With the ongoing lockdown, people are struggling for various essential items. To help them ReNew Power announced a contribution of Rs 20 crore to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
ReNew is initially committing Rs 20 Crores to this initiative. Out of this, Rs 10 Crores will be contributed to the PM CARE fund, and Rs 5 Crores will be contributed in Chief Minister’s relief fund.
The rest will be spent on several activities targeted to directly help communities impacted by the lockdown and to bolster the health infrastructure to tackle the pandemic. As part of these activities, ReNew Power will focus on feeding migrant labourers, daily wage workers and locals around its sites spread across the country by distributing dry ration packets in conjunction with the local administration. The company will be working across its sites in the states of Madhya Pradesh and other States too including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Maharashtra and will cover around 140 villages.
Additionally, ReNew is adopting a village in Haryana, where around 350 vulnerable households will be provided with dry ration and hygiene kits.
Sumant Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power said, “ReNew Power is already at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19 by keeping its clean power generating sites operational amidst the lockdown and ensuring regular power supply to people from more than 100 sites across the country.
We, at ReNew, salute the selfless service of all those who are battling the pandemic, especially the medical fraternity and will continue to work towards empowering them with whatever help is necessary.”