GUWAHATI/KOHIMA/AGARTALA/GANGTOK: The NEDFi (North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited), Guwahati under its CSR initiative adopted Mission Oxygen Programme for augmentation of oxygen infrastructure in the eight States of NER (North East Region) to combat the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic with a total outlay of Rs 1.30 crore. It has already disbursed the fund to the eight States of NER with Statewise allocation of Rs. 15 lakh per State for seven States of NER and Rs. 25 lakh for the State of Assam, because of its larger population.
The fund for Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura were released to the CMRF (Chief Minister's Relief Fund) by handing over the cheques to the respective Chief Ministers of these States. For Meghalaya, an amount of Rs 9 lakh was released to Chief Ministers' Relief Fund and balance Rs. 6 lakh was distributed equally among three hospitals located in Shillong. The three hospitals are M/s Supercare Hospital & M/s Woodland Hospital, both NEDFi assisted hospitals, and M/s Dr. H Gordon Roberts Hospital -- one of the oldest hospitals of the State providing COVID 19 health services largely for the economically weaker section of the society.
Each of these hospitals were reimbursed an amount of Rs. 2 lakh against the expenditure incurred by them towards procurement of equipment like oxygen concentrators, ventilators and oxygen cylinders. The disbursements for the CM Relief Funds were made during the months of June and July, 2021 while for the hospitals it was released during the month of August, 2021.
The Chief Ministers of all the States appreciated the 'Mission Oxygen' initiative of NEDFi and informed that the contribution will go a long way in strengthening of oxygen infrastructures of the States. The information about NEDFi's contribution was acknowledged by many of the Chief Ministers in their individual social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. During the 1st wave of Covid 19 too, the Corporation had contributed an amount of Rs. 2 Crore to PM CARES Fund under its CSR policy.
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