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Mysuru has a capacity to refill 75 KL of oxygen per day Updated: Updated: Share Article Mysuru has a combined refilling capacity of 75 kilolitres (KL) of liquid oxygen per day. Though there are no liquid medical oxygen (LMO) manufacturers in Mysuru, sources in the Industries Department said there are five refilling plants here that source bulk LMO from different places. The refilling plants source the LMO in bulk from Bellary Oxygen Company in Ballari, Praxair India Pvt Ltd from Koppal, and Bhoruka Gases Ltd from Bengaluru, which reaches Mysuru in tankers and refilled in cylinders. According to sources in the Department of Industries, Padaki Air Products and Trinethra Gas, both situated in Kadakola, and Mahanthi Oxygen, Hebbal, have a capacity to refill about 20 KL each per day each; Southern Gas Limited, Hebbal, has a capacity to refill about 10 KL per day; and Mangala Ravi Enterprises in Yadavgiri has a refilling capacity of 5 KL per day. ....
Karnataka gasps for breath as second Covid wave hits hard According to the data on hospitalised patients, the requirement of oxygen in the ongoing second wave is higher at 54.5 per cent than 41.1 percent in the first wave. Share Via Email | A+A A- Express News Service With a whopping 29,438 cases added to push the state’s Covid tally over the 13-lakh mark and the number of cases currently under treatment to 2,34,483 on Saturday, the demand for oxygen has shot up. According to the data on hospitalised patients, the requirement of oxygen in the ongoing second wave is higher at 54.5 per cent than 41.1 percent in the first wave. ....
Express News Service BENGALURU: Air cannot be produced from hot air, or out of thin air. But a bit of solid groundwork always helps.A day after Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar and Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar met oxygen manufacturers in the state, requesting them to scale up oxygen supply, the latter have almost doubled their output and supply of medical oxygen and are now running at their “maximum” capacity, according to industry sources. “The plants can further accelerate oxygen manufacture, but there is no infrastructure, not only in the state, but also in the rest of the country, to support the additional oxygen availability. There aren’t enough tankers, storage spaces, oxygenated beds, hospitals, health facilities and technicians to make use of inflated medical oxygen supply,” sources told TNIE. ....
Express News Service BENGALURU: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar have written to the Central Government to increase the allocation of medical grade oxygen supply to the state after the Centre capped the quota to 300 metric tons of oxygen per day for Karnataka. This is much less than the present requirement, said sources in the know of the matter. “There are seven liquid oxygen plants in Karnataka which, together, manufacture around 812 metric tons of oxygen per day. Out of this, the Centre has allocated only 300 tons to the state. The rest of the oxygen will be distributed to other states as per Central allocation. This is just not enough for the state, which is grappling with an acute shortage of oxygen. ....