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and three district hospitals in Tamil Nadu. Support Innovation, R&D and Technological
was also provided for facilitating 2 quarantine breakthrough
room in Rajahmundry and for hiring of ambulance [A] COVID-19 disruptions led to innovation at
dedicated for COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Uran, ONGC Ahmedabad Asset and Ankleshwar
Maharashtra.
Foot - Operated hand wash Mechanism
Support to COVID frontline warriors
During these challenging times, there has been a
To strengthen the efforts of the frontline corona constant endeavour among the ONGC employees
warriors, 1,53,204 PPE kits were provided to health to think out-of-the-box solutions and innovate to
care professionals, ASHA workers etc. across ensure proper hygiene and safety at work place.
ONGC operational areas. Further 18,000 face shield A foot-operated hand-wash system has been
masks to police personnel in Delhi and Faridabad developed through in-house resources without any
and 60000 re-usable masks to police personnel in additional expenditure. In-fact, it has lived up to the
Surat. credo of reuse and recycling.

Projects for distribution of Masks & Sanitizers
Ankleshwar Asset developed contactless sanitizer
As a measure of precaution and prevention, dispenser making use of available resources
distribution of 9,63,299 face masks (including and discarded materials – mechanical as well as
18,000 face shield masks & 60,000 re-usable masks electronics. Similar efforts have been made by
for the Police personnel) and 10,22,901 sanitizers Central Workshop, Vadodara.
to residents in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal,
Uttarakhand, Bihar, Tripura and Delhi has been
taken up amongst other CSR initiatives.

ONGC Sanitizes villages in the operational areas

ONGC fire fighters and tankers have been
extensively involved in the sanitization of wards
and Panchayats in close association with the
district administration in ONGC operational areas.
Soon after the declaration of lockdown, massive
sanitization drives in villages of operational areas Employees at BPA process complex in offshore
were initiated by ONGC with the help of its fire (Arabian Sea) developed a sanitization tunnel to
fighting team. The drive has covered 50 villages in sanitize incoming personnel & baggage coming to
four districts of Tamil Nadu, 60 villages in Uran and the complex.This system can sanitize 5 personnel
28 villages & 2 towns in Assam. along with their baggage per minute whilst
consuming 600 ml of disinfectant solution.
Under relief of COVID-19, CSR initiatives were not
only restricted towards Humans but also provided
help to animals where support has been provided
to Bhavanarayana Swami Temple Sarpavaram
Kakinada for supplying of dry grass for feeding
20 cows for a period of 2 months with the financial
implication of Rs.0.96 Lakhs.

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