All arms of the Government are proactively working to tackle the challenges posed by COVID pandemic. Public Sector Undertakings, PSUs under the Mines Ministry are also leading from the front and contributing in the fight against coronavirus. From contributing financially towards establishing special dedicated COVID facilities to upgrading their own health infrastructure and conducting mass vaccination, Mines PSUs are continuously working to help fight the second wave of COVID-19.<br />'' <br />''National Aluminum Company Limited, NALCO has made a contribution of 1.16 crore rupees to Saheed Laxman Naik Hospital, Koraput Odisha for exclusive Covid Care Centre. It has also contributed towards a Covid Care Centre at ESI HOSPITAL, Banarpal in Angul District of Odisha incurring a monthly expenditure of about 30 lakh rupees.<br />'' <br />''NALCO is also undertaking massive sanitization drives carried out at its units and residential and nearby areas. It has donated a refrigerated truck having a capacity of 25 lakh 70 thousand Covid vaccine doses to the state immunization cell for smooth transportation of COVID-19 vaccines across Odisha.<br />'' <br />''It has supported the State Health Department by 1.16 crore rupees for procurement of two Ventilator Ambulances. It has also provided financial support to Bhubaneswar Municipality Corporation BMC Hospital for purchase of Digital X-ray machines. NALCO is continuously depicting COVID appropriate behavior on its website, social media platforms, digital displays, banners and hoardings. It has also distributed dry rations and other materials for the benefit of people like migrant workers and daily earners.<br />'' <br />''Hindustan Copper Limited HCL unit hospitals are equipped with multi-bedded COVID Centres with oxygen support and curative, emergency and preventive medicines. Malanjkhand Copper Project MCP, HCL's plant in Madhya Pradesh, has provided 10 Oxygen Concentrators to the COVID Centre at Kendatola to help the State Administration combat the shortage of Oxygen and record surge of cases.<br />'' <br />''Khetri Copper Complex, HCL's Unit in Rajasthan, has donated oxygen-filled cylinders with flow meter, tubes and masks along with pulse oximeters to the Block Chief Medical Officer of the State Govt. recently. A 30-bedded COVID Care Centre with oxygen support has been established for employees and the local population at Indian Copper Complex, HCL's Unit in Ghatsila, Jharkhand.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited MECL, under its CSR program, has given financial contribution to the Dharwad district in Karnataka for the acquisition of Oxygen concentrators.</span><br />