Following the advice of the Chhattisgarh government, NTPC-run power stations in the state have taken up a number of initiatives in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic, officials of the power generation corporation said on Thursday.

While the NTPC authorities in Sipat have provided financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh to the Bilaspur district administration for masks, sanitizers and healthcare equipment , the power corporation’s Korba unit has contributed Rs 10 lakh to the district Covid-19 relief fund for providing food and other essential support to the industrial daily wage earners and marginal vendors.

Similar initiatives have been taken up by the NTPC’s Lara authorities for Raigarh district, they said.

The NTPC authorities in Korba and Lara have provided vehicles to the district administrations for Covid-19 mitigating actions.

Besides, sanitization of plant, township and nearby villages, hand washing facility at common locations, sensitization and awareness programme in nearby villages, health check-up of migrant contract workers, distribution of ration and other essential items, distribution of masks to healthcare workers and contract labour  have been taken up  by the NTPC units located in the state.

Besides the public sector power generation corporation has distributed         thousands of masks among healthcare workers, and migrant contract workers and distributed ration kits for needy and impoverished people living near the power generation units.

The NTPC authorities in the state have also              contributed to the district Covid-19 relief fund and have ensured uninterrupted power supply by adequate deployment of manpower at all its units in the state,     officials said.