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BHEL supplies oxygen to hospitals

BHEL’s manufacturing plants located at Bhopal and Haridwar have started supplying oxygen to hospitals in their vicinity to meet the surge in demand due to the prevailing crisis situation.

By Telangana Today

Published Date - 26 April 2021, 06:27 PM

Sangareddy: In the midst of a crisis due to the second wave of Covid-19, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has risen to the occasion to meet the rising demand for medical oxygen in the country.

BHEL’s manufacturing plants located at Bhopal and Haridwar have started supplying oxygen to hospitals in their vicinity to meet the surge in demand due to the prevailing crisis situation. Catering to the daily increasing demand of oxygen, BHEL’s Bhopal plant is supplying more than 6,000 cubic meters of oxygen gas daily to hospitals in Bhopal area.

The unit supplied a record 975 cylinders on April 23. In a press statement on Monday the BHEL management said, the Haridwar plant is upgrading its infrastructure to be able to supply about 16,000 Cubic Meters of oxygen per day for medical use. It will, shortly, be able to supply about 2,200 cylinders per day as against the current capacity of 700 cylinders per day.

This oxygen is supplied from captive oxygen plants, which have been installed to meet production requirements, in these two units. Further efforts are in progress for creating oxygen production capacity in other units of the company also. This initiative by BHEL aims at supporting the nation in fighting the battle against Covid-19.