Citing rising COVID- 19 instances in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday wrote to the Centre, saying it will likely be virtually unimaginable to supply Oxygen to different states.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vijayan mentioned as a way to handle the disaster, the state had ensured 450 MT of buffer inventory and had been managing oxygen with out placing strain on the nationwide grid.
“However, due to the demands from neighbouring states, the buffer stock was allowed to be transported and now the buffer stock is only 86 MT,” he mentioned.
He mentioned at current, there are 4,02,650 lively instances and the projected variety of sufferers might rise to round 6,00,000 by May 15.
The rising variety of sufferers needing hospitalisation will necessitate round 450 MT Oxygen by May 15, 2021, the chief minister mentioned.
“As per the decisions in the meeting of the Central Committee on Oxygen allocation held on May 6, 2021, the state will allow 40 MT to Tamil Nadu by May 10. However, after this, it will be practically impossible to allow oxygen to be taken outside the state considering the present situation,” he mentioned.
As Kerala is geographically positioned distant from principal metal crops, transferring oxygen inside a short while may be very tough, the chief minister mentioned and requested that all the Oxygen produced within the state–219 MT–could also be allotted to the southern state.
“This may be supplemented by allocation from steel plants,” he mentioned.
Later, addressing a press convention, Vijayan mentioned he has sought allocation of cryotankers that could be procured by the Centre on the earliest they usually be pooled by working Oxygen Express trains for Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala for offering the requisite further amount of Liquid Medical Oxygen to the states.
