{"id":14470,"date":"2021-05-05T11:13:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T11:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/?p=14470"},"modified":"2021-05-05T11:13:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T11:13:14","slug":"7500-people-vaccinated-by-vedanta-at-its-plants-in-odisha-and-chhattisgarh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/05\/05\/7500-people-vaccinated-by-vedanta-at-its-plants-in-odisha-and-chhattisgarh\/","title":{"rendered":"7500+ people vaccinated by Vedanta at its plants in Odisha and Chhattisgarh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Chairman Mr. Anil Agarwal pledges INR 150 Cr to aid in the fight against second wave<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>550+ bedded COVID Care Centres &amp; Quarantine Centres are currently operationalacrossits plant sites in Chhattisgarh and Odisha, with plans for capacity augmentation<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New Delhi,5<sup>th<\/sup>May2021 ( Odisha Samachar )<\/strong>: Vedanta Aluminium &amp; Power Business, India\u2019s largest producer of aluminium and value-added aluminium products,has accelerated the COVID vaccination initiative and vaccinated over 7500 of its people across its plants. Further, it has swiftly augmented the capacity of its COVID Care Centres and quarantine centres across its plant sites in remote areas of Odisha and Chhattisgarh to effectively handle the pandemic scenario around its areas of operations. With over 550 beds, Vedanta\u2019s COVID Care Centres at Jharsuguda and Lanjigarh in Odisha, and BALCO in Korba, Chhattisgarh, are equipped with required infrastructure and medical personnel to provide proper care to those affected by COVID. Additionally, Quarantine Centres have been created for isolation and post-treatment recovery.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14471 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/COVID-Awareness-by-MHU-COVID-Vaccination-Copy-300x249.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/COVID-Awareness-by-MHU-COVID-Vaccination-Copy-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/COVID-Awareness-by-MHU-COVID-Vaccination-Copy-768x638.png 768w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/COVID-Awareness-by-MHU-COVID-Vaccination-Copy.png 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vedanta is supporting the District COVID Hospital at Jharsuguda in treating the affected populace from the region. At the District COVID Hospital in Bhawanipatna at Kalahandi district, Odisha, the company is working to set up an oxygen generation facility. It has recently provided 10,000 RTPCR testing kits to the District Government Hospital at Bhawanipatna. Vedanta is also aiding local administrations in carrying out vaccination drives in the periphery. Its own hospitals are alsoin a state of preparedness to assist the respective district administrations in the fight against COVID. The company has plans to further augment COVID management efforts by both state governments anddevelop state-of-the-art field hospitals with all medical infrastructure specifically required for COVID treatment as needed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To aid the ongoing efforts to manage the second wave of the pandemic, Vedanta Chairman, Mr. Anil Agarwal has pledged INR 150 Cr.Last year, Vedanta had contributed INR 201 Cr to the fight against COVID-19 in the form of contribution to the PM-CARES Fund, supporting livelihood of the daily wage workers across the nation, and giving preventive health care and support to all employees and business partners across its plant locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mr. Ajay Kapur, CEO \u2013 Aluminium &amp; Power and MD \u2013 Commercial, Vedanta Ltd., said,<\/strong> \u201cAs the entire country battles to overcome the pandemic, we are committed to supporting our people, partners, communities and government through this critical period. While ensuring continuity of our aluminium and power operations so as to fulfil the raw material needs of this strategic metal for the country, we are also intensively monitoring the COVID scenario at and around our plant sites. With all safeguards in place to prevent further spread of the disease at our plant and township, our healthcare staff is working round the clock to ensure proper care for anyone who has been affected. We are also working closely with respective district administrations, helping them keep our communities safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Appreciating the company\u2019s efforts, <strong>Shri. T Ashok Kumar, Nodal Officer (COVID Operations), and Divisional Forest Officer, Southern Division, Kalahandi,<\/strong><strong> said,<\/strong> \u201cVedanta has come forward with all required support in the prevention of COVID-19, since the outbreak of the pandemic, in supporting the district health authorities. The spread of the disease can be contained with large-scale testing and timely isolation and treatment of the COVID positive patients. The provision of the RTPCR testing kits by Vedanta will facilitate the testing process for the general public in the district. This is reflective of the sense of responsibility and commitment Vedanta has towards its communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Office of the District Magistrate of Kalahandi, Odisha<\/strong>, also tweeted in appreciation of the joint endeavour by Vedanta Aluminium and Department of Health &amp; Family Welfare, Govt. of Odisha, for providing RTPCR kits and other medical equipment to the fight against COVID.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To protect the workforce against the disease and provide care to the affected, the company has marshalled its resources across its plant locations to deploy various measures such as:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The company is conducting awareness drives to sensitize communities on COVID preventionand the benefits of vaccination, distributing sanitation kits, and conducting sanitization of public places in the communities and peripheral villages.<\/li>\n<li>COVID Task Forces have been created for round-the-clock monitoring ofthe impact on the entire workforce and families of employees.<\/li>\n<li>More than 7500 employees, families and business partners have been vaccinated till date, with plans for 100% vaccination of all eligible.<\/li>\n<li>Business continuity plans with reduced workforce and minimum resources are in place.<\/li>\n<li>All travel to and from plants and townships are currently restricted, with mandatory RTPCR negative report and isolation for anyone travelling due to personal exigencies.<\/li>\n<li>Mass Rapid Antigen tests are being carried out in plants and townships.<\/li>\n<li>Sanitation and disinfection drives have been intensified in the plants.<\/li>\n<li>Vedanta Hospital at Lanjigarh was the first Private COVID Vaccination Centre (PCVC) in Kalahandi to conduct vaccination drives.<\/li>\n<li>Telemedicine Facility is being made available wherein patients can connect with the doctors through phone calls or WhatsApp voice calls to get consultation and e-prescription.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year, Vedanta Aluminium &amp; Power Business Units had rolled out a slew of community outreach programmes benefitting over 10 lakh people in underserved regions of Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Nearly 1 lakh Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth INR 10 crores were provided to the Government of Odisha. More than 11,000 workers were provided meals along with other essentials across its plants, and upto a month\u2019s supply of rations was distributed to over 5,000 daily wage earners, slum dwellersand marginal households around its operations. Vedanta\u2019s Mobile Health Units worked with anganwadis staff to conduct intensive awareness campaigns across 120 villages.More than 2.5 lakh reusable masks were distributed to rural residents, district administration, police, media, and other frontline workers. Additionally, thousands of Vedanta employees and business partners had voluntarily contributed one day\u2019s salary towards COVID relief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vedanta Aluminium &amp; Power Business, a division of Vedanta Limited, is India\u2019s largest producer of Aluminium, producing almost half of India\u2019s Aluminium or 1.9 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) in FY20, and is also one of the largest private power producers in the country. BALCO is a part of Vedanta\u2019s Aluminium and Power Business. Vedanta is a leader in value-added Aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. With its world-class smelters, power plants and alumina refinery spread across India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of Aluminium as the \u2018Metal of the Future\u2019 for a greener tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Chairman Mr. Anil Agarwal pledges INR 150 Cr to aid in the fight against second wave 550+ bedded COVID Care Centres &amp; Quarantine Centres are currently operationalacrossits plant sites in Chhattisgarh and Odisha, with plans for capacity augmentation New Delhi,5thMay2021 ( Odisha Samachar ): Vedanta Aluminium &amp; Power Business, India\u2019s largest producer of aluminium &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14473,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14470\/revisions\/14473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}