New Delhi: Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has been enhancing its capabilities to supply liquid medical Oxygen (LMO) in the country. The daily delivery of LMO from its integrated steel plants situated at Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Rourkela (Odisha), Bokaro (Jharkhand), Durgapur and Burnpur (West Bengal) has been increased from a level of about 500 metric tonnes (MT) in the 2nd week of April to more than 1,100 MT per day currently. The company, standing strong with the nation, has so far supplied around 50,000 MT of LMO. In the month of April 2021, SAIL has delivered more than 17,500 MT LMO to 15 states across the country including the states in which the plants are located.
A total of 14 "Oxygen Express" carrying more than 950 MT LMO have been loaded for various parts of the county from SAIL plants at Bokaro, Rourkela and Durgapur till now. SAIL