COVID-19: Noida residents can now get new oxygen cylinders with refundable security deposit
Starting Tuesday, Noida residents can get new oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 sufferers in residence isolation with a refundable security deposit of Rs 2,500, officers stated on Monday. The initiative is a part of an ongoing effort of Noida Authority with help from the Adani Group, which has supplied it with 100 five-liter capability oxygen cylinders, they stated.
The authority had just lately began the ability for refilling oxygen in empty cylinders for sufferers in isolation centres by RWAs and Apartment Owners Associations (AOAs) amid a surge in demand for the life-sustaining gasoline within the area as a result of pandemic.
While the transfer introduced reduction to many individuals, bother continued for a number of who discovered it tough to rearrange empty oxygen cylinders that had been required to avail the ability.
“Residents of sectors and villages in Noida who are under home isolation due to COVID-19 and have been recommended external oxygen support by doctors can get these 5-litre cylinders which have been made available by the Adani Group as part of their CSR activity,” the authority stated in an announcement.
“A total of 100 such cylinders have been provided whose distribution will take place according to work circles from May 11. Any needy person can avail the service by depositing a security fees of Rs 2,500 along with refilling fees of Rs 200. The security fees would be returned once the cylinder is returned,” it acknowledged.
Such cylinders should be returned in a most of seven days, it added.
The facility for distribution could be accessible on the neighborhood centres at Jhandupura, Morna, Sector 62, Kakrala Khwaspur and at Baraat Ghars of Hoshiyarpur in Sector 51, Parthala Khanjarpur, Shahdara and Jhatta. It would even be accessible on the Sector 24 Store close to Manas Hospital.
The timing for distribution of cylinders is 10 am to 4 pm, the authority added.
(With inputs from PTI)
