How Kerala became an oxygen-surplus State in one year
May 01, 2021
Concerted efforts to add capacity and maintain existing facilities The Covid-19 second wave has disrupted the demand supply scenario of medical oxygen in several parts of the country. However, Kerala seems to be sitting pretty, thanks to the efforts of Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organisation (PESO) in augmenting capacity and plugging leakages.
The achievement has been made possible through concerted efforts to set up oxygen plants and maintain the existing ASU (Air Separation Unit) plants and manufacturing plants both in public and private sectors over the past one year.
Allaying fears of an oxygen scarcity, RVenugopal, Deputy Chief Controller of Explosives, PESO, Nodal officer (Medical Oxygen Monitoring), Kerala & Lakshadweep)said the State has a stock of 430 tonnes with a daily supply of 140 tonnes. Currently, there are 11 Air Separation Units (ASU) for filling cylinders from gaseous oxygen and there is
Medical oxygen stocks set to surge in J&K
Wed, Apr 28 2021 16:48 IST |
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Medical oxygen stocks set to surge in J&K. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 28: In an attempt to pre-empt the medical catastrophe that has afflicted Delhi, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and some other States, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has triggered a major initiative to boost the oxygen manufacturing across the Union Territory.
Even as most of the major hospitals in Kashmir are already equipped with independent oxygen manufacturing plants, authorities have stepped up the process of adding six new plants to the system within a fortnight. Two of such plants have been commissioned and made operational in the last few days and four more in southern Kashmir are likely to be in service by next week.
UPDATED: April 27, 2021 21:12 IST People wait in line to refill empty medical oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patients in Delhi, April 26 (PTI)
On March 23, 2020, when India headed into a nationwide lockdown, Kerala was producing only 149 metric tonnes (MT) of medical oxygen per day. It now produces 199 MT. This output is of course a fraction of, say, Delhi’s current daily requirement of 700 metric tonnes of oxygen per day when the surge in Covid cases has seen thousands of critically ill patients crowding hospitals needing medical oxygen. Yet, how Kerala carefully ramped up its oxygen supplies and now even sends excess supply to other states is a model others could emulate as they grapple with the second Covid wave.
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E. Palaniswami said that the active Kasalod of Tamil Nadu has exceeded one lakh. (File photo)
New Delhi:
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, requested Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to immediately cancel the supply of oxygen from their plants in view of the increasing number of active cases in the state.
Tamil Nadu, Mr. Palaniswamy said, is witness to high levels of oxygen dependent active cases, requiring 450 metric tons (mt) above the state’s production capacity of 400 metric tons. He said that eighty metric tonnes of liquid oxygen has been sent to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and should be halted in view of the increase in demand for oxygen.