Adding to its relentless efforts of fighting against the coronavirus, the Utkal Alumina International Ltd UAIL), Doraguda, a unit of Aditya Birla Group, has distributed around 42,000 masks to all its stakeholders and people in all its peripheral villages in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts. While around 12,000 odd masks were prepared by its own garment manufacturing unit, Saksham, at Tikiri village, the rest have been procured by the company for distribution amongst the people.
The Saksham garment stitching is well equipped with sophisticated stitching machines for all types of garment manufacturing. Women belonging to the nearby villages have come forward beating all odds to serve the community by stitching masks. They are stitching 900 to 1,000 masks per day.