Ambani To Send 100 Tonnes Of Oxygen To Maharashtra Amid COVID-19 Surge

Mumbai: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is supplying 100 tonnes of oxygen from its Jamnagar Refinery, which is the world’s biggest refining complex, to Maharashtra.

This comes amid a shortage of oxygen cylinders in Maharashtra due to a record surge in COVID-19 cases.

The state will get 100 tons of the gas from Reliance, Eknath Shinde, urban development minister, said in a tweet.

https://twitter.com/mieknathshinde/status/1382030609342550018?s=20

https://twitter.com/mieknathshinde/status/1382030624869863426?s=20

Reliance is diverting some oxygen streams meant for its petroleum coke gasification units after making it suitable for medical use, the official said. A company spokesman couldn’t immediately comment.

Separately, state-run Bharat Petroleum Corp. has built up a stockpile of 20 tons of medical-grade oxygen at its Kochi refinery in southern India that can be readily offered, the company said in an emailed statement. It previously supplied 25 tons of oxygen for medical use.

https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1382592140283314176?s=20

Bharat Petroleum can further supply about 1.5 tons of oxygen daily from the Kochi plant, where it has a unit that can produce medical-grade oxygen, according to the statement.

Meanwhile, India is witnessing a second wave of Covid19 infections that has caught the centre and state governments unprepared. With local media reporting that patients are dying due to a shortage of oxygen and hospital beds.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and like us on Facebook for the latest updates and interesting stories.