COVID-19: SAIL distributes masks, food packets in rural mining areas
Apr 22, 2020, 16:41 IST
Kolkata, Apr 22 () Steel Authority of India onWednesday said it has distributed masks and food packets in inremote villages of Jharkhand, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh,besides creating awareness among them to fight the COVID-19pandemic.
"Raw Materials Division, Mines played a vital role inmass awareness development, distribution of masks, sanitisersand food items among villagers. Under RMD's CSR initiative,more than 9,000 masks were given to different villages of thethree states," the company said in a statement.
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The steel major's RMD-supported women self-employmentcentres in many villages made 5,000 masks in just four days,it said.
"Mines hospitals have also readied isolation wards onwar-footing to meet primary requirement of any COVID-19 case,and a team of doctors and paramedics are made ready to handleexigencies with special care," SAIL said. BSMRBT RBT(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)