Coronavirus Outbreak: Hero Group to contribute Rs 100 crore to PM-Cares fund for relief measures from the pandemic

Hero MotoCorp. will distribute masks, sanitizers, gloves and 100 ventilators to hospitals and health departments. Image Pixabay.[/caption]As a part of the relief measures, Hero MotoCorp. will distribute masks, sanitizers, gloves and 100 ventilators to hospitals and health departments. It has also offered to donate more than 60 motorcycles to the health departments in the rural areas in various states. The motorcycles — having undergone the necessary modifications can be used as mobile ambulances. Further, the company is distributing more than 10,000 meals to daily wage workers, stranded labourers and homeless families in several areas of Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. The meals will be prepared by the kitchen staff at the company's manufacturing facilities in Gurgaon and Dharuhera in Haryana; Neemrana in Rajasthan; Haridwar in Uttarakhand, Halol in Gujarat and Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh and the Company's R&D facility, the Centre of Innovation and Technology (CIT) in Jaipur.Additionally, the company will also be providing food packets at shelter homes and will be distributing 2,500 ration kits for the families in Delhi, Maharashtra and Kerala.Hero FinCorp. will offering a special product for those impacted by COVID-19 in order to help small businesses with working capital & retail customers with their daily needs. The SME product has been designed to help re-start their businesses and stabilize their cash flows. On the other hand, Hero Future Energies and BML Munjal University will be distributing food items and hygiene kits to people spread across 150 villages along with offering its 2000-bed hostel for use as an isolation & treatment ward by the local health department respectively.