MDL employees contribute one day salary to PM Cares Fund

by Psu Connect
Date: 08-04-20

Mumbai: Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) is extending all possible CSR help to tide over the covid crisis. The employees of MDL, a PSU under Ministry of Defence, have contributed their one day’s salary amounting to Rs. 1.02 crore to Prime Minister’s CARES Fund. Rs 2 Cr was transferred to PM CARES Fund and Rs 1 crore transferred to Maharashtra Chief Minister's Relief Fund. As major shareholder of Goa Shipyard, MDL remitted Rs 20 Lakhs to the Goa CM's Relief Fund.

200 Corona Virus Protective Kits have been supplied to the Quarantine Centre at Ghatkopar, set up by the Navy. This project, costing Rs 5 Lakhs, will be useful to the 50 Kashmiri pilgrims, evacuated from Iran, accommodated at this quarantine centre. 5000 face masks costing Rs 1 lakh have been supplied to the Kasturba Hospital, which is involved in testing for corona. These were handed over by Chief Medical Officer of MDL to Superintendent of Kasturba hospital.

In addition, MDL has so far rendered the following direct CSR assistance to needy people:

- Ration bags have been distributed to 415 families of the migrating tribal community of Katkaris at Kharade and Shahapur tribal belt, through the Karve Institute of Social Sciences, Pune. Total cost of this project is Rs 5 Lakhs.

- 300 migrant labourers in Mazgaon, involved in fishing activities, are being provided with three meals for 45 days. Executed through the Ratnanidhi Charitable Trust, this project costs Rs 5 Lakhs.

- 200 needy families in South Bombay slums have been supplied ration bags through Oscar Foundation. This assistance, targeting families of women working in Sassoon Dock in prawn peeling, costs Rs. 2.5 lakhs.

MDL employees contribute one day salary to PM Cares Fund

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