Chennai: On Thursday the primary batch of medial grade Oxygen was dispatched from Sterlite Copper Plant in Tuticorin, which is owned by Vedanta Ltd. The copper plant which was shut down a few years in the past was granted permission to solely produce Oxygen attributable to its heightened demand because the instances Covid instances rose all of a sudden.
The approval for a interval of 4 months was given by the then AIADMK authorities on April twenty sixth after an all-party assembly.
“One of our oxygen plants has commenced production from May 12th. The first tanker carrying 4.8 tonnes of liquid oxygen is going to Tirunelveli-Tuticorin,” the corporate stated in an announcement on Thursday reported PTI.
The producers have stated the oxygen provided by Sterlite is of 98.6% ‘purity’ and has needed certifications.
Sterlite Copper CEO, Pankaj Kumar was quoted by PTI as saying, “my team members and I are honoured that our facility and efforts are being directly put into helping save lives.”
“We promise to make every possible effort to ensure that there is continuous production of oxygen from our plant to mitigate this crisis,” he added.
The firm additional expressed its gratitude to the Supreme Court, central and state governments and to the native administration for offering the required approvals in an expedited method, the corporate stated.
Last month, the Supreme Court gave its approval to Vedanta to function the oxygen manufacturing. Justice DY Chandrachud, “The plant shall be operated & only produce oxygen & for no other purpose”.
The unit was sealed by the state authorities in May 2018, days after 13 agitators have been killed in police firing throughout a violent anti-Sterlite protest within the southern district.
