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Steps to meet increased demand for oxygen in Kasaragod, other places
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PESO takes steps to augment production and supply
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PESO takes steps to augment production and supply
Responding to the steep rise in demand for medical oxygen in the State, steps have been taken to augment the production and supply of gaseous oxygen, says R. Venugopal, Deputy Chief Controller of the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) and nodal officer for supplying oxygen to Kerala and Lakshadweep.
To address the scarcity of filled oxygen cylinders in Kasaragod, an air separation unit (ASU) plant lying defunct since 2015 at Vattaparambu in Malappuram’s Marakkara panchayat was reopened on Tuesday and the first load of 114 cylinders was dispatched to Kasaragod. The revamped plant can produce oxygen at the rate of 100 metre cube per hour (m3h) and a maximum of 300 cylinders a day.
PESO to ensure optimum use of oxygen in Kerala
Moves to augment production across state
Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO), Kerala has taken all steps to augment the production of gaseous oxygen and limit to optimum level the usage of an already depleting liquid medical Oxygen (LMO) in the State.
As per the advice of PESO, the LMO production at Inox India limited has been increased from 149 tonnes per day to 160 tonnes by reducing Nitrogen production.
R.Venugopal, Deputy Chief Controller of Explosives, PESO and Nodal Officer (Medical Oxygen Monitoring), Kerala & Lakshadweep said that a new air separation unit (ASU) will be commissioned on May 12 in the private sector at Auxilium Products LLP at Vadakkancherry in Palakkad which can produce 235 litres of high purity liquid Oxygen. The facility could also produce 260 cubic metre of high purity medical oxygen in cylinders. An estimated 700 cylinders of seven metre cube can be filled per day here. The facility can a
Centre steps up medical oxygen allocation for State
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Kerala will now get 150 tonnes of oxygen
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Kerala will now get 150 tonnes of oxygen
The Union government has increased the medical oxygen allocation for Kerala from 99 tonnes to 150 tonnes a day, said R. Venugopal, Deputy Chief Controller of Explosives, Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) for Kerala and Lakshadweep, and nodal officer for medical oxygen supply.
The revised oxygen supply plan is also meant for other States like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The Centre’s order said the revised allocation was in keeping with the rise in demand for medical oxygen.