CM moots setting up of 300 MT oxygen plant on a war-footing
The Hindu
Be prepared to meet rising demand, Jagan tells officials
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has called upon the officials to draw up a long-term plan for increasing medical oxygen production with immediate focus on setting up at least a 300 Metric Tonne (MT) facility at Kadapa or Krishnapatnam so that it will also be useful to the steel plants proposed to be established there. The daily consumption of medical oxygen in the State due to the second wave of COVID-19 surpassed 600 MT, which makes it necessary to prepare for future contingencies, he observed. Addressing a review meeting on COVID-19 on Thursday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said efforts should be stepped up to make enough oxygen available in hospitals and prevent fluctuations in its supply through pipelines, lest the lives of patients should be endangered.More Related News