The JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd was on Friday conferred with the prestigious Mahatma Award for its multidimensional social interventions to support the communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Dr Kiran Bedi presented the award to JSPL president and Group CSR head Prashant Kumar Hota at a ceremony in New Delhi. JSPL Foundation chairperson Shallu Jindal congratulated the team for winning the award for three consecutive years. JSPL supplied about 5,000 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to various hospitals in more than 13 States, reached more than 10 lakh people in Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, New Delhi, provided about 10 lakh meals, including cooked food and dry rations to the vulnerable, dedicated 302 beds with dedicated medical teams in its Fortis OP Jindal Hospital & Research Centre in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh and Tamnar to treat Covid-19 patients. In Odisha, the company built a Covid Care Centre at Angul.