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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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