TATA company's IHCL has extended the responsibility towards the immediate community and the people within and through Taj Public Service Welfare Trust (TPSWT) the team provides relief and support to victims of natural or man-made disasters.
In a recently released statement, TPSWT said that it is distributing nutritious meals to medical staff in key hospitals/COVID-19 centers in Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi. The meals are prepared and delivered by TajSats, an IHCL company and India’s market leader in airline catering. The service is offered in partnership with Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, and the initiative is currently served in Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi
With the lockdown being pushed further in key cities, the company has further announced an extension to this programme for another month. Commenting on the initiative, Puneet Chhatwal, Managing Director & CEO, Indian Hotels’ Company Limited (IHCL) said, "As the country began its fight against the pandemic, the medical community quickly came to the fore as the true heroes of the crisis. With the resultant lockdown, IHCL committed itself to providing meals for Doctors, healthcare workers and migrant workers. Now, after nearly 1.6 million meals distributed, we at IHCL have decided to continue offering the initiative for another month. Our decision was based on popular requests from the medical fraternity and our continuing strong relationship with the BMC. This effort wouldn’t be possible without the support of the Tata group companies who in true Tata spirit came together to enable us to continue providing this service. We are deeply grateful to the medical community for their sacrifice and dedication during these challenging times.”
In Mumbai, TPSWT is working closely with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to offer over 10,000 meals a day to the medical fraternity at the Kasturba Hospital, The King Edward Memorial Hospital, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Nair Hospital and J J Hospital. More than 5,90,000 meals will have been delivered so far.
An additional initiative was flagged off earlier on March 31, 2020. In partnership with Tata Sons, TPSWT is providing meals to migrant workers in Mumbai and is also handled by TajSATS, where 7,85,000 meals have been delivered till today.
Eleven IHCL hotels across the country are offering rooms to the medical fraternity during these challenging times – they are Taj Lands End, Taj Santacruz, The President and Ginger Andheri East in Mumbai, Ginger Madgaon, Ginger City Centre, Noida, Ginger New Delhi Rail Yatri Niwas, Ginger Kalinganagar, Ginger Manesar, Ginger Surat and Vivanta Guwahati. Additionally, 38 other IHCL branded hotels are being used for quarantine purposes for guests which includes passengers from the repatriation flights.
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