New Delhi: The Centre submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court over the COVID-19 state of affairs within the nation assuring that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are straight monitoring the oxygen supply state of affairs on ‘war footing’.
“The Central Government, with active and constant supervision and direct involvement of the Hon’ble Prime Minister and the Hon’ble Home Minister, is augmenting the oxygen supply on a war footing evolving and implementing innovative measures,” the Centre stated in an affidavit to the apex court docket, as per a report by Bar and Bench.
The 106-page affidavit detailed the steps taken by the Centre to cope with points arising out of the pandemic.
It was additionally submitted that the efforts consists of augmenting oxygen supply from all accessible sources from throughout the nation and likewise importing oxygen from different international locations.
The Centre submitted that following measures are being taken:
* Issuing licences to industrial fuel producers to fabricate medical oxygen;
* Enhanced manufacturing in metal vegetation and different initiatives by Ministry of Steel;
* Enhancing manufacturing of medical oxygen from different producers;
* Restrictions on industrial use of oxygen;
* Augmentation in availability of tankers;
* Commissioning of Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) vegetation.
The affidavit was filed in a suo motu case earlier than the apex court docket on the COVID-19 disaster. Further, the Centre stated that it’s making efforts to acquire oxygen from all accessible sources inside India and can be importing oxygen from different international locations.Â
