Keeping in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases and shortage of liquid Oxygen in Maharashtra, Seputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday directed the district collectors and municipal commissioners to set up liquid Oxygen manufacturing plants in vicinity of major hospitals across the state.
Speaking at a meeting of district collectors and municipal commissioners through video conferencing, the deputy chief minister asked the top officials in the districts to take steps to start oxygen manufacturing plants next to hospitals in the next two to three weeks.
Meanwhile, Pawar asked the officials at the district level to obtain as much as liquid Oxygen as possible from paper, petroleum, fertiliser and refinery companies to meet the immediate needs at various hospitals in the state.