bhubaneswar the odisha mining corporation omc on wednesday donated rs 500 crore to the chief ministers relief fund cmrf to support the state governments efforts to control the covid19 situation in the statecovid19 has created an extraordinary situation across the world the state government has taken very proactive measures to contain the spread of the virus the omc being a responsible publicsector company contributes its share to the state government said an official statement issued by the psuthe board of directors of the omc also declared rs 250 crore as the interim dividend of the psu for the 201920 financial year the amount will be transferred to the state exchequer soon the fully state governmentowned profit making psu had contributed rs 100 crore to the cmrf in february with more than 30 mining blocks the psu mines major minerals like chrome iron ore and manganese to cater to the raw material requirement of the odishabased companies meanwhile chief minister naveen patnaik on wednesday sanctioned his mla local area development mlalad fund worth rs 1 crore for covid19 preparedness and prevention in his hinjili constituency in ganjam naveen earlier donated his three months salary to the cmrf ganjam collector vijay amruta kulange said the amount will be spent for functioning of the temporary health camps and isolation centre in his constituency the mlalad funds can be spent for purposes like hiring manpower for different activities to counter covid19 procurement of materialsdevelopment of infrastructure including toilets for the temporary health camps hiring of ambulances and other vehicles for transportation of patients provision of food drinking water clinic watch and ward for temporary health camps and quarantine facilities the state planning and convergence department has made necessary changes in this regard bjd rajya sabha mp amar patnaik also sanctioned rs 1 crore from his mplad fund for sundargarh for procurement of ventilators and other equipment for the temporary healthcare facilities in the district to fight covid19 similarly senior bjd mla pranab prakash das sanctioned rs 3 crore from his mlalad fund for functioning of temporary healthcare facilities and isolation centres in his jajpur assembly constituency bjd rajya sabha mp sasmit patra has donated his three months salary rs 3 lakh to the cmrf he also sanctioned rs 1 crore from his mplad fund for mayurbhanj district for the temporary healthcare facilities most of the mlas and mps in the state are planning to sanction their local area development fund to help the state government to overcome the emerging situation said an official source end