SCCL speeds up setting up of 5 oxygen plants
The Hindu
Plants to come up in company-run hospitals at an estimated ₹3.60 cr.
In the midst of the virulent second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has expedited the process of setting up five oxygen generator plants in the company-run hospitals at an estimated cost of ₹3.60 crore to meet the growing oxygen requirements of the SCCL hospitals with a futuristic perspective. The surge in demand for medical oxygen in these times of pandemic has prompted the government-owned coal mining company to ramp up oxygen supply to the six company-run hospitals, including the Singareni main hospital in Kothagudem, on a war-footing. The SCCL has initiated a slew of COVID control and prevention measures to protect its workforce from coronavirus infection and provide prompt treatment to its employees, retired personnel and their family members. According to SCCL sources, the company had so far spent ₹71 crore on a wide spectrum of initiatives to prevent and control the pandemic, including testing and treatment services.Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder and Chidambaram M.P., Thol. Thirumavalavan, on Friday recalled the arduous journey of steering the party through the transition from being a radical organisation whose slogan was ‘Adanga Maru, Aththu Meeru, Thimiri Ezhu, Thiruppi Adi’ (Don’t bow down, disobey, rise up and hit back) to become an important cog in the wheel of electoral politics in Tamil Nadu today as VCK, with four MLAs and two MPs, is set to be recognised by the Election Commission of India as a ‘state party’.
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