KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday almost put the foundation stone of Nepal’s first-ever liquefied oxygen plant at the Lumbini Province that helps cater to increasing domestic demand and decrease oxygen from India, endangering the next tide of Covid-19 pandemic.
The plant has been installed in Simarhawa of Rupandehi district in the state.
The nation was facing a lack of oxygen and oxygen tanks as the next tide of Covid–19 struck Nepal, Prime Minister Oli noticed while laying the foundation rock from his official home Baluwatar.
This was an unprecedented occasion of enjoyment at a time once the state was reeling under a severe crisis of oxygen,” he noticed.
The government was forced to export oxygen and other vital health equipment, ” he explained.
“Afterwards, the authorities believed it would be good to establish an oxygen on its own,” he further added.
The oxygen being installed at Rupandehi can create 60 metric tonnes of oxygen which may refill 7,000 large oxygen cylinders a day?” He mentioned.
In addition, he stated that the government was prepared to waive customs taxation to promote the institution of so many oxygen plants as you can in the nation.
Surplus oxygen generated from these plants may be exported to neighboring countries or used for industrial purposes after the pandemic had been finished, ” he pointed out.
The oxygen plant under construction is anticipated to aid substitute oxygen from India.
Together with 2,382 new situations, Nepal’s Covid-19 tally attained 606,778 on Sunday.
The national death toll has reached 8,366 along with the amount of active instances stands in 71,301.