NCL signed MoU with ALIMCO

Singrauli: Aimed at enabling and assisting persons with disabilities, Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) signed an MoU with Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) in a programme organized on Saturday at its corporate headquarters under which prosthesis and assistive aids will be distributed to Divyaangjans (Differently able persons) under CSR.

 

In the occasion, CMD NCL, Shri P.K. Sinha was present as Chief Guest and Director (Technical/Operations) Shri Gunadhar Pandey and Director (Finance and Personnel) Shri N. N. Thakur were present as guests of honour along with General Managers, CSR team and other employees.

 

Dr. S. K. Bhowal, Chief of Medical Services (CMS) of NCL and Shri B.K. Gupta from ALIMCO signed this MoU worth Rs 2.52 crores in which mobility and sensory assistance, battery operated tricycles, wheelchairs, crutches, electronic walking sticks, knee ankle foot orthosis, knee prosthesis, and elbow prosthesis and other prostheses will be distributed to 1650 divyangjans. ALIMCO along with a team of doctors will examine and identify the beneficiaries for the program in distribution test camp organized prior to this.

 

Notably, early in this fiscal, NCL has also signed another MoU with ALIMCO for distribution of aids and appliances worth Rs 50 lakh to divyangjans of Singrauli and Sonbhadra districts.  In past years also NCL has distributed prosthesis and assistsive devices for the divyangjans of M.P. and U.P.