NTPC Vaccinates Over 70,000 Staff & their Dependents across its Power Stations

In a rigorous vaccination drive against Covid, state-owned NTPC has inoculated more than 70,000 of its employees, workers and their family members across its operations.

The company said that stringent health measures have been taken to safeguard employees, workers along with their families. The massive vaccination drive further continues across its plant locations, which also includes NTPC’s associates and their dependents along with retired NTPC employees.

Vaccination drives have been undertaken across NTPC stations in coordination with respective State administrations.

NTPC has ensured that its frontline workers, current and retired staff over 60 and employees above 45 gets inoculated on priority. It has also started vaccinating those are eligible in the 18-44 year old category at its plant locations.

The power sector major said that it aims to cover all eligible employees and their dependents under the protection of the vaccine. The vaccination drive has been running across 72 locations of NTPC which includes the JVs and subsidiaries.

Besides the vaccination drive, it has also constituted a taskforce at Central Level for various Covid related activities. India’s largest integrated energy player runs 24x7 Control Rooms for better coordination for patients across sites.

The taskforce also helps in coordination for hospital beds and other treatment facilities across various empanelled hospitals. The 24x7 control room also coordinated for procurement of medicines, hospital equipment, services along with daily reporting and MIS.