MEIL importing 11 cryogenic tanks to address oxygen shortage

The first batch of three tanks have landed at Begumpet Air Force Station today and the remaining eight tanks will be reaching in two more batches in the next few days

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) is importing 11 cryogenic tanks from Bangkok (Thailand), which will help increase the supply of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to hospitals. These are being provided by MEIL to Telangana free of cost.

The first batch of three tanks have landed at Begumpet Air Force Station here today, and the remaining eight tanks will be reaching here in two more batches in the next few days. Each cryogenic tank could supply 1.40 crore litres of medical oxygen and 15.40 crore litres from all the 11 tanks, the company stated.

In addition to the top management of MEIL, Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao, a team of senior officers belonging to the advisory committee formed under the Telangana government’s chief secretary Somesh Kumar, have been supervising the whole operation.

The Union Defence and External Affairs ministry granted permission for these tankers’ smooth transport from Bangkok. A defence special flight from Chandigarh has picked up the tanks from Bangkok to bring them to Hyderabad.

“Transporting liquid Oxygen for medical purposes from the manufacturing plants to the hospitals is riddled with bottlenecks. Now, these 11 cryogenic tanks will help the State government to cater to the needs of the hospitals that are in dire need of oxygen,” P Rajesh Reddy, vice-president, MEIL said.

The company is striving to bridge the gap between the supply and demand for medical oxygen in the fight against the Covid pandemic by supplying free oxygen to hospitals.

While the cryogenic tanks will cut short the time by facilitating the bulk movement of medical oxygen to healthcare units, the MEIL’s initiative to import has also reduced the time of manufacture of cryogenic tanks, which would have taken three months to fabricate one tanker, the company said.

The company’s management has kept all other operations on hold and is concentrating on augmenting the oxygen supply to both the Telugu States. It has taken up the procurement of cryogenic tanks as a priority.

From MEIL’s Bolarum facility, between May 9 and 21, the company has delivered 29,694 metric tonnes of LMO, which translates to three crore litres of oxygen. On an average, 400 cylinders are being supplied from this facility.

The company is producing oxygen from its manufacturing unit in Bolarum round the clock and supplying it to hospitals in Telangana, AP and Odisha.

Empty cylinders, each with 7,000 litres of liquid oxygen, were filled and provided free of cost to at least 10 hospitals every day. So far, 4,242 cylinders have been supplied to various hospitals. MEIL has set up a dedicated team to ensure supply of oxygen to the hospitals, round the clock.

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