Mukesh Ambani hails RIL staff as ‘frontline warriors’, reiterates co’s role in India’s war against Covid-19

With thousands of his company employees helping run lifelines in a lockdown country — from phone lines to stores to fuel — billionaire Mukesh Ambani has hailed them as ‘frontline warriors’ as he reiterated Reliance Industries’ role in India’s war against Covid-19.

In a mailer to over two lakh employees of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate, Ambani said that he was humbled to witness each one of them displaying extraordinary levels of commitment in battling most formidable adversity in modern history.

While the three-week lockdown sent most of the 130 crore Indian indoors, Reliance’s telecom arm Jio continues to provide a lifeline to nearly 40 crore people through uninterrupted voice calling and internet services on mobile; Reliance Retail supplies essential food and other items to millions,