Hero Motocorp Hands Over Unique First Responder Vehicles to Community Health Centres in Alwar

As part of its ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives towards the COVID-19 relief efforts, Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, today handed over two first-responder vehicles to authorities at the Community Health Centres in Neemrana and Mundawar, in the Alwar district of Rajasthan. 

These unique and utilitarian vehicles will be useful for reaching out to patients in rural and remote areas and comfortably moving them to the nearest hospitals.  First Responder has been custom-built as an accessory on the powerful Xtreme 200R motorcycles of Hero MotoCorp.

The First Responder has been equipped with a full stretcher with a foldable hood mounted on the side, essential medical equipment such as a detachable first-aid kit, oxygen cylinder, fire extinguisher and other safety features such as LED Flasher Lights, foldable beacon light, emergency wireless public announcement system and siren.

The two First Responders vehicles from Hero MotoCorp were handed over to Shri Manjeet Dharampal Choudhary, Member of the State Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan, Mundawar (Neemrana), Alwar.

They have been designed and developed through a collaborative initiative by the engineers at Hero’s Centre of Innovation and Technology (CIT) in Jaipur and the New Model Centre (NMC) at the Company’s manufacturing facility in Gurgaon.

Hero MotoCorp is in the process of manufacturing several more of these First Responders, which will be handed over to local health authorities in other parts of the country.

Will HDFC Bank sail through the financial crisis?

HDFC Bank's ability to grow at over 30 per cent annually in the last nine years, along with superior credit risk management practices, which have helped it maintain asset quality, would ensure that it will be among the least affected in a slowdown.

The bank's focus on technology and superior margins with support from low-cost deposits will ensure profitable growth in the future. The merger of retail focused-Centurion Bank of Punjab (CBOP) with HDFC Bank effective May 23, 2008, will shore up revenues in the medium-term.

However, the synergies from the merger with start reflecting over 12-24 months, and boost profitability. Put together, the gains from organic and inorganic initiatives will help the bank sustain growth rates in excess of its historical average of 29-30 per cent, and in a profitable manner.

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