Bokaro Steel Plant has joined hands with Special Olympics Bharat for hosting a health screening camp for children with Intellectual disabilities through promotion of health and sports among them. It’s being organized as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav across 75 towns and cities in India with a target of screening 75000 such children (athletes) across India on a single day. Around 7500 doctors and health professionals from around the country are helping voluntarily in this noble cause.
In Jharkhand, this health screening camp is being organized in Bokaro and Jamshedpur. At Bokaro Sector 5 camp, around 300 mentally challenged children from Bokaro, Dhanbad and Ranchi participated in the health screening seeking all instant support from BSL as per Assistant Area Director of Special Olympics Bharat (Jharkhand) Satvir Singh Sahota. The event has been sponsored by Bokaro Steel Plant as a CSR initiative. Director Incharge BSL Amarendu Prakash who was present in the inaugural session of the program said that SAIL-Bokaro Steel Plant is privileged and honored to be part of this campaign of bringing these children in the mainstream through sports and health. He said that Bokaro Steel Plant will continue to work towards this direction in Bokaro along with Special Olympics Bharat for taking this cause forward. He added that personally he is touched with the format of the event and Bokaro Steel City which has already been declared as the first Global Active Partner City in the country will now truly live up to its name through this initiative of inclusive development. He thanked the children, their parents, health professionals and Special Olympics Bharat for the success of the event. EDs and CGMs of BSL were also present in the inaugural session.
Assistant Area Director of Special Olympics Bharat (Jharkhand) Satvir Singh Sahota thanked BSL for its overwhelming support in this cause. DGM CSR CRK Sudhanshu initially welcomed all guests and participants in the health screening camp. At 11 am, an attempt was made by the children and participants across India for maximum number of people jogging at one place in one minute in which participants from Bokaro also took part to qualify for the world record. COC BSL MK Dhan said , BSL has been focussing on the areas of promotion of health and sports through its CSR. BSL now plans to work consistently in the area of upliftment of mentally challenged children and help them realize their potential through sports. A national level Cycling and Badminton competition for specially abled individuals is also planned at Bokaro by BSL.