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Fighting


            the Pandemic


            Monetary contribution to PM CARES Fund
            Rs. 26.25 Crores
            Payment to Contractual Workers during
            Lockdown period
            Paid
            Social Support to needy by providing food &
            shelter


            Migrant  Labours  including  Women  &  Children
            were found moving from distant cities towards
            their  native  villages  mostly  in  eastern  UP  during
            Lockdown.  Considering  their  exhausted  condition
            due  to  long  hours  of  journey,  the  Company  had
            served refreshments to migrant workers passing
            through the Unit at Korwa, UP. Further, as a token
            of its appreciation for police personnel working at
            various  check  points  and  also  State  Government
            officials deployed to enforce Government directives
            on  controlling  the  COVID-19;  the  Company  had
            distributed Refreshments including Beverages.

            Medical support to address health crisis

            As  part  of  fight  against  COVID-19,  HAL  has
            produced and handed over more than 300 Aerosol
            Boxes  to  various  State  Governments  to  be  used
            in Hospitals. The Aerosol Box acts as an insulator
            between the Doctor and Patient. It can significantly
            reduce the possibility of transmission of COVID-19 to
            Doctors and Para Medical Staff. In addition, around
            1000 Face Shields were produced by the Company
            using  3D  Printing  technology  and  distributed  to
            CORONA Warriors.

            Company  has  made  provision  for  isolation/
            Quarantine ward for the treatment of patients.

            Innovation, R&D and Technological
            breakthrough


            In the present situation of COVID-19, it has become
            imperative  that  use  of  Digital  Media  is  enhanced


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