Update on Preventive measures against COVID-19

Update on Preventive measures against COVID-19

• Awareness drives for employees and contractual staff especially for frontline staff, cafeteria staff, drivers, housekeeping staff and maintenance personnel.
• Restriction on entry of visitors into office premises.
• Facility of Thermal Scanners (at CIL HQ) and Hand Sanitizers at the entry gates for each person entering the premises.
• Hand Sanitizers at various places within the company’s buildings including washrooms etc.
• Usage of E-Office for putting up files is being encouraged in place of movement of physical files.
• Frequent sanitization of the work stations and tables
• Stoppage of Biometric attendance until March 31, 2020, in the first instance.
• All sports, events, public gatherings, etc discontinued until further orders.
• Recruitment exam postponed until further orders.
• All recreation centres/gyms/crèches (wherever operational) in the office building closed.
• Setting up of Isolation wards in Hospitals of subsidiaries of CIL.
• Training to Doctors and paramedical staffs by the trained nodal officers in subsidiaries of CIL.
• Employees having history of foreign travel or contact with travellers from foreign countries are being identified and screened. (In WCL)

• Review of Preventive actions taken for COVID-19 on daily basis.
• Biometric punching in NLCIL has been exempted up to 31.03.2020.
• Recent travel history in the prescribed format is being obtained for all the guests arriving in Guest houses.
• Four wards with isolation facilities in NLCIL General Hospital (GH) for quarantining 73 persons are kept in readiness to handle any emergency in the context of COVID 19.
• Training workshops were organized for doctors and paramedical staff of NLCIL GH on COVID-19.
• NLCIL maintains around 20,000 self-contained quarters under its ambit and health & hygiene of the Township.
• All the Health Inspectors have been sensitized on the COVID-19.
• CSR Cell of NLCIL is spreading the message in peripheral villages and also distributing the notices.
• A short advisory cum preventive guidelines video has been uploaded in NLCIL intranet.
• A painting explaining the symptoms and preventive measures of Covid-19 has been erected at the entrance compound wall of Bazaar premises.
• Sanitisers are provided at all the entry points and in rest rooms;
• Screening through thermal scanners is being done at the entry points of the office/units.

• Action plan has been prepared and communicated to take precautionary measures including awareness among the workers at Mines, Departments and at colonies.
• Biometric attendance has been suspended till further orders
•  Soaps, sanitizers & Handkerchiefs distributed to employees & outsourced workmen in some areas of SCCL
• Meetings are being held through video-conferencing in SCCL to avoid gathering
• Weekly Club days in SCCL are cancelled. Gyms & swimming pools closed
• Schools under Singareni educational society closed & Hostels vacated

Source: PIB