nContinuing its efforts at the time of national-wide lockdown to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, the NTPC Sipat unit on Saturday donated Rs 7.3 lakh to Ajit Pujari, CEO, Janpad panchayat mastury as part of its corporate social responsibility and community development initiative.
The donated amount will be utilized to provide accommodation of migrant labourers and daily wage workers in the nearby villages, an official release by the NTPC said.
In the fight against Covid-9, the NTPC Sipat unit and its associates have taken a number of measures to safeguard its employees and associates from the pandemic, it said.
Earlier, Rs 25 lakh was handed over to the Bilaspur district administration, and Rs 2 lakh to Janpad panchayat mastury for sanitizing and other arrangements.
Sangwari Mahila Samiti (SMS) too donated Rs 50 lakh to the district red cross society.
Besides, the SMS is making five thousand masks for distribution, which is providing earnings to six women during the lockdown.
Groceries and green vegetables were distributed in the leprosy colony, Brahm Vihar Kustha Ashram in Ganesh Nagar, Nayapara, Bilaspur and to the senior citizen home, it said.
More than 3,000 packets of grocery items were distributed among the labourers working under different contracts inside the plant and the township areas by the NTPC Sipat unit with the help of the Sanskriti Club and the Vaishali Club.
The Sanskrit club is also making mask for distribution, the release said and added that hand sanitizer, soap were distributed to the nearby villagers.
Apart from this, 29 associate villages were sanitized by spraying chemicals with the help of mechanized sprinkler.