Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 30 (/BusinessWire India) Embassy Group has stepped forward to support the Bengaluru city traffic police, tasked with enforcing the nation-wide lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Maintaining order and ensuring that citizens are staying in their residences, the traffic police are at risk of contracting the virus as well.
To aid them in conducting their duties in a safe and stary manner, Embassy reached out to the police authorities offering to assist the task forces on the ground during this difficult time.
Identifying the zones around Embassy Manyata Business Park, Embassy Tech Village, Embassy Icon and Embassy Paragon, Embassy Group has set up four hydration stations where the police personnel can take refreshing time breaks.
The stations are equipped with drinking water, refreshments and toilet stops. In addition, Embassy Group has procured hand stizers, disposable masks and nutritional snacks through vendors vetted by the traffic police.
The items have been handed over to the Headquarters and will be distributed daily over the next eight days to the 44 stations and their 3,800-person task force.
"In this time of extraordinary circumstances, it will take all of us to contain and lessen the impact of the virus. With our police and healthcare professionals at the forefront of controlling the spread, felt that it was our duty to support them in performing their duties. I would like to request other compes and Bangalore's citizens to come forward to join us in helping out," said Aditya Virw, Chief Operating Officer, Embassy Group.
"We were very grateful and pleasantly surprised when we were approached by the Embassy Group to offer their support to our Entire force. As the traffic police personnel are working day and night to contain the spread of the coronavirus, we are taking precautions to safeguard their health too," said Dr BR Ravikanthe Gowda, Joint Commissioner of Traffic, Bengaluru City Traffic Police.
"We requested Embassy to provide safety equipment, stizers and a nutritious snack to sustain them during this very difficult period. In addition, the Embassy orgsed four hydrating points across the city where our personnel could take much-needed breaks. Such acts of kindness and generosity have really been encouraging and motivation to the entire force," Gowda added.
Jitu Virw, Chairman and Managing Director of Embassy Group, has concurrently reached out to the BS Yediyurappa, Karnataka Chief Minister, to identify how private compes can assist the Government's efforts in addressing the impact of the virus.
In response, the CM's office has shared a directive with information on how to contribute towards the mitigation of the virus. This includes the set-up of a bank account to receive tax-exempt donations towards a Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
With over 190 corporates across Embassy's Office Parks and with many unclear on how best they can work towards containing the spread and identifying ways to support and keep the communities safe, Embassy will reach out to the various CSR heads of orgsations to offer direction.
This is a part of Embassy's larger Corporate Connect Program, designed to bring together leaders and corporates across Embassy's Business Parks with a common vision and aligned CSR mandates to spur collaboration for deeper and accelerated community transformation. Already have reached out to their corporate partners, Embassy has received commitments of upwards of 40 lakh towards supporting the Government in this fight with Covid-19.
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( With inputs from ANI )