The Gondalpura coal project run by Adani foundation on Saturday distributed nutrition kits among 60 Tuberculosis (TB) patients. The nutrition kit included Horlicks, Chyawanprash, Dal, Chana, Jaggery, Moong and Mustard oil. The nutrition kits was distributed among patients who comes from economically weaker section of society. The Adani Foundation has adopted these patients for the next six months and these patients will get nutrition kits regularly.
On the occasion, Chief Guest cum medical officer-in-charge of Barkagaon, Dr. BN Prasad, described the effort of Adani Foundation as highly commendable. He said that within just two to three days, Adani Foundation completed all the preparations for this program, which is less to be praised. Prasad said that under the “Pradhan Mantri Nikshay Poshan Yojna”, such types of nutrition camps for TB patients would benefit patients.
Tipu Sultan, District TB Program Coordinator of Hazaribagh, who was present in the program, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a target of making the country TB free by the year 2025, in which such efforts will pay off. Appreciating this initiative of the Adani Foundation, he said that after this program, more companies working in this area will come forward for lending a helping hand for TB patients in the coming days. This effort of the Foundation will prove to be a milestone.
In the program, Adani Enterprises Limited General Manager Dharmendra Dubey said that Adani Foundation will continue to do such public welfare work. He said that all these 60 patients have been adopted by the foundation for six months, who will continue to be provided with nutrition kits.