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UPSIDA Corona Warriors: Serving the society in challenging times during

Lockdown due to Covid-19

U.P. State Industrial Deveopment Authority has been a frontrunner in offering

services to Entrepreneurs/ Industrialists to set up their industrial units since the emergence of

the State as an attractive industrial destination of the country. During the long service period

of more than 60 years, UPSIDA has witnessed many phases of industrial development

beginning from labour intensive Industrial units manufacturing basic products to most

modern technology based units and to keep pace with the ever-changing scenario, has

continuously worked towards adapting new ideas and concepts to suit the demands of the

entrepreneurs and promote industrialisation in the State. From developing basic Industrial

Areas to Hi-tech self-sustaining cities, UPSIDA has surely come a long way to serve the

people of the State.

With Covid 19 posing unseen, unheard, unparalleled and certainly unprecedented

disruptions and challenges since the beginning of this year 2020, that too in hitherto unknown

and uncharted waters, life of every individual has been effected albeit the level and kind of

this effect has been different on different individuals. Acknowledging the prevailing risk

scenario created by Corona Pandemic, the Government had to declare “Total Lockdown”

with the intention to arrest the exponential growth of Corona virus. With the total lockdown,

came the situation where the lesser and under privileged classes were caught unaware and as

a result were left stranded at their places of work or deprived of basic neccesities for survival

like food. It was, in these times of adversity that UPSIDA Corona warriors took upon

themselves to brave the risk of Corona Virus and serve these people who were stranded in

and near UPSIDA Industrial Areas in individual capacity as well as by co-ordinating with

local administration, NGOs and Industrial Associations. Some of the places where UPSIDA

officers and officials played a pivotal role in discharging social resposibilities are mentioned

below:

1. Gautam Buddha Nagar:

The concerning Regional and Executive Engineer Offices distributed food packages

to the workers stranded in the Industrial Areas of GB Nagar and also to people in the nearby

villages.

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The disribution details are:

Source Point Period Total No. of

packets /day Distribution Point Area Covered

Food

packets/ day

Plot No. E-92,

UPSIDA IA-Site

B. Assisted by

UPSIDA

Regional & Executive

Engineer offices,

Surajpur.

From

15.04.2020 to

30.04.2020

2500-2600 E-92 Industrial Area

Site B, UPSIDA

Industrial Area

Site B, Surajpur

500

Park, IA-Site C,

UPSIDA

IA Site C,

Surajpur

300

Police Chauki, IA Site C, UPSIDA

IA Site C Surajpur

100

Infront of Fena

company Site C

Devla 300

Dharampal market,

vaka gate

Surajpur

500

Plot no. M-6, IA Site

5, UPSIDA

IA Site 5,

Kasna.

400

Ecotech Extension Kasna 80

Udyog Kendra Site A 150

IA Site 4 Site 4 250

Apart from individual efforts, UPSIDA Officers also co-ordinated with entrepreneurs and

associations of the IAs to distribute food at other places.

S.No. Source Point Period Total

packets/ day)

Distribut-ion

Point

Area Covered Food

packets/ day

1 E-22, EPIP,

Kasna by Ms

Raj Lakshmi

Cotton Mills

(UPSIDA

Allottee)

From

15.04.2020 to

30.04.2020

500 Site 5 Kasna Industrial

Area Site-5,

Kasna

500

2 S-31, Swarn

Nagri Sri Om

Prakash Agarwal,

( Allottee of

Site 4,

UPSIDA)

From 30.3.2020

to 30.04.2020

800-900 NS-31 Swarn

Nagri

Site 4 800-900

3 E-92,

UPSIDA

IA-Site B

From 30.3.2020

to 14.04.2020

1000 E-92, UPSIDA

iA-Site B

Site-B 1000

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2. Kanpur:

Right from the start of lockdown, UPSIDA officers were engaged in creating

awareness among the illetrate works regarding Corona Pandamanic, the risks and symtoms

and precautions to be undertaken to safegaurd against the virus. Banners dessiminating

information on Corona virus were put up at prominent places and at HO building also.

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Food packets, masks and sanitizers were also distributed regularly to the lesser privileged and

stranded workers in Kanpur. Many officers helped individually also.

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3. Ghaziabad:

UPSIDA Ghaziabad team has been distributing ration bags to labourers residing in

industrial area sites. These bags contain wheat flour, rice, pulses, oil, salt & spices. RM

Ghaziabad is a member of the labour settlement committee. Ration bags are also being

delivered to non Industrial labourers on receiving distress calls. The team is also facilitating

distribution of cooked food and dry ration from industrialists through NDRF & Ghaziabad

Nagar Nigam. Continuous surveys for checking the sanitisation, wages and food supply

conditions of labourers are being conducted by RM, UPSIDA & staff members.

UPSIDA Ghaziabad team is also disturbuting glucose biscuits and face masks to

security personnel, nagar nigam, Power Corporation, gas delivery and home delivery agents

and workers moving in the city. Each dry ration pack can cater to a family or group of people

to sustain for a week. This distribution is being done contineously throughout the lockdown

period. Till date 284 ration packs, 1632 glucose biscuit packs and 2500 facemasks have been

provided by UPSIDA allottees in and around the industrial areas.

