To enhance the health infrastructure and help in dealing with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, ESL Steel has aligned itself with the Jharkhand Government. ESL Steel Limited has delivered about 500 oxygen cylinders during the pandemic. Simultaneously, about 500 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen has been supplied to Jharkhand, Bihar and Punjab. In 2020, ESL distributed food, refreshments, and dry ration to more than 80,100 beneficiaries. In collaboration with the District Administration and the Health Department, a vaccination camp was held at the Vedanta Cares COVID Field Hospital last week.
Recently, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Hemant Soren virtually inaugurated the 100-bed Vedanta COVID Care Field Hospital. The field hospital will act as an extension of Sadar Hospital, Bokaro. The company has delivered life-saving equipment to the CSE Hospital, Chandankiyari, Bokaro and held COVID awareness and prevention campaigns in 20 villages. Recently, ESL held a webinar to spread COVID awareness among 300 Self-Help Group (SHG) members and rural women in Bokaro. Additionally, the steel major distributed masks and sanitizers among them as a token of care.
ESL has distributed more than 3,000 PPE kits to its workforce, District Administration, State Government and frontline workers during the pandemic. About 5,050 sanitizer bottles have been distributed to ESL workers, nearby villages and the government. ESL considers its employees its strength, with whose cooperation and courage today ESL is moving ahead by overcoming all the difficult situations.
