UPL team is assisting local administrations by providing services of disinfectant spraying at various public and private spaces
UPL, India’s largest crop protection products manufacturer, has pledged Rs 75 crore to PM-Cares Fund in assisting the government to fight against Covid-19.
It is also continuously providing large number of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) units to help with the safety of India’s frontline heroes in healthcare and sanitisation who are relentlessly fighting the battle against the Corona virus pandemic.
The company has also kept on standby, the premises of its educational institutions such as Gyan Dham School and Sandra Shroff Rofel College of Nursing, both at Vapi in Gujarat, with necessary arrangements to operate as quarantine centres as and when required.
“These are very challenging times for the entire mankind, and we find ourselves duty-bound to serve the nation and assist with our resources and expertise in this critical fight. As a responsible corporate, we remain committed to support the Government of India and various state governments in every possible manner,” said Jai Shroff, CEO, UPL.
UPL is additionally supplementing the Central and state government’s efforts by engaging 200 modern mechanical spraying machines (falcons) and 225 staff members to contain the spread of Corona virus. The company teams are assisting local administrations by providing services of disinfectant spraying at various public and private spaces such as hospitals, streets, police stations, railway stations and municipal corporations.
Tushar Trivedi, head, AFS, UPL, said, “We recognise that keeping public spaces disinfected is one of the most important aspect in checking the spread of Corona virus. Upon call from the authorities, we quickly aligned our resources and deputed our mechanised spraying vehicles to disinfect public spaces with sodium hypochloride provided by the government.
The company has till date sprayed 11.5 lakh litre of disinfectant solution in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. It is working to extend the exercise to other states as identified by the government.
The company also quickly mobilised to manufacture hand sanitisers as per WHO guidelines for distribution to police and municipal corporations. These hand sanitisers are being given to the front level personnel working to control the spread of Covid-19.
