Vedanta to manufacture 50000 PPE items per day
14 Apr 20 1 min read
Natural resources firm Vedanta is planning to manufacture about 50,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) pieces every day by the first week of next month, Ritu Jhingon, chief executive officer of Vedanta’s corporate social responsibility project Nand Ghar. It has tied up with the textiles ministry to import 23 machines from China for manufacturing PPE in India.
These machines specifically make PPE for doctors and medical professionals, she told a news agency. The company has also procured two lakh N-95 masks and 50,000 PPE, which will be delivered to the ministry of health in the next two weeks.
Vedanta had earlier announced that it has doubled its contribution to ₹201 crore to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
These machines specifically make PPE for doctors and medical professionals, she told a news agency. The company has also procured two lakh N-95 masks and 50,000 PPE, which will be delivered to the ministry of health in the next two weeks.
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Vedanta had earlier announced that it has doubled its contribution to ₹201 crore to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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