IFFCO to set up 4 oxygen plants in 15 days, supply free to hospitals
Fetiliser cooperative will invest Rs 30 crore to set these plants, orders for which have already been placed
New Delhi: Cooperative fertiliser major IFFCO said on April 19 it will set up four medical oxygen plants with an investment of about Rs 30 crore in the next 15 days in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Odisha, in a bid to supply it for free to hospitals.
The plant will be put up at Kalol (Gujarat), Aonla and Phulpur (Uttar Pradesh) and at Paradeep (Odisha), it said.
“The order has been already issued. It will take at least 15 days from today to transport, install and commission an oxygen plant. A dedicated team is working on this project. IFFCO will try to commission it as soon as possible for the service of the nation,” IFFCO spokesperson told PTI.
IFFCO is investing around Rs 30 crore on four oxygen plants, he added.
On Sunday late night, IFFCO Managing Director and CEO U S Awasthi had announced that the cooperative is going to establish an oxygen plant with capacity of 200 cubic metre per hour in its Kalol unit in Gujarat.
“IFFCO will give free oxygen to hospital, each cylinder of 46.7 litres,” he had said.
The proposed oxygen plant in Kalol will generate medical grade oxygen and fill 700 big D-type cylinders daily and also 300 medium B-size cylinders on demand, which will be supplied to all hospitals for free, he had added.
Awasthi had also said that IFFCO will fill up the oxygen cylinders free of cost for hospitals, but they need to bring their own cylinders for refill. A security deposit will be taken if cylinders taken from IFFCO to avoid hoarding of oxygen.