New Delhi: In a bid to meet the demand for medical-grade oxygen amid the second wave of Covid-19, ITC is airlifting 24 cryogenic ISO containers from Asian international locations to ship the life-saving component throughout the nation. Each container weighs 20 tons.
The Indian conglomerate has partnered with Linde India for this noble initiative. In addition, the corporate has introduced that’s going to airlift oxygen concentrators and oxygen generator machines from Asian international locations. These concentrators and oxygen generators might be immediately put in in Covid-19 hospitals which can be working brief.
Separately, ITC is supplying oxygen in many components of Telangana. The firm is utilizing its paperboards manufacturing unit in Bhadrachalam to start the supply of medical-grade oxygen to hospitals in want.
In a tweet, ITC mentioned it’s “committed to support the government and will continue to explore other avenues to help address the emerging challenges.”
For oxygen concentrators, ITC has positioned direct orders to distributors. The firm is planning to import and provide concentrators to Covid-19 centres. Meanwhile, it’s mulling importing oxygen generators to be put in in Covid-19 hospitals, in accordance to a report by Economic Times.
ITC is amongst a number of different Indian firms which have stepped up to help the nation which is choking due to the scarcity of oxygen and different primary Covid-19 preventing provides. The second wave is already proving to be far more critical than the primary one which shook the nation final yr.
Over 300,000 Covid-19 circumstances and 2000+ deaths due to the virus are at present reported each day. Besides ITC, Tata Steel and Reliance have additionally mentioned that they’re supplying a whole lot of tonnes of oxygen to hospitals throughout the nation.
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