Page 73 - January 2022 Issue

Fighting

the Pandemic

ONGC took proactive measures to ensure the safety
of its employees and issued detailed guidelines to
the employees through its internal websites and
through e-mails even before the announcement
of lockdown on 23 March 2020. ONGC’s robust
IT and communication systems in place were
realigned to enable the employees to Work from
Home. Continuous improvements were made in
the systems to ensure seamless working from home.
Virtual secured Meeting Platforms were made
accessible to the employees.

ONGC CMD’s message on following WHO
guidelines was posted on Social Media and his
inspirational message hosted on ONGC websites
and communicated through e-mail. Information
regarding preventive measures to contain the spread
of COVID-19 were shared with each employee
through e-mail and detailed SOPs for offices and
installations were issued and disseminated to
all the employees, ex-employees and secondary
(contractual) workforce through various means
like SMS, web portals and e-mails. Digital displays
at all work centres were used to spread awareness
about COVID-19 and measures to prevent the
spread of the virus. Similar efforts were also made that employees working in remote locations remain
in the residential complexes of ONGC. Medical connected with their families through phones and
teams conducted various awareness sessions and video conferencing facilities.
workshops for employees and secondary workforce
in the month of February. In order to ensure smooth movement of men and
material and continuous operations at all work
Top Management held regular interactions with centres, coordinated efforts with District, State
all the work-centres and installations through and Central level authorities helped to resolve
video conferencing to ensure their safety, boost roadblocks & ensure normalization of operations at
employee morale and to provide all necessary a faster pace.
support for smooth operations. ONGC employees
in the fields voluntarily extended their shifts to Quarantine facilities were created at all the work
ensure uninterrupted production and supply of centres of ONGC. Thermal scanning was made
oil and gas during the lockdown. ONGC ensured mandatory for all the employees attending their

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