Pune: Rajesh Deshmukh collector on Wednesday said the district is expected to have 34 more oxygen generator plants in front of the third wave of possible covid pandemic.
“Of the 50 oxygen generation factories, 16 ready and the remaining 34 will be ready,” Pune District collector said.
The Ministry of Health of the State Community has directed all collectors to prepare a detailed plan for oxygen generators to anticipate the third wave of pandemic.
Analysis by the Public Health Department stated that during the second wave of pandemic, 361 tons of oxygen needed every day and the expected supply of 540 tons for the district “we will prepare and prepare storage capacity for 1,183 tons of oxygen in accordance with 1,183 tons with the direction of the government.
The instructions state that the instructions state It must be three times more than the current capacity, “Dishmukh said.
At present, 957 tons of oxygen are Beng provided by plants that have been prepared and also some companies, said a district administrative official.
“With 34 more oxygen generation plants that arise, the capacity will increase further and the district will be independent,” the official said.
Pune District must depend a lot of oxygen supplied from Gujarat and Odisha during the peak of the second wave of Pandemic Coronavirus, earlier this year.