New Delhi, 3 June 2021: In a bid to fight against Covid-19, a Maharatna Public Sector Unit (PSU) under Ministry of Power, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) is inoculating its employees and their family members. In this line, POWERGRID is organising vaccination camps for its employees and their family members across all its establishments in India.
In a statement released on Thursday, the company said that these vaccination drives are catering to its employees, their families and other beneficiaries like superannuated employees, their families, contract workers etc. to safeguard them from the COVID 19 pandemic.
Continuing with these vaccination camps, POWERGRID organized one such camp at BHUJ-II Sub-station (Gujarat) of Western Region-II. Another such camp was organized at Shikrapur (Pune-Maharashtra) on June 2, 2021. Vaccination drives were also arranged at various other Sub-stations in Western Region - I. Sitamarhi Sub-station (Bihar) under Eastern Region-I also organized a vaccination camp where about 71 persons were vaccinated for COVID 19, the statement released.
Other than these places, the company organised camps in Agra Sub-station (UP). It will be organizing another vaccination camp on 5th June 2021 which will be covering all the remaining persons who can be vaccinated in the campus. With this vaccination camp Agra Sub-station will achieve full vaccination of its employees, contract workers and their family members. Vaccination camps are being organised in all the establishments of POWERGRID across the Nation. These vaccination drives are being organized as part of the National mission.
It should be noted that the country has seen more than three lakhs deaths from Covid-19 and millions have suffered the infection. At present, the country is under a lockdown announced by states. There is a fear of a third wave of Covid-19 and experts have suggested vaccination as the best way to fight the pandemic.
