Jorhat, Wednesday, 23rd December 2020: Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd., has partnered with the Apollo Hospitals Guwahati, and organized the first health camp on 21st December 2020 which will continue till 23rd December 2020 in Jorhat District of Assam. The second series of health camp will be organized between 8th January 2021 to 10th January 2021 covering villages under Central Jorhat and Kailiapani Block (Teok Circle) of Jorhat District. The health camp was inaugurated by Shri Tapan Gohain, ADC- Jorhat on 21st December 2020 at Kheroni Basti, Teok, Jorhat, and has benefited 200 villagers on the day of inauguration itself. During the inauguration, the honorable Chief Guest Shri Tapan Gohain congratulated Cairn Vedanta and Apollo Hospitals Guwahati for organizing the health camp which is much needed for the community. He highlighted on the importance of conducting intervention which provides healthcare services are doorstep of the community. He also advised Cairn Vedanta to conduct such health camps periodically at least once every month or every two months.

The services provided during the health camps included; free of cost general health check-ups including; eye and dental screening, random blood sugar, BMI and nutrition consultation and free medicine.

Mr. Arunabh Parasher, Regional Head, North East India (New Ventures), Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd. said, “Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted access to various services including healthcare, therefore, this health camps has been launched with a motto to bring basic healthcare facilities to people in villages at their door step”. Based on the experience from these camps, our aim is to come up with a plan to conduct periodic health camps which provides qualitative basic health care tailored to the need of the community.
 

About Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd.

Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd., is the largest private oil and gas exploration and production company in India, accounting for more than a quarter of India’s domestic crude oil production. It has a world-class resource base, with a current interest in 58 blocks in India, including the 41 blocks under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) Round I auction, five blocks each under Round II and Round III, and two awarded under the Discovered Small Fields (DSF) Round-II. In 2004, Cairn made the largest onshore discovery in more than two decades in India at Mangala, Rajasthan. In its operations of 20 years, Cairn has opened four frontier basins with numerous discoveries, 38 in Rajasthan alone.

Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, is one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals company with significant operations in Oil & Gas, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron Ore, Steel, and Aluminium & Power across India, South Africa, Namibia, and Australia. For two decades, Vedanta has been contributing to India’s growth story, currently contributing 1 percent of India’s GDP. The company is among the top private sector contributors to the exchequer with the highest ever contribution of INR 42,560 Crore in FY 2019. Governance and sustainable development are at the core of Vedanta’s strategy, with a strong focus on health, safety, and environment and on enhancing the lives of local communities. The company has been conferred the CII-ITC Sustainability Award, the FICCI CSR Award, Dun & Bradstreet Awards in Metals & Mining, and certified as a Great Place to Work. Vedanta Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Sensitivity: Internal (C3) Exchange and the National Stock Exchange in India and has ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange.