Vedanta Jharsuguda - COVID19 Initiatives
Vedanta Jharsuguda is actively supporting the Odisha government and district administration. They are the primary partner to the Odisha Govt. for setting up of and management of the 110 bedded (including 10 ICUs) COVID Hospital at Jharsuguda having all necessary equipment, medical gears and infrastructure to handle the highly infectious disease. The company has funded over INR 2 crores worth equipment, medical gear, infrastructure and consumables for operation of the said hospital. Vedanta Jharsuguda is providing 10 ventilators, 3000 Corona kits, 2 sets of oxygen concentrators, 3000 N95 & triple-layer masks - each, 2000 surgical gowns, 2000 aprons, 6000 surgical caps, 5 nebulizers, many other equipments and medical gear, sufficient quantities of alcohol-based sanitizers and medicines, beds and mattresses and other infrastructure required for the hospital, which will cater to the five lakh population of Jharsuguda.
Vedanta Jharsuguda has made over 1000 dry ration kits available to daily wage earners, slum dwellers, marginal communities and households across Jharsuguda, till date. These kits can comfortably feed a family of five for a month.
The company has distributed over 80,000 reusable masks to villagers, high-risk and underprivileged masses in city and rural margins, police, media personnel, NGOs, civic bodies, and field-staff of Jharsuguda District Administration who are engaged in door-to-door sensitization and support activities at this time. These masks have been stitched by members of rural women's' SHGs affiliated with 'Subhalaxmi Co-op', Vedanta Jharsuguda's flagship sustainable livelihood CSR project.
The Mobile Health Unit is continuously sensitizing masses against COVID-19 in 30 villages of Jharsuguda, reaching out to 30,000+ people in rural margins, covering 5-6 villages on an everyday basis.
Fire Safety team is actively involved in disinfection of public utilities, amenities and outside walls of houses in 22 major villages and locales of Jharsuguda, reaching out to over 75,000 people in the process.
The team has given farmers from peripheral villages associated with its farm-based livelihood CSR project 'Jeevika Samridhhi' a window to continue earning their livelihood by selling their produce to families of our employees residing in the Vedanta township during this period. Besides ensuring continuation of livelihood, it also ensures that essentials are available in the immediate vicinity, so employees and families don't venture out into the city for their needs.
The CSR team is demarcating areas outside grocery and vegetable shops as per social distance guidelines. This is to ensure that while shopping essentials, members of the community maintain distance while standing in queue.
