In a move to provide help to the people during the ongoing lockdown Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) is not only producing coal more than required but also it is distributing food grains among large numbers of people so that no one should sleep hungry during the period.
CCL has been working in coordination with the local administration in eights districts of the Jharkhand. The Company has provided about 100 quintals of food grains like rice, pulses, salt, wheat flour, mustard oil, soya bari, flattened rice, spices, potatoes, onions etc to the local administration for distribution among the needy during lockdown.
The Company has also supplied other relief materials like masks, sanitizers and others things to the administration to check spread of Corona virus. CCL has also distributed food grains packet withing the State to more than 12,000 families. CCL is continuing distribution of food grains and other relief works during the ongoing lockdown which is extended till May 3.
Apart from this CCL, a subsidiary of Coal India has set up dedicated helpline numbers (0651-2365999, 0651-2361013, 0651-2360606) so that any needy person staying in command areas of the Company can make calls during the lockdown and the Company will extend all possible support to them including arranging food grains packet and medical advice.
CCL is not only motivating the employees and stakeholders to play significant role in the Country’s fight against the Corona virus pandemic but ensuring that no one should sleep hungry in command areas of the Company during lockdown.
CMD CCL Gopal Singh has been in touch with Area General Mangers through video conference and other means of communication. He has issued necessary instruction that the employees must take all preventive measures like wearing hand gloves, mask and others while performing duties at work place and while coming to home.
Singh said that it is important to prevent oneself from this deadly virus so that he or she does not transmit to other healthy individual and then only family, society, Jharkhand and our Country could overcome from this unprecedented crisis.
CCL is ensuring in its command areas that no one sleeps hungry during the exercise to check the spread of Corona virus during lockdown. “We are distributing food packets comprising essential items like rice, pulses, spices and other items in all areas with support of district administration to ensure no one sleeps empty stomach during lockdown,” Singh said. He further added that the coal family has become a soldier in this corona war and working like every other citizen of this country to fight against the Corona virus.
The ongoing 21-day lockdown has extended till May, 3. During the first phase of 21-day lockdown, CCL has performed exemplary work and its employees worked as “front line warriors” and distributed food packets in command areas of the Company, which is spread out in eight districts of Jharkhand- Ranchi,
Ramgarh, Hazaribagh, Latehar, Palamu, Chatra, Giridih and Bokaro- by adhering norms of maintaining social distancing and other advisories issued by government from time to time.