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  • Maharashtra requests Centre to reinforce state’s medical oxygen quota by at the least 200 MT

    Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte has written to Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba requesting that the state’s allotted quota of liquid medical oxygen is elevated by at the least 200 MT. Kunte said that Covid instances are constantly rising in 16 districts and there’s a rising demand for oxygen.
    In his letter dated May 3, Kunte highlighted that at current there are 6,63,758 lively Covid instances within the state, with 78,884 sufferers requiring medical oxygen, together with 24,787 who’re in ICUs.

    Moreover, in 16 districts — Palghar, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur, Nandurbar, Beed, Parbhani, Hingoli, Amravati, Buldhana, Wardha, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur — the variety of Covid instances and the demand for oxygen is on the rise, he added.

    “I assure you that we are taking oxygen audit in every district to contain demand in every possible manner. However, considering this situation of rising medical oxygen demand, I request you that present allocation of the State be enhanced by at least 200 MT,” stated Kunte.
    He additionally prompt that the allocation needs to be elevated in places from which it’s simpler to move the oxygen. “This allocation may be enhanced at locations convenient to the State. Otherwise earlier allocation from RINL (Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited), Vizag and Jindal Steel Plant, Angul, Odisha remains on paper only,” he wrote.

    “My request is to enhance allocation from Jamnagar, Gujarat from current 125 MT/Day to 225 MT/Day. Similarly, allocation from Bhilai may be increased to 230 MT from current 130 MT. These geographically close locations will reduce turnaround time of oxygen tankers, which are limited in number,” Kunte added.
    On Friday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in his deal with to the state, had stated that Maharashtra’s oxygen manufacturing capability is 1,270 MT, which incorporates main and small producers. Besides, the state is getting 100 MT every from Gujrat, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh. Although the Centre has fastened a quota of 1,814 MT of oxygen for the state, round 1,650 MT of oxygen is being made obtainable to Maharashtra, CM had stated.

    Kunte additional stated that additionally it is learnt that the union authorities is getting ISO tankers from Singapore, Dubai and different places overseas, apart from oil firms to facilitate liquid medical oxygen transport. “I request you to allocate at least 10 LMO tankers to Maharashtra to enable us lifting of GoI allocated LMO quota from Steel Plant at Angul via RoRo,” he said.

  • Demand up 67% as 22 states search oxygen

    The demand for medical oxygen has elevated 67 per cent in 9 days to April 24, in keeping with info collated from oxygen allocation orders issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It additional exhibits the demand has unfold from 12 states on April 15 to 22 states on April 24.
    Official information present that Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had on April 15 written to the Additional Secretaries/ Principal Secretaries/Secretaries (Health) of 12 states informing them about oxygen allocation towards their demand for the week starting April 20. These states are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
    In his letter, Bhushan supplied particulars of the era items from which these dozen states have been being supplied oxygen. The states had cumulatively demanded 4,880 metric tonnes of medical oxygen for the week starting April 20, and allocations have been accordingly made.
    Within 10 days, one other letter by Nipun Vinayak, Joint Secretary, MoH&FW to state well being officers on April 24 knowledgeable them about allocation towards their demand for oxygen from April 25 onwards. This exhibits that the variety of states looking for oxygen allocation from the Centre has risen to 22; their mixed demand had additionally risen to eight,172 MT a day, 67 per cent increased than the mixed demand proven within the Health Secretary’s April 15 letter.
    Vinayak’s letter exhibits that the Centre had allotted 8,280 MT medical oxygen a day to those 22 states. The new states demanding oxygen are Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, J&Okay, Goa, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu.
    “The supply plan has been prepared under the overall guidance of the Empowered Group by the DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) in consultation with the concerned ministries, states, oxygen manufacturers and AIIGMA (All India Industrial Gases Manufacturers Association),” Vinayak stated within the letter.
    The prime 5 states with the best demand for medical oxygen for the week beginning April 25 are Maharashtra (1,784 MT/day), Gujarat (1,000), Karnataka (770), UP (657) and MP (640).

    Of the 22 states which have been allotted oxygen on April 24, 4 states have been allotted the next amount towards their demand, 4 have been given a decrease allocation compared to their demand, and 14 have been allotted the amount demanded.
    The states, which have gotten increased oxygen allocation are: UP (857 MT/day towards demand of 657); Karnataka (802 MT/day towards demand of 770); Delhi (490 MT/day towards demand of 470); and MP (649 MT/day towards demand of 640).
    The states, which have been supplied oxygen lower than what they demanded are: Haryana (allocation of 162 MT/day towards demand of 180); Gujarat (975 MT/day towards demand of 1,000); Punjab (137 MT/day towards demand of 187); and Tamil Nadu (280 MT/day towards demand of 220).