Power Grid provides critical infrastructure support during COVID-19 pandemic

New Delhi: State-run Maharatna Power PSU, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), is proactively working towards supporting and contributing to India's fight against COVID-19 by extending help to various states across the country. Through its dedicated efforts towards contributing to better healthcare facilities, Power Grid has provided cold chain equipment (181 Ice Lined Refrigerators and 130 Deep Freezers) costing around Rs 2.66 crore to the states of Punjab, Sikkim, Mizoram and UT of Ladakh under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative.

Two Insulated Vans have also been provided for facilitating the COVID-19 vaccination drive in remote areas of Leh, Ladakh. For oxygen support, Power Grid is going to establish Oxygen Generation Plants at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Gurugram (Haryana) having a capacity of 2 x 50 Nm3 per hour and at Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) having a capacity of 50 Nm3 per hour.

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Adopting a holistic approach to confront the pandemic, a catheterisation laboratory is being set up to diagnose and treat cardiac issues by the government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, through financial assistance provided by Power Grid which will benefit the people of Tamil Nadu.

Power Grid as a responsible corporate citizen has been regularly investing in an array of healthcare projects, believing in its philosophy of giving back to the society through the establishment of Vishram Sadans (rest house for patients and their caretakers), augmentation of Cancer Care facilities in Mumbai and Guwahati, providing ALS Ambulances and backing several key interventions in hospitals/PHC's/SHC's etc across the nation.

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