) inside the resort premises

Any illegal activity around or inside the park is informed to park officials by the resort.

Bicycle rides are also provided to the interested guests.

Our Resort manages guest behaviours in an effective way (noise, movement during safari).
Our resort has library with books and magazines on National parks, Flora and Fauna