The Industrial Health, Safety and Environment unit of Bharat Aluminium Company ltd (BAlCO) organised a street play under its ‘Jagrati Project’ to generate awareness regarding protection from HIV AIDS among contract labourers working in the plant, according to a company statement issued here on Monday.
The play was staged in joint association with volunteers of social organization ‘Strot’ (Source) who imparted information on sexually transmitted diseases, unsafe blood transfusion and use of contaminated syringes.
Balco holds the AIDS awareness campaign under its ‘Jagrati Project’ in Korba district where the company, from time to time, had been undertaking a drive to educate truck drivers, material suppliers, transporters including villagers and slum dwellers about AIDS prevention.
The company pays special attention towards truck drivers and contingency workers who arrive at the plant. Moreover, citizens attending the awareness campaigns are distributed literature on AIDS prevention.
Events such as folk song performances, street plays and orchestra are organised by the company to create awareness regarding AIDS prevention. The programmes are reviewed by the district administration and District AIDS Control Committee through workshops organised for the purpose.
The company had been observes ‘World AIDS Day’ every year on December 1 in joint association with social organisation ‘Strot’.
Balco had also received a State-level award from the State Government for outstanding work on AIDS Control initiatives.