Shivraj Singh Chouhan has additionally requested for oxygen vegetation in Madhya Pradesh to extend their manufacturing.
Bhopal:
The Centre has agreed to produce 50 tonnes of oxygen per day to Madhya Pradesh, which is going through oxygen scarcity amid an increase in COVID-19 circumstances, state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan mentioned.
“On my request, the Authorities of India at present has agreed to produce 50-tonne oxygen a day, taking our oxygen availability to 180 tonnes a day,” Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted on Saturday night time.
He additionally thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union minister Piyush Goyal for his or her assist to the state throughout this tough time of COVID-19 outbreak.
The Centre’s assist got here after the provision of oxygen to Madhya Pradesh from a Maharashtra-based facility was halted.
An organization referred to as INOX used to produce oxygen to Madhya Pradesh from its Nagpur-based plant, Shivraj Singh Chouhan mentioned on Thursday.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan had mentioned he spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in regards to the scarcity of oxygen cylinders and the latter assured him of sustaining the provision to the state.
Within the wake of an increase in respiratory illness circumstances, Madhya Pradesh wants 110 tonnes of oxygen per day, a launch from the state public relations division mentioned.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan has additionally requested for oxygen vegetation in Madhya Pradesh to extend their manufacturing to full capability from the current 50 to 60 per cent.
“As a part of our long-term planning, we now have given a inexperienced mild to INOX to arrange an oxygen plant with an put in capability of 200 tonnes in Mohasa close to Babai in Hoshangabad within the subsequent six months,” he had mentioned.
