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Banking at Doorstep and Fuel Stations               and its supply points to reach isolated locations
                                                                at elevations of thousands  of feet in Arunachal
                                                                Pradesh under all weather conditions, to serve the
                                                                Army, the paramilitary forces and the Border Roads
                                                                Organisation.

                                                                Awareness campaigns

                                                                BPCL  undertook  awareness  campaign  on  how  to
                                                                protect oneself from COVID 19 and covered 2 lakh
                                                                people across the country.


                                                                An engagement exercise was undertaken not only
                                                                with the employees but also with more than 16,000
                                                                Retail  dealers,  over  6,000  LPG  distributors  and
                                                                transport fleet owners on how to rise to the occasion
            Bharat  Petroleum  offers  banking  facility  at    of not only fighting the pandemic by taking all the
            more  than 6,600  fuel  stations  across  the nation.   necessary precautions but  also serve the  nation at
            These have come in handy, especially during the     this time of crisis, ensuring enough supplies of fuel
            lockdown. Also, the freeze on travel has left many   across the country.
            people with a severe shortage of cash, as they are
            unable to access ATMs or visit banks. BPCL retail   Maintaining social distancing at the location so
            outlets have come to their rescue by disbursing     as to contain any chance of spread of COVID-19
            cash through the Aadhaar-enabled payment            pandemic at our locations/ROs
            service of FINO Payments Bank by literally going
            door to door and providing this banking service.    The following steps to ensure the social distancing
            As  a  responsible  corporate  citizen,  we  decided   during operations at the bulk supply locations/ROs:
            to  step up  our  efforts, as  the  common  people  in   •  Reduced PCVO reporting in Locations;
            the  rural  areas  were  finding  it  difficult  to  visit   •  Reduced  Contract  Staffs  for  the  maintenance
            banks due to the lockdown and withdraw money           works at ROs/locations;
            from ATMs to transfer to their families located at   •  Supply  locations  were  instructed  to  operate
            other places. Pensioners have also been finding it     either in one shift or on alternate days. If it is daily
            difficult to withdraw their pension amount. This is    operations – 50 % of staffs are on duty.
            where BPCL has come to their rescue by providing    •  All  ROs  were  instructed  to  operate  with  lesser
            them  FINO  bank  digital  Payment  facility  at  their   number of staffs and on the time period set by
            doorstep.                                              State Administration.
                                                                •  Initially rotation system was followed for officers
            Serving the Army at Remote Locations
                                                                   and  later  only  officials  at  critical  position  were
            Fuelling  the  nation’s  border  defenders  in  forward   attending  the  office.  Rest  were  operating  from
            areas is another proud service of Bharat Petroleum.    Home and were geting connected through VC/
            This time honored tradition founded on trust           conference call for works/meetings.
            continues with the same alacrity  even under the
            lockdown, despite numerous challenges. Braving      Displays / Banners/ Posters/ Leaflets/Videos
            all odds, our tank-lorry drivers undertook a 6-day-  •  COVID  awareness  banners  with  inputs  from
            long arduous round trip from Numaligarh Refinery       Kochi Refinery Occupational Health Centre have


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