All-round efforts are being made by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to ensure availability of oxygen for Corona patients of the state. While on the one hand, oxygen plants are being set up on a war footing scale in the state, on the other hand oxygen tankers will be airlifted to Indore, Bhopal and Gwalior from Oxygen producers located at Bokaro in Jharkhand and Jamnagar in Gujarat.
This has started on an experimental basis and is successful. This process will continue from April 24 to May 1 through Indian Air Force flights. This will reduce the time period of transporting oxygen to Madhya Pradesh. Similarly, efforts are also being made to supply oxygen from Bokaro and Rourkela to the state through railways, as an alternative system of transport to ensure adequate and uninterrupted availability of oxygen.
On-site oxygen gas generator plants operating on the basis of new DEBEL technology have been developed in the hospital itself by DRDO, Ministry of Defense. On-site oxygen gas generator plants with a capacity of 570 liters per minute are being set up in 8 districts of Madhya Pradesh including Balaghat, Dhar, Damoh, Jabalpur, Badwani, Shahdol, Satna and Mandsaur at a cost of more than Rs 5.87 crore. Its orders have been issued.
As many as 2000 oxygen concentrators have been purchased by the state government for smooth supply of oxygen. As many as 1,293 oxygen concentrators have been installed in 34 districts of the state through local arrangements. All districts have been geared up to be self-sufficient in terms of oxygen.