Trees, "Oxygen Cess" Part Of Madhya Pradesh University's Pandemic Plan

The Vikram University in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain will ask the people to either pay the tax or plant saplings in the campus and conserve trees under its "green cess" policy.

To encourage the plantation of more trees, a university in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain is planning to impose a voluntary "green cess" on people who visit its campus every day for exercise. The reason: "To tackle the lack of oxygen in case of future pandemics," according to its vice-chancellor. To encourage plantation of more trees, Vikram university Ujjain is planning to impose a voluntary green cess on people who visit its campus for exercise they will ask the people to either pay the tax or plant saplings in the campus and conserve trees under its green cess policy pic.twitter.com/gzslWDk1d7 The Vikram University will ask the people to either pay the tax or plant saplings in the campus and conserve trees under its "green cess" policy. According to vice-chancellor Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, "people in the country have realised the importance of oxygen after facing its shortage during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic... It (planting of more trees) is a beautiful step of natural oxygen industry." Several states across India witnessed a shortage of medical oxygen as Covid cases increased amid the deadly second wave after April this year. Medical oxygen, which is the primary treatment for patients who suffer severe COVID-19 symptoms, is administered through oxygen concentrators, cylinders or ventilators. There is no research yet to prove that trees can act as replacement for liquid medical oxygen to tackle diseases.