Nagda
(Madhya Pradesh)
Grasim
Industries Ltd, a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, recently
collaborated with Taiwanese nonwoven manufacturing firm Nanliu Enterprise Co
Ltd to donate 50,000 masks in Nagda, Madhya Pradesh. The partnership comes at a
crucial juncture during the COVlD-19 pandemic, a global crisis that has
impacted millions of people worldwide.
Grasim
Industries Limited’s CSR team initiated the distribution of the three-layered
high-quality masks manufactured by Nanliu Enterprise at Nagda and the
surrounding villages. Samir Gupta, MD – Business Coordination House – BCH,
representing leading nonwoven associations in India facilitated this CSR
activity.
The
locations included Government Civil Hospital – Nagda, Indubhai Parekh Memorial
Hospital, Government Primary Health Centres, Government Anganwadis, ASHA
workers, Sarpanches/Sachiv of nearby villages, Government College, Secondary
High Schools, SDM Office, Civil Court, and Police stations, among others.
At
Nagda, Grasim has undertaken several measures to combat COVID-19. Among these
include creating COVID-19 awareness, RTPCR testing, vaccination, disinfection
spraying in rural and urban areas, distributing masks, food packets, grocery
kit, providing medicine/healthcare for the benefit of thousands of villagers.
At
Nagda, the CSR projects are operational in 55 villages, where the company
reaches out to 2.15 lakh people every year.