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JAIPUR, APR 27
A new oxygen plant has been set up in Rajasthan’s Alwar district to deal with a nearly five-fold increase in demand for the life-saving gas amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, officials said on Tuesday.
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The requirement of oxygen cylinders has reached 31,425 a day from 6,500 three months ago, they said, adding oxygen tankers were airlifted from Jamnagar in Gujarat to deal with the emergency.
Health Secretary Siddharth Mahajan said a Hindustan Zinc Limited plant with a capacity to fill 1,200 cylinders a day will become operational in Dariba of Rajsamand district by next week.
The new plant in Alwar has the capacity to generate oxygen for 1,000 cylinders in a day.
“All possible measures are being taken and arrangements are being made by the state government (to deal with the situation) on war footing,” he said.
He said that GPS has been installed in oxygen tankers to ensure timely supply and for monitoring their movement.
The officer said that the supply of oxygen is restricted to health centres and cylinders used in industrial works have been acquired and made available for medical purpose.
“State officials have been deployed to supervise oxygen generation plants,” he added.
Rajasthan witnessed record numbers of daily infections and deaths in the past few days as the country faces a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Rajasthan co-op to provide N-95 masks at Rs 20, surgical mask at Rs 3
The Rajasthan State Cooperative Consumer Federation will provide N-95 and surgical masks for Rs 20 and Rs 3, respectively, in view of the surge in coronavirus cases, Minister Udai Lal Anjana said on Tuesday.
The federation has decided to provide high quality five-layer N-95 and three-layer surgical masks to the people at affordable rates, he said in a statement.
The N-95 masks will be made available for Rs 20 a piece and surgical masks at Rs 3 per piece, which is much lower than the market rates, Anjana said.
Registrar Cooperatives Muktanand Agarwal said that the masks provided by the federation are as per Indian standards as well as European and American standards.
He said that it is necessary to wear a mask of high quality to protect oneself from COVID-19
Agarwal said N-95 masks will come in five different colours and surgical masks in two colours The N-95 mask is of five layers capable of stop small viruses up to 0.3 micron, he said.
