Page 35 - January 2022 Issue

BHEL presented an in-house developed
‘Electrostatic Disinfectant Spray Machine’ to the
Indian Railways
As a part of its ongoing efforts to support the
nation’s fight against COVID-19, BHEL handed over
an Electrostatic Disinfectant Spray Machine to the
Indian Railways. The machine has been designed
by CSIR and manufactured by BHEL’s Haridwar
unit. The same was presented to the railways for
disinfecting the New Delhi Railway Station.

The machine was handed over to Shri R.P. Pandey,
Station Director, New Delhi Railway Station by Shri
Anil Joshi, Executive Director, PS-PEM at an event also engaged the services of its in-house fire services
which was attended by Dr. Vibha Malhotra Sawhney, crew for spraying disinfectant from Palpannai to
In-charge (Innovation Protection Unit), CSIR & Thuvakudi area, covering a distance of about 15
Shri K. Venkatasubramanian, Chief Scientist, CSIR. kms. BHEL’s Visakhapatnam unit arranged for
Other senior officials of BHEL were also present. spraying of sanitiser in the suburb of Gajuwaka, for
a period of three days, using the company’s in-house
Udyog Bhawan sanitised using BHEL’s in-house fire services. The Haridwar unit successfully utilised
technological developments – BHELMISTER and the BHELMister to carry out large-scale sanitisation
Electrostatic Disinfection Machine drives in Jwalapur area of Haridwar.
The Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry
of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises at Banking at Ease
Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi was sanitised using To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, in line with
the ‘Electrostatic Disinfectant Spray Machine’, the principle of social distancing, the Employees Co-
developed by BHEL in association with CSIR. operative Bank of BHEL’s Tiruchirapalli unit has
With the help of this machine all indoor areas taken measures to enable easy withdrawal of cash
were sanitised for the safety of all employees. The for all its members. Cash was made available to the
building area outdoors was also sanitised with the residents of the township at their doorstep. This was
BHELMISTER, another in-house development by accomplished efficiently, without compromising
BHEL to fight COVID-19. with accounting accuracy and safety of cash
handling, with the help of a mobile ATM which was
Community Sanitisation Drives
driven around the township, enabling residents to
In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, withdraw cash.
the in-house fire service department of BHEL’s
Tiruchirappalli unit sanitised the neighbouring Blood Donation Camp
panchayat area of Krishnasamuthiram, Tiruverumbur Always willing to go the extra mile to help the nation
Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District. The total area especially in times of crisis, BHEL’s Hyderabad unit
covered was more than 700 acres, comprising over organised a blood donation camp to alleviate the
3,000 houses with a total population of nearly shortage of blood in local hospitals. Around 100 units
18,000 residents. BHEL’s efforts were highly of blood were collected in the camp, maintaining all
appreciated by the residents and the President of the preventive protocols against spread of any kind of
Krishnasamuthiram Panchayat. Tiruchirappalli unit infection.

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