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IFFCO wishes all on Co-op Day; ICA lauds its efforts
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On the occasion Awasthi said a strong cooperative movement can strengthen the economy as well as the country. IFFCO MD tweeted, “Best wishes of CoopsDay, International Day Of Cooperatives to everyone. I congratulate all members of IFFCO & other cooperatives. Let’s together make cooperatives stronger to build a better world with a sustainable future during this pandemic.”
Readers would recall that International Day of Cooperatives is celebrated by the International Cooperative Alliance and United Nations on 1st Saturday of every year in the month of July. The theme of this year’s International Day of Cooperatives is “Rebuild better together”.
Cyclone Yaas live updates
A low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression that will cross the West Bengal and Odisha coasts on May 26 as a “very severe cyclonic storm”, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. The depression is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm, “Yaas”, by Monday, it added.
“The cyclone will intensify into a very cyclonic storm and will cross the coast of north Odisha and West Bengal between Paradeep (Odisha) and Sagar Island with wind speed gusting to 185 Kmph. It is not coming to the northeast. If it had entered Bangladesh, there might have been some impact, but now Cyclone Yaas will not enter Assam,” Sanjay O’Neill Shaw, deputy director general of meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati, told TOI.
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) on Thursday said its fourth oxygen plant being set up at Paradeep (Odisha) will commence operation by June 15 and will provide the free supply to hospitals in the state and adjoining areas.
The proposed oxygen plant in Paradeep will generate medical-grade oxygen and fill 520 big D-type cylinders daily and 200 medium B-size cylinders on demand supplied to all hospitals free from June 15.
IFFCO is setting up a total of four oxygen plants in India at the cost of about Rs 30 crore. About 610 cubic meters per hour of oxygen will be produced from these four plants. Two plants being set up in Uttar Pradesh and one plant in Gujarat will commence by May 30.