Covid-19 Pandemic: Supplied 660 Metric Tonnes of Medical Oxygen Per Day, Says SAIL

Covid-19 Pandemic: SAIL said that on April 21alone, it had supplied 891 metric tonnesof LMO across the country.

Responding to the Centre's directive to all state-owned entities to ramp up oxygen production for meeting the acute shortage of essential gas owing to the spike in Corona virus pandemic, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has enhanced its production and in the last six days, the company has supplied, on an average, 660 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) per day from its plants. The company further added that on April 21 alone, it had supplied 891 metric tonnes of LMO across the country. With the help of Indian Railways and Ministry of Steel, SAIL has planned to load a rake from its Bokaro Steel Plant, which will help greatly in bulk evacuation of LMO and faster arrival of the same at the destination, the company said in its statement. SAIL has informed that it has since August 2020, already supplied around 36,747 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen across the country.