Jindal Steel To Supply Medical Oxygen To Telangana, Delhi And MP From Its Plant At Odisha's Angul

In a boost to the public - private partnership to combat severe shortage of medical oxygen, Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) announced on Thursday (22 April) that more than 500 tonnes of liquid oxygen is available at its Angul plant in Odisha.

“We have more than 500 tons of liquid oxygen readily available at our Angul plant. Apart from this, we can provide 100 tonnes/day to any government that needs it. We will continue to support the nation in all possible ways in this war against the pandemic. Jai Hind,” Naveen Jindal, chairman JSPL said in a tweet.

He further said that 20 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen tanker ready to be dispatched to Telangana from Jindal steel plant in Angul and that they will be sending tankers of liquid oxygen tomorrow to Batra Hospital, Medanta and Artemis Hospital in Delhi/NCR along with Telangana and Madhya Pradesh.

“Had a discussion with Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan and assured him that we will supply oxygen from our Raigarh plant to MP,” he added.

Amid severe shortage, many corporate companies and Public Sector Enterprises have come forward to supply the medical oxygen required by Covid-19 patients.

For example, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has installed the required equipment and set up processes at its Jamnagar oil refinery in Gujarat to produce over 700 tonnes a day of medical-grade oxygen which is being supplied free of cost to states badly affected by Covid-19.