The Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda’s fire safety team has added force to the company’s efforts on COVID-19 prevention in the rural areas in Jharsuguda district.
Working in tandem with the company’s CSR team and the district administration, they are actively engaged in disinfection of 22 major villages and localities.
The team is disinfecting exterior walls of households, public utilities and common areas in these areas using hypochlorite solution. It has , reached out to nearly 75,000 residents.
Company CEO CN Singh informed that the the Jharsuguda COVID Hospital with support of the Vedanta would be operational soon."Besides this, we have distributed more than 12,000 reusable masks to masses and nearly 200 ration kits to needy households. and sensitized masses in 30 villages," he said.
The Vedanta Ltd, Jharsuguda is India’s largest producer of primary aluminium with an installed smelting capacity of 1.6 MTPA.
It is the only Indian smelter in the global ‘1 MT Club’ primary aluminium producers and exporters.