Joining hands with the Government, local administrations and people to fight COVID-19, the Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) has undertaken various activities ranging from community sensitisation on physical distancing and sanitisation to feeding the hungry across all its operational locations in three districts of Odisha.
The company, through its CSR arm JSPL Foundation, has been providing cooked as well as dry foods to distressed people and distributing masks and personal hygiene products among the local community.
The JSPL Foundation has launched its Mission Zero Hunger programme in Angul, Barbil and Tensa. Every day, over 3,500 meals are distributed at these three locations.
"Mission Zero Hunger is at the heart of JSPL Foundation’s sustainable development goals to end hunger and achieve Food Security," said JSPL Foundation chairperson Shallu Jindal. As on April 12, the foundation has distributed about 20,000 meals in the three locations.
Besides, institutions like old age homes, childcare home, shelter homes for destitute women and homes for special children are provided with dry food.
SHGs, with JSPL Foundation support, are also making and supplying phenyl and liquid herbal hand-wash to local institutions and households.
The JSPL, under its chairman Naveen Jindal’s leadership, has contributed Rs 25 crore to the PM CARES fund.