Coronavirus in Chennai: Hyundai, Daimler India step up CSR initiatives – Times of India

CHENNAI: Chennai-based auto companies are stepping up their efforts to support the government’ combat Covid-19 crisis.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) has handed over 500 sets of dry rations to the Chennai Corporation Commissioner G Prakash and 500 sets of dry rations to the director of industrial safety and health, Tamil Nadu MV Senthil Kumar, and Joint director of industrial safety and health S Ananth. The dry rations will be further distributed to those in dire need in the Chennai district.
Hyundai has earlier donated dry rations and personal protective equipment (PPE). It also donated Rs 5 crore to the Chief Minister Relief Fund, among many other initiatives towards India’s war against Covid-19.
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) is rolling out a multi-tiered strategy for their CSR initiatives aimed at helping the community through the crisis. From monetary contributions to donations of meals and medical equipment, the Chennai-based producer of ‘BharatBenz’ vehicles has bent the might of their 4000+ employees towards the main problem facing the world today – COVID-19.
DICV has pledged large cash donations to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund and the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund. The company has additionally donated high-tech critical care ventilators, bio-PPE kits, masks and hand sanitizer to local medical services, charities and administrative departments.
DICV has also offered up its manpower and its facilities. For the last several weeks, DICV has been using its company canteen in the Oragadam plant to provide around 1,000 meals a day to local citizens and stranded drivers in need. Its bus division lent 16 vehicles to support foreign nationals in reaching the airport, allowing them to safely take flights back to their respective countries. Every day, the company posts security personnel at local ATMs to remind people to respect social distancing.
The company has said it is ready to convert buildings at its Oragadam plant to treatment wards in the case of a major outbreak and to open the doors to its state of the art in-house medical centre.

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