The Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has adopted a three-prong strategy of “produce, procure and prevent (3-P)” in wake of COVID-19 as company, continuing with mining operations, works in a close coordination with the State authority to fight the pandemic in Odisha.
The MCL has set-up an internal COVID-19 Taskforce with helplines covering all its coalfields and headquarters, while working on mission mode to “procure” equipment to support Odisha Government in the fight against pandemic.
The company has provided around 29,000 masks to employees and contract workers while 90,000 more are being procured for further distribution.
The company has also pressed into service fog cannons to prevent the spread of virus in residential colonies and nearby areas.
At least 164 quarantine beds have been prepared by MCL in its hospitals in Jharsuguda, Angul and Sundargarh districts 13 rooms and two halls in the new Girls’ Hostel at Sambalpur University have been made a 90-bedded COVID-19 Isolation Centre. A total of 170 oxygen cylinders have been made available at four hospitals of MCL.
Besides, 42 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), 6,166 masks and 201 sanitizers have also been made available for doctors and para-medics.
