Page 68 - January 2022 Issue

to PM CARES Fund to strengthen the fight Further, vacant quarters and other places to stay
against containing the spread of COVID-19. at various locations in NTPC townships were
Furthermore, the Employees’ salary contribution of earmarked with arrangements for the contractors
Rs 7.50 Crores has also been deposited to PM CARES workers at many sites to ensure continuous power
Fund. generation and construction activities.

Payment to Contractual Workers during Medical support to address health crisis
Lockdown Period
To combat the situation, NTPC is utilizing its 45
NTPC has ensured that the wages of all the hospitals and health centres across the country where
outsourced workers are paid on time even for 238 doctors, 59 ad-hoc doctors and 1030 paramedical
the period when they could not attend due to staffs are dedicatedly serving the patients affected
lockdown restriction. Based on Govt. directives, by COVID-19. Till now, 192 Isolation beds have been
reimbursement of minimum wages were ensured to created across all hospitals and health units, with
the contract workers who were rendered idle during oxygen supply. Provision for additional beds is also
lockdown period. made to tackle emergency situations. 13 ventilators
are made available at different hospitals. Further,
Further, NTPC has ensured that these workers are
well cared by providing accommodation, food and
medical facilities at our projects. Special efforts were
being made for safety and hygiene of the contractors’
workers at all our sites.

With operations resuming at the construction sites,
NTPC remains well prepared with SOPs in place
ensuring medical screening, accommodation and
quarantine facilities for such workers. Further,
guidelines have been notified to enable monetary
support to contractors’ workers, from outside, during
their ‘no work’ period in mandatory quarantine,
required in line with Government guidelines as well
as NTPC SOPs.

Social Support to needy by providing
food & shelter
18 Advance Life Support (ALS) ambulances with
Further extending the support, NTPC has distributed ventilator are also availed for service. PPEs and other
masks, gloves, sanitisers along with food packets, protective materials are being procured centrally as
daily essentials for the needy including contract well as at unit level for distribution. A budget of Rs
workers, migrant workers, elderly and physically 3 Crore has also been provisioned for the purpose.
challenged persons and other marginalised sections of Guidelines regards to Testing, Treatment and
the society. Around 2.69 lakh meal packets and 13.25 Transportation issued by MoHFW regarding the
lakh kilogram of food supplies and groceries have management of suspected or confirmed COVID-19
been distributed at various NTPC sites. Employees’ patients have been issued to all CMOs.
voluntary groups, unions, associations and ladies
clubs have all come out to support the cause. Through the dedicated platform of telemedicine,

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