NASHIK
The shortage of oxygen in
Malegaon
is likely to end soon as the civic body is seriously considering a proposal by a medical and industrial oxygen distributor to set up a plant in the textile town.
The distributor, Bharat Mehta, has sought the help of Malegaon Municipal Corporation (MMC) in setting up the plant using cryogenic technology. . “We would even provide land and co-ordinate with other government agencies so that the plant sees the light of day,” said municipal commissioner Deepak Kasar.
The civic chief said the new oxygen manufacturing plant will help Malegaon become self-reliant since the demand for it is growing due to a sharp rise in
Covid-19 patients
.
The Malegaon civic authorities had a harrowing time on Tuesday as the main Covid-19 hospital almost ran out of oxygen. The distributors could not get refills from Nashik.
Finally, in the wee hours of Wednesday, a vehicle ferrying oxygen cylinders to Dhule was diverted to Malegaon.
Mehta said that he has already submitted a formal application with the civic body for establishing a plant. “I will have to make an investment to set up the plant, which is the need of the hour in Malegaon,” he said.
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