Plant to scale up oxygen production
The Hindu
Firm to supply oxygen to hospitals in Kannur, Kasaragod
Balco Air Products at Pappinisseri near here which provides oxygen cylinders to hospitals, has decided to scale up the production following an increase in demand due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in Kannur and Kasaragod districts. The production unit has a capacity to supply 300 oxygen cylinders every day. However, with an increase in COVID cases, the demand has increased to 500 cylinders, said Dileep P. Nair, CEO, Balco Air Products. Speaking to The Hindu, he said that earlier, the company was getting empty cylinders from Mangaluru. However, after they stopped supply, the company was meeting the increasing demand by getting cylinders from Kozhikode and Palakkad.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.