COVID: Anil Vij wants all oxygen plants under military control for security, smooth functioning.
Amid an increase in oxygen demand owing to spiralling COVID-19 instances, Haryana’s Home and Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday mentioned control and administration of all oxygen era plants must be handed over to military or paramilitary forces for their security and smooth functioning.
Later, in accordance with an announcement, Vij mentioned if an oxygen plant stops functioning attributable to any purpose it could possibly value lives.
“Control and management of all Oxygen Generation Plants should be handed over to military or paramilitary forces for safety and smooth functioning of the plants,” Vij mentioned in a tweet.
On Wednesday, Vij had mentioned 60 oxygen plants will likely be arrange within the state with the assist of the central authorities. According to a authorities launch, the plants will likely be put in at varied authorities hospitals with mattress capability of 30, 50, 100 and 200.
Haryana has witnessed a surge in COVID-19 instances within the current weeks and the demand for medical oxygen has risen manifold. At current, the state’s each day oxygen quota is 257 tonne and a request has been made by the state to the Centre to additional improve this quota to 300 tonnes.
During listening to of COVID petitions earlier than the Punjab and Haryana High Court just lately, counsels, together with those that had been representing Haryana, had raised the difficulty of scarcity of oxygen and its transportation.
Amicus curiae Rupinder Khosla had identified earlier than the courtroom “that very serious situation has arisen in Haryana as its quota of oxygen has been reduced by 20 MT from the Panipat plant. Besides, the said plant has overheated and is, thus, not functioning at 100 per cent capacity”.
