CII, CICU donate ventilators to Administration – Ms Vini Mahajan I.A.S interacts with industrialists in Ludhiana-Associations met with Sh. Bharat Bhushan Ashu
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Ludhiana , May 15 – Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in association with Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU), had initiated a Covid Relief Fund and collected donations worth as many as 1.5 crore with the help of members of both the associations to help the government bodies fighting the pandemic. A large part of this fund was donated to Police Administration, District Administration, Indian Red Cross Society and various hospitals, including CMC Ludhiana for various relief and rehabilitation measures.
Today, Mrs Vini Mahajan, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Government of Punjab, interacted with industry members in Ludhiana to understand the industry challenges at the grassroots and to motivate them, as a large number of industries have resumed their operations.
After the meeting, CII & CICU handed over 5 ventilators to the administration in the presence of Mrs Vini Mahajan, purchased from the Covid Relief Fund. Apart from this, members have been directly contributing to the cause by distributing food packets and running community kitchens serving hundreds on a daily basis.
Ludhiana , Delegation of prominent industrial associations met with Sh. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Food and Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Govt. of Punjab for their efforts for Industry to thanks and honored with –INDUSTRY DA MASIHA– for their efforts to allow industry to operate in the industry in mix land use areas. They also thanked Sh. Balkar Singh Sandhu, Mayor, Ludhiana.
- Upkar Singh Ahuja, President & Sh. Pankaj Sharma, General Secretary, CICU jointly said that the industry in mix and use areas were suffering huge losses due to COVID-19 crises. CICU was follow up the matter with State & Centre Govt. to allow the industry to operate in Mix land use/non-designated areas.
Sh. Jaswinder Singh Thukral (President), Janta Nagar Small Scale Mfgs. Association and Counsel M.C Ludhiana Mentioned that Mr Ashu is real –Industry Da Masiha _
Sh. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Food and Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Govt. of Punjab said that the industry is backbone of the Govt. and assured that he will fulfil the demands of the Industry to run smoothly.
On this occasion, S. Gurmeet Singh Kular, President, FICO, Sh. Rajeev Jain, UCPMA, Sh. Charanjit Vishkarma, Ex. Presdent, UCPMA, Sh. Jaswinder Singh Birdi, Sh. Jaswinder Singh Thukral (President), Janta Nagar Small Scale Mfgs. Association, Sh. Satnam Singh Makar were present.