Grasim Industries Limited, a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, has recently collaborated with Taiwanese nonwoven manufacturing firm Nanliu Enterprise Co. Ltd. to donate 50,000 masks in Nagda. The partnership comes at a crucial juncture during the COVlD-19 pandemic, a global crisis that has impacted millions of people worldwide.
Grasim Industries Limited’s CSR team initiated the distribution of the three-layered high-quality masks manufactured by Nanliu Enterprise, at Nagda and the surrounding villages. Mr. Samir Gupta MD – Business Coordination House – BCH, representing leading nonwoven associations in India facilitated this CSR activity.
The locations included Govt. Civil Hospital – Nagda, Indubhai Parekh Memorial Hospital, Govt. Primary Health Centres, Govt. Anganwadis, ASHA workers, Sarpanches/Sachiv of nearby villages, Govt. College, Secondary High Schools, SDM Office, Civil Court, and Police stations, among others.
At Nagda, Grasim has undertaken several measures to combat COVID-19. Among these include creating COVID-19 awareness, RTPCR testing, Vaccination, disinfection spraying in rural and urban areas, distributing masks, food packets, grocery kits, providing medicine/healthcare for the benefit of thousands of villagers.
At Nagda, the CSR projects are operational in 55 villages, where the company reaches out to 2.15 lakh people every year.