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4. Ayodhaya:

UPSIDA Ayodhaya team is working in close co-ordination with local industrial association

and industrialists to help the local workers and to also provide donations to the Government

to combat Corona.

Some of the contributions done by the Ayodhaya Association (IIA)/ Allottees in Ayodhaya

include:

1) Contribution of around 1.25 Lac for local manufacturing of masks. The contributed money

helped to procure cloth and elastic of the mask and were stitched by the Ayodhya Jail

prisoners.

2) Daily food distribution program (around 1000 packs/day) to labor coming from different

states to Uttar Pradesh.

3) Contribution of 1500 packs of Ration (containing 5kg Flour, 3kg rice, 2kg daal each) to

District magistrate to help the poor villagers.

4) M/s Highflow Industries Pvt Ltd., distributed 4000 food packets to daily wage laborers

who were commuting during Lockdown.

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5) M/s JR Agro Pvt Ltd contributed Rs 5 Lakhs and M/s Hanuman Ply Wood, M/s Amit Auto

Sales & M/s B L Flour Mills gave the cheque of Rs. 1 Lakh each to District Magistrate as

their contribution to help the poor and effected.

Apart from this, Emerging Business Chamber Of Commerce, Jagdishpur, Amethi contributed

Rs. 1 lac to DM Amethi, undertook sanitization ot Utelawa Sector of Jagdishpur Amethi and

Distribution of masks. The members of State Industrial Development Association of

Jagdishpur Amethi also collectively contributed to PM Care Fund for helping Corona

effected people.

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5. Trans Ganga City, Unnao and Industrial Areas of Kanpur:

UPSIDA Trans-Ganga, Unnao and RO, Kanpur team is working in close co-ordination with

the local industrial associations to povide relief to the local workers facing problems due to

lockdown. Since 28th March 2020 till 14th April 2020, approx. 1000 to 1200 people were

prrovided food everyday. The IIA members provided masks, gloves, sanitizer, liquid soap to

various offices in Kalyanpur, Govindnagar, Panki and nearby areas. In addition to this, 200

kits of 20kg rashan and essential commodities were also provided for the families of

Paramedical staff serving Corona Patients. M/s Fronteir Springs Pvt ltd, an allottee of Panki

IA povided Rs. 55 lakhs to PM Fund, Rs. 10 lakhs to CM fund & Rs. 5 lakhs to DM fund for

providing help to people effected by Corona.

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6. Gorakhpur:

Here also, UPSIDA Gorakhpur office worked in close co-ordination with local authorities

and associations to provide help to local workers and villagers. Awareness about Corona and

precautions to be taken were infomed and face masks and dry food items were distributed

with the help of Deoria Industries Association and Basti Industries Association. M/s

Chaudhary Floor Mills Pvt. Ltd., an allottee of UPSIDA Basti IA contributed Rs. 1 lac to CM

fund for the benefit of Corona effected people.

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7. Meerut:

UPSIDA Meerut office joined hands with the Entrepreneurs to provide help to the needy in

the three nearby villages and M/s Camele Herbal and M/s Varah Health care to distibute

sanitizers, bathing soaps and detergent powders. Food packets were also distributed in

Pilakhani IA, Saharanpur and Udyog Puram IA, Meerut on daily basis.

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8. Varanasi:

UPSIDC Varanasi team, alongwith Ramnagar Industrial Association members distributed

asan packets alongwith vegetables like potatoes, onions and biscuits to the local people.

Apart from this, from 24t arch 2020 to 4th April 2020, 2 kg rashan packets each were

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distributed to poor people and workers in Nauarh, Ramnagar, Amra, Chandauli, Patnawan,

Sunderpur and other nearby villages.

9. TDS City (Tronica), Ghaziabad:

With the support of Tronica City Manufacturers Association, UPSIDA PO & Engg. offices,

TDS City, started community kitchen on 26th March 2020 to provide food to local workers

and poor people. Nearly 4000 food packets are being distributed daily.

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Second community kitchen was started on 11th April 2020 in which about 1500-1600 packets

of food are being prepared daily.

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10. Bareilly:

UPSIDA Bareilly office team contributed to distribute 100 dry rashan bags containing

wheat flour, rice, pulses, oil and salt to the workers stranded in Shajahanpur IA and Parsa

Kheda IA each. The team also worked in close co-ordination with the Industrial Association

of Shajahanpur during Covid-19 awareness campaign and distributed 5000 masks and

pamphlets to the people in the area.

M/s Jubilant Industries Limited, an allottee of UPSIDA in Gajraula, Amroha IA,

contributed Rs. 10 crores to the PM National Relief fund. It has also distributed 10,000

masks, 8000 liters sanitizer, 2500 food packets in the nearby areas to create awareness about

Corona.

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Other Activities:

Apart from these small efforts being done by UPSIDA offices all across U.P., in its

endeavour to prevent the spread of Corona virus in the society UPSIDA has sanitised all

offices of UPSIDA and is taking all the measures like cleanliness, social distancing, themo-

screening of all employees and workers and displaying proper information and notices to all

to observe all precautions while visiying UPSIDA offices.

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Thus, UPSIDA has been serving the allottees, workers stranded it its Industrial Areas

and destitutes in nearby places facing hardsip, in its own way and discharging its social

resposibilities during these strenuous and challenging times due to sudden emergence of Corona

pandemic.