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‘Oxygen produced in Ballari and allotted to Maharashtra has been re-allotted to us’
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‘Oxygen produced in Ballari and allotted to Maharashtra has been re-allotted to us’
Oxygen supply system in the State will be streamlined in three-four days as the Union government has agreed to increase allotment, Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Sunday. He was speaking to officers in Belagavi.
According him, the Centre will increase oxygen allotment to the State in line with the Supreme Court judgment.
Apart from this, the oxygen produced in Ballari that was allotted to Maharashtra has been re-allotted to Karnataka. To a query, he said that he would talk to Ministers in Maharashtra about curbs on oxygen transportation from Kolhapur to Belagavi. This will address the scarcity to a great extent, he said.
Karnataka mulling complete lockdown post May 12
Karnataka mulling complete lockdown post May 12
IANS / Updated: May 6, 2021, 22:19 IST
Bengaluru:
Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar said on Thursday that the state is likely to adopt more stringent measures to check the spread of the Covid pandemic, and in all probability, it may opt for a complete lockdown after the current phase of partial lockdown ends on May 12.
A partial lockdown is in force in Karnataka from the night of April 27 till May 12, which restricts people s free movement, while essential shops, including liquor vends, remain open between 6 am and 12 noon.
Interacting with mediapersons here, Sudhakar admitted that the partial lockdown has failed to break the chain of the virus in the state.
Karnataka HC tells Centre to increase daily oxygen supply of state ANI | Updated: May 06, 2021 06:16 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 6 (ANI): The Karnataka High Court has directed the Centre to immediately increase the cap on allocation of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to the state of Karnataka to 1200 MT per day amid the COVID-19 crisis. We direct the Government of India to increase the cap on supply of oxygen to the state to upto 1200 MT per day from the sanctioned allocation of 965 MT, directed the division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar after analysing the situation created due to the pandemic in Karnataka.
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise dangerously in Karnataka, five cabinet ministers have been appointed by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa to manage the pandemic in the state. While Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar will manage oxygen supply, Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan will be in charge of Remdesivir, other COVID-related drugs and human resource management. Home minister Basavaraj Bommai and Revenue minister R Ashok have been given charge of bed availability and bed-related issues in medical colleges, private and government hospitals. Minister of Forest Department Arvind Limbavali has been given the responsibility of in-charge of the COVID-19 war room call centre and management of treatment to patients in proper time.
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