Read more about Gujarat to set up over 75 oxygen plants in view of possible third wave on Business Standard. The Gujarat government initiated the process to set up more than 75 oxygen plants if the demand for it goes up during the possible third wave of Covid,Dept CM Nitin Patel said on Sunday.
Read more about Odisha logs 9,541 new coronavirus cases, 33 fresh fatalities today on Business Standard. As many as 9,541 more people tested positive for COVID-19, taking the tally to 7,56,684 on Sunday, while 33 fresh fatalities raised the toll to 2,719, a health department official said
Read more about Mann ki Baat: PM Modi hails Karnataka woman for piloting Oxygen Express on Business Standard. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed woman loco pilot Sireesha Gajini of the South Western Railway (SWR) for also steering the Oxygen Express
Vedanta Ltd owned Sterlite Copper plant has roped in experts from ISRO to help rectify the technical glitch developed in the cold box of its oxygen plant, leading to a suspension in production of the life- saving gas. The company formally commenced production of medical oxygen on Thursday and the very next day, the facility in Tuticorin, about 600kms from here, suffered a jolt in operations after developing a technical snag . In a statement shared on the micro-blogging site on Sunday, Sterlite Copper said, efforts to resume production at our oxygen plant are progressing . Today, an expert team from the Indian Space Research Organisation arrived at the premises to support our ongoing efforts and collaborate with our technical team.
The supply of oxygen is now more than three times of what it was during the peak of the first COVID-19 wave, the Prime Minister s Office said on Wednesday, noting that production of all drugs, including Remdesivir, has been ramped up significantly in the last few weeks as India battles the nationwide surge in infections. At a high-level meeting which Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired to review the availability and supply of oxygen and medicines, it was noted that states are being provided medicines in good quantities with the Centre in regular touch with the manufacturers to enhance their production and extend all help needed.