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First 'Oxygen Express' Train Leaves For Vizag From Maharashtra

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Railways is running its first Oxygen Express in its fight against COVID-19. The Ro-Ro service with 7 empty tankers departed from Kalamboli, Maharashtra for Vizag today. Oxygen Express will move via a green corridor for loading with Liquid Medical Oxygen: Union Minister Piyush Goyal

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan says officers of other states are stopping oxygen tankers bound for the states; appeals to CMs of other states to take strict action against the officers stopping the tankers without any reason.

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AP lo fill chesukoni going to Maharashtra ante na... Am I understanding it right ..torch.gif

Idi nijam aite nenu slogan ready chesukovali ..

"Deshaniki Oopiri postunna Jagan Anna"

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2 minutes ago, Anta Assamey said:

AP lo fill chesukoni going to Maharashtra ante na... Am I understanding it right ..torch.gif

Idi nijam aite nenu slogan ready chesukovali ..

"Deshaniki Oopiri postunna Jagan Anna"

Vizag Steel Plant is the largest holder of Medical Grade Oxygen..

anduke akkada nunchi transporting to critical states.

1 minute ago, Spartan said:

Vizag Steel Plant is the largest holder of Medical Grade Oxygen..

anduke akkada nunchi transporting to critical states.

Good Initiative..

 

Idigo @NiranjanGaaru Modi kali tank lu pampiste ma anna nimpi pamputunadu....

"Deshaniki Oopiri postunna Jagan Anna" ... idi fix...torch.gif

Just now, Anta Assamey said:

Good Initiative..

"Deshaniki Oopiri postunna Jagan Anna" ... idi fix...torch.gif

"Andhrulla aathma gouravani amesthuna Jagan "

Opposite headline 

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Even as several states, including Delhi, are flagging an imminent shortage of medical oxygen, Andhra Pradesh will give the crisis a skip, officials said. In fact, the supply of oxygen in the state, which gets its share from six locations already, is expected to exceed demand after three more PSA oxygen plants begin operations in another week’s time.  

After an abnormal increase in its demand during the first wave of Covid-19 last year, the state government ramped up the storage capacity of medical oxygen in almost all major hospitals to 4.51 lakh cubic metres. The number of beds equipped with oxygen supply were enhanced to 26,000. All these beds are connected to centralised oxygen tankers, even as oxygen cylinders are kept on standby.  

According to Ravishankar, director general of Drugs Control Administration, the state needed 300 metric tonnes of oxygen per day at the peak of the first wave. AP has been getting medical oxygen from distributors linked to RINL (Vizag), Bellary (Karnataka) and Chennai. A few hospitals, which have contractual agreements with distributing companies in Hyderabad and other places, continue to get their supply from those distributors. 

At present, 380 metric tonnes of medical oxygen is available with the distributors, and 10 vehicles of different tank capacities have left for Visakhapatnam for loading. Around 140 metric tonnes are expected to be supplied to different hospitals by the vehicles. Even with the rising Covid-19 caseload, the current demand for medical oxygen is less than the supply.It may be noted that the first wave resulted in the commencement of medical oxygen production at Vizag Steel Plant (RINL). 

Considering the high demand, the central government had decided to setup 200 PSA oxygen plants, out of which five were sanctioned to Andhra Pradesh. The plants were sanctioned to Kurnool Medical College, SVR Ruia in Tirupati, Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam, Guntur Medical College, and Rangaraya Medical College in Kakinada. The plants in Kurnool, Kakinada and Vizag have already received the machineries from the Centre.

A senior officer monitoring the medical infrastructure said the installation of these three plants is under the final phase. They are likely to become operational in another week’s time. To ensure there is no gap in the supply of oxygen to the hospitals, Drugs Control Administration, which manages the medical oxygen infrastructure, has reportedly submitted a proposal to the Centre for construction of another nine PSA oxygen plants for the hospitals, particularly in Rayalaseema region, with a bed strength of over 500. 

3 minutes ago, Spartan said:

Vizag Steel Plant is the largest holder of Medical Grade Oxygen..

anduke akkada nunchi transporting to critical states.

Vizag Steel Plant saving lives but flowers want to privatize it.

2 minutes ago, JackSeal said:

Vizag Steel Plant saving lives but flowers want to privatize it.

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Tuni varaku ragane kastha train ni apandamma...chuda muchatani spot adi..

akada Modi resign cheyalanta..kotha PM ostado, leka kotha government vastado telustaledu..

 

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4 minutes ago, JackSeal said:

Vizag Steel Plant saving lives but flowers want to privatize it.

Privatize cheste Oxygen ivvara....  ?

daniki deeniki sambandham endi...

 

Just now, jawaani_jaaneman said:

Tuni varaku ragane kastha train ni apandamma...chuda muchatani spot adi..

akada Modi resign cheyalanta..kotha PM ostado, leka kotha government vastado telustaledu..

 

why Tuni?

6 minutes ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

"Andhrulla aathma gouravani amesthuna Jagan "

Opposite headline 

TDP cheyyaleni pani chesthunna Jagan anna 

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Just now, futureofandhra said:

why Tuni?

#KapuProtests.

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