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MEIL establishes 500 beds in just 72 hours
May 27, 2021
The company plans to establish over 3000 beds for Covid affected in Tamil Nadu
The Hyderabad based Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) has established 500 beds in just 72 hours in Madurai. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated 500 scalable oxygenated bed facilities at the Government Hospital, Thoppur, in Madurai on May 21.
The company fabricated huge German sheds and procured furniture immediately to prepare temporary hospitals, said a company official.
Across Tamil Nadu, the company plans to establish a 3,200 bed Covid hospital to support the State government in the pandemic, says a company press release.
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These beds are established in hospitals that have oxygen facilities
These beds are provided to the patients free of cost
New Delhi: At a time, when southern state Tamil Nadu is dealing with over 3 lakh active COVID-19 cases, infrastructure and real estate firms are aiding the state government in ramping up temporary beds and medical equipment across the state. As a part of this effort, Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) is setting up beds in hospitals that already have oxygen facilities.
Last week, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated 500 scalable oxygenated bed facilities at Thoppur Government Hospital in Madurai. The hospital will provide free-of-cost oxygen beds to the patients. According to MEIL, they could complete the entire work of setting up a 500-bed facility in a record time of 72 hours with the active contribution of Credai and G Square Realtors.
For YSRCP, a win in Tirupati is more than retaining its seat
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April 06, 2021 23:16 IST
Besides silencing critics, the ruling party considers the bypoll a barometer of people’s faith in it
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YSRCP Chittoor district in-charge Y.V. Subba Reddy, right, and MP P.V. Midhun Reddy, left, campaigning for party candidate M. Gurumoorthy at Renigunta on Tuesday.
Besides silencing critics, the ruling party considers the bypoll a barometer of people’s faith in it
After back-to-back victories in the panchayat and municipal elections, the YSRCP is clearly on a bull run to win the Tirupati (SC) Lok Sabha seat.
‘Agriculture tops government’s priority list’
The State government is committed to creating a sustainable and financially robust power sector in the State and provide round-the-clock access to affordable and quality power to all sectors, Energy Minister B. Srinivasa Reddy has said.
Addressing the employees after releasing the New Year calendar and diary of the AP power utilities here on Thursday, Mr. Srinivasa Reddy said, as part of the efforts to improve the finances of the Discoms, the government released ₹17,904 crore in 2019-20 towards clearing their subsidy arrears.
Out of subsidy arrears of ₹13,391 crore pending as on March 31, 2019, the government released ₹8,655 crore in 2019-20 and ₹9,249 crore towards the subsidy announced in 2019-20 and other charges. The government also released ₹20,384 crore to the Discoms for clearing the pending power generator bills pending as on March 31, 2019. The total bills cleared by the Discoms stood at ₹34,384 crore in 20