The steel ministry of India on Monday had asked the management of PSU’s not to cut down production in a meeting held to take control of the situation amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The meeting was chaired by the Steel Secretary Binoy Kumar, via video-conferencing, with the senior officials of SAIL, RINL, NMDC, MOIL, and KIOCL among others.
According to the sources, the steel PSU’s were asked about their preparedness at their plants and units in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus and were asked to produce as usual and not to reduce production.
RINL has arranged for isolation wards with a quarantine facility. Offices and control pulpits are being sterilized and are provided with sanitizers. Thermal scanning is done before entering the workplace. However due to the growing number of cases and to maintain social distancing apart from lockdown in the state the company has finally decided to curtail production.
SAIL has also stepped up to the occasion and taken various preventive measures across its plant and had arranged for quarantine facilities and isolation wards. At the same time, the majority of their meetings are conducted through video conferencing and the travel of their employees is restricted.
The staff in NMDC are offered work from home facilities. Larger gatherings are prohibited and thermal scanning is being done for non –company staff. Moreover, the offices are sanitized and special arrangements are made in their healthcare centers to take care of the virus.
