Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also requested oxygen plants in Madhya Pradesh to increase their production.
Bhopal:
The Center agreed to supply 50 tons of oxygen per day to Madhya Pradesh, which is facing an oxygen shortage amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, said the state’s chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
“At my request, the Government of India agreed today to supply 50 tons of oxygen per day, bringing our oxygen availability to 180 tons per day,” Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted on Saturday night.
He also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Piyush Goyal for their support of the state during this difficult time of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Help from the Center came after oxygen supply to Madhya Pradesh was stopped from a Maharashtra-based facility.
A company called INOX used to supply Madhya Pradesh with oxygen from its Nagpur-based plant, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan had said that he spoke with Maharashtra’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray about the shortage of oxygen cylinders and the latter assured him that he would maintain supply to the state.
In the wake of an increase in cases of respiratory illnesses, Madhya Pradesh needs 110 tons of oxygen per day, said a statement from the state’s public relations department.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also called for oxygen plants in Madhya Pradesh to increase their production to full capacity from the current 50 to 60 percent.
“As part of our long-term planning, we have given INOX the green light to establish an oxygen plant with an installed capacity of 200 tons in Mohasa near Babai in Hoshangabad in the next six months,” he said.
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