COVID-19 : JKI contributes Rs 10 lakh to J&K Relief Fund

5 Dariya News

Jammu 09-Apr-2020

Jammu Kashmir Industries Limited (JKI), in an endeavor to supplement efforts of the administration towards containing the spread of Coronavirus in the J&K UT, today contributed  Rs. 10 lakh to J&K Relief Fund.Managing Director, Javid Iqbal, along with General Manager JKI, Sanjay Handoo, presented a cheque of Rs. 10 lakh to Commissioner Secretary  Industries & Commerce Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, as a contribution towards J&K Relief Fund for the ongoing battle against the pandemic. The amount shall be deposited  in the relief account as voluntary contribution from employees of the Corporation.Managing Director JKI apprised the Commissioner Secretary that the Corporation has been  actively carrying out the sanitization of its factory premises located at Jammu and Srinagar. Besides, the Corporation has distributed masks and sanitizers among the non local  resident workers of Silk weaving and Silk reeling factories at Baribrahmana Jammu and is also ensuring availability of ration to these workers, he added.Commissioner Secretary  issued instructions for expediting the development of phone booth type COVID- 19 Sample Collection Centre requisitioned by the Health and Medical Education Department. He  further directed JKI management to ensure social distancing and other safety measures being strictly adhered to by the non-local resident workers of JKI.