Team News Riveting
Raipur, April 26
Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), India’s iconic aluminium producer, had doled out medical materials that would prove to be a lifeline for the Korba district administration in its combat against COVID-19.
The Vedanta-controlled aluminium major had provided equipment and medicines that included 10 Noninvasive ventilators, 2000 pulse oximeters, 10 thousand PPE kits and 2 lakh doxycycline tablets, 50 thousand zinc tablets, 50 thousand ivermectin tablets and 1 lakh D3 tablets. Avtar Singh, Head Administration and Security of BALCO handed over the materials to the Deputy Collector of Korba Ashish Dewangan.
Abhijit Pati, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director of BALCO, said, “We need to be responsible for communities and need to be united in order to serve the higher purpose of saving lives and protecting our families. I express my gratitude towards the medical fraternity and all the frontline workers who have extended their services to ensure the health and safety of all.”
A team from BALCO consisting of medical professionals and corporate social responsibility are offering their services with full vigor. Help desks have been set up at BALCO Hospital that are 24×7 operational. Ambulances are ready and equipped with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and have been deployed to provide support to the patients in case of need. Adequate sanitizers, masks and other personal protective equipment have been provided in huge quantities to all the front-line workers & and workforce of BALCO. The availability of multivitamins like Vitamin C, is continuously being distributed to the employees & their families to help strengthen the body’s immunity.
BALCO has been instrumental in conducting campaigns regarding community awareness towards COVID-19 in collaboration with district administration and public representatives. The administrative team provided food supplements including coconut water to the police officers and the staff to increase their immunity. Citizens of BALCO Township are being encouraged to follow the guidelines daily through loudspeakers placed in strategic locations. Regular sanitization drive is being conducted. BALCO Hospital is continuously serving as a special extension of the local administration in the fight against the pandemic in Korba region.
Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) is India’s iconic aluminium producer. It is owned 49 per cent by the Government of India and 51 per cent by Vedanta Limited. Vedanta Limited is the world’s 6th largest diversified natural resources company and the largest producer of aluminium in India. BALCO operates a 0.57 million tonne per annum aluminium smelter in Korba, Chhattisgarh. It is also a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. With its world-class smelter and power plants, the company fulfills its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener tomorrow.
