SAIL provided food items to around 1000 villagers

Jharkhand: Mines of SAIL Raw Materials Division have taken the battle against COVID-19 in remote villages of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Madhya Pradesh. RMD Mines played a vital role in mass awareness development, distribution of mask, sanitizer and food items among villagers. Under RMD’s CSR initiative more than 9000 masks were given to different villages of the three states.

SAIL’s Mines at Kiriburu, Meghahatuburu, Gua, and Manoharpur in Jharkhand have been working on COVID-19 prevention in peripheral villages which are located in far flung corner of the state. Mines carried out mass awareness development programmes and sanitisation in local villages, besides that during lockdown period provided food items to around 1000 villagers under its CSR initiative, which is maintained in extended lockdown either.
 
Similarly SAIL’s mines at Bolani, Barsua, and Kalta in Odisha have been taking care of the people in surrounding villages. Free distribution of mask and sanitizer in villages, and awareness development top the list. Food is provided to the villagers who are stuck in lockdown. Barsua mines supplied food to the migrant workers who crossed the area during lockdown. In Madhya Pradesh SAIL’s Kuteshwar Limestone Mines regularly supplied food to 600 families in local villages.
 
SAIL-RMD-supported women self-employment centres like Kiran, Soubhagya, and Ashayen at Kiriburu, Meghahatuburu, and Gua respectively made large number of mask in short notice to meet the urgent requirement in the remote areas. Responding to an urgent need Kiran centre of Kiriburu also made 5000 masks for PMO in just four days. Mines hospitals have readied Isolation Ward on war footing to meet primary requirement of any COVID-19 case.

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