Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business vaccinated more than 7500 people at its plant

Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business has announced that more than 7500 of its people received COVID vaccine across its plants. The company has also increased the capacity of its COVID Care Centres and quarantine in Odisha and Chhattisgarh to handle the pandemic scenario around its areas of operations.

Vedanta's COVID Care Centres at Jharsuguda and Lanjigarh in Odisha, and BALCO in Korba, Chhattisgarh, are providing proper care to COVID affected.  Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal has pledged INR 150 crore to support to manage the second wave of the pandemic.

Vedanta is conducting awareness drives to sensitize communities on COVID prevention and the benefits of vaccination, distributing sanitation kits. The company already reduced workforce and resources at its operations.

Ajay Kapur, CEO - Aluminium & Power and MD - Commercial, Vedanta Ltd., said, "As the entire country battles to overcome the pandemic, we are committed to supporting our people, partners, communities and government through this critical period. While ensuring continuity of our aluminium and power operations so as to fulfil the raw material needs of this strategic metal for the country, we are also intensively monitoring the COVID scenario at and around our plant sites. With all safeguards in place to prevent further spread of the disease at our plant and township, our healthcare staff is working round the clock to ensure proper care for anyone who has been affected. We are also working closely with respective district administrations, helping them keep our communities safe."

T Ashok Kumar, Nodal Officer (COVID Operations), and Divisional Forest Officer, Southern Division, Kalahandi, said, "Vedanta has come forward with all required support in the prevention of COVID-19, since the outbreak of the pandemic, in supporting the district health authorities. The spread of the disease can be contained with large-scale testing and timely isolation and treatment of the COVID positive patients. The provision of the RT PCR testing kits by Vedanta will facilitate the testing process for the general public in the district. This is reflective of the sense of responsibility and commitment Vedanta has towards its communities."

The company has restricted all travels to and from plants and townships, with mandatory RT PCR negative report. Mass Rapid Antigen tests are being carried out in plants and townships. Telemedicine Facility also allows patients to connect with the doctors through phone calls or WhatsApp voice calls to get consultation and e-prescription.