Oxygen production for COVID-19 management being doubled, says Harsh Vardhan
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The government has sanctioned 162 Pressure Swing Adsorption plants of which 33 had been installed, says Health Minister.
Amidst heightened demand for medical-grade oxygen, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the production was being doubled. The government had sanctioned 162 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plants of which 33 had been installed. Five of them were installed in Madhya Pradesh, four in Maharashtra, three each in Chandigarh, Gujarat and Uttarakhand, two each in Bihar, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and one each in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. A 100 more such plants were collectively requested by States and they too were being sanctioned, the Health Ministry said in a series of tweets on Sunday morning.More Related News