Mahindra Group was one of the firsts to announce an all out effort towards helping India beat the Coronavirus pandemic. Now, another of its subsidiaries is joining the endeavour by using its production plant to produce face shields for frontline healthcare workers. This plant, in regular conditions, produces the renowned Jawa motorcycles.
In a recent tweet, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra has praised the firm's Pitampur, Madhya Pradesh plant for putting the facility up against the COVID-19 fight. The plant did this by starting the production of face shields for healthcare workers battling the coronavirus outbreak on the frontlines.
In his tweet, Anand Mahindra wrote, "All hands on deck! Thank you, M&M, Pitampur! I'm glad the home of the Jawa bike is displaying such character & commitment." Essentially a retweet of a Mahindra Executive working at the plant, it also had images of workers at Mahindra carrying out the tasks in the production facility.
It comes across as a great utilisation of the plant since its operations halted on March 24 in response to the Coronavirus outbreak. In addition to the face shields, Mahindra workers at the plant are also preparing 1,000 plus meals for the poor in the plant’s kitchen everyday.? ?
Earlier efforts by the Mahindra Group that gained limelight in the fight against Coronavirus include the development of cheap ventilators, salary donations as well as the use of Mahindra resorts as medical care centres.