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Vedanta offers medical oxygen from shuttered Sterlite copper plant
April 21, 2021
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Company has 2 oxygen plants; writes to Harsh Vardhan, TN Chief Minister, Chief Secretary; files petition in Supreme Court explaining the offer
With medical oxygen in high demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Vedanta group has offered to supply oxygen from its closed Sterlite copper plant at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu.
The company has written separate letters to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary in this regard.
Vedanta said that the plant contains two oxygen plants with a combined production capacity of 1,050 tonnes of oxygen daily. “We would like to now offer these facilities for your use towards ensuring that there is no lack of this vital commodity in the nation,” Pankaj Kumar, CEO, Sterlite Copper, said in the letter.
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With many Covid-19 patients dying due to lack of oxygen at hospitals, a number of corporates have come forward to help with the situation.
Tata Group, for example, has announced that it will import 24 cryogenic containers to transport liquid oxygen via special chartered flights.
“The Tata group is importing 24 cryogenic containers to transport liquid oxygen and help ease the oxygen shortage in the country,” Tata Group said in a tweet. “Given the oxygen crisis, we are putting in all our efforts to support India’s healthcare infrastructure,” it said.
Separately, Tata group subsidiaries like Tata Steel are also diverting oxygen to States to help with the rising demand.
Vedanta offers to supply oxygen from closed Tuticorin Sterlite Copper plant
In the letter to the Union Health Minister, Vedanta mentioned that it has two oxygen plants with the Sterlite Copper facility with a combined capacity of 1,000 tonnes of oxygen daily
BusinessToday.In | April 21, 2021 | Updated 05:22 IST
In separate letters to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, Vedanta has offered to supply oxygen from the Sterlite Copper facility in Tuticorin if it is allowed to reopen. The factory was sealed in May 2018 on orders from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) over allegations of releasing pollutants in its vicinity and in the wake of violent protests.
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