Oxygen plant at VISP to be restarted

Shivamogga district administration has taken steps to re-start an oxygen plant on the Visvesaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISP) campus in Bhadravati to fulfil the medical oxygen requirement of the gover

Shivamogga district administration has taken steps to re-start an oxygen plant on the Visvesaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISP) campus in Bhadravati to fulfil the medical oxygen requirement of the government hospitals in the district. The plant, which has remained defunct for several months, is expected to start production soon. Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner K.B. Shivakumar told The Hindu over the phone that the supply might start by Saturday. “The plant has remained inactive for several months. We have to check how the machines work. Once the plant is ready, we will be getting vapour oxygen and the quantity would be sufficient for the requirement in our taluk hospitals”, he said. Considering the patients on oxygenated beds in government hospitals, the district administration required 19 kilo litres of medical oxygen every 36 hours. “Now, we are getting medical oxygen from the Jindal plant in Ballari.”