Rajahmundry MP Margani Bharat Ram
RAJAHMUNDRY: Rajahmundry MP Margani Bharat Ram said on Sunday that Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills is ready to produce oxygen.
The MP thanked the paper mill management for getting an oxygen plant ready by bringing in experts from Delhi as per the directions of chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Stating that the trial run of the plant was successful on Saturday, Bharat Ram said that 15 tonnes of oxygen is going to be produced at the plant on Sunday. He further mentioned that the total oxygen requirement in East Godavari is 45 metric tonnes.
Oxygen from the paper mill is being supplied to the Covid care centre set up at ESI Hospital in Rajahmundry. As production picks up, oxygen could be sent to Rajahmundry government hospital in cylinders, the MP said.
Later, Bharat Ram inspected the Old CTRI facility spread across two acres land where a 500-bed Covid care centre is likely to come up in preparation for the third wave of the pandemic. tnn
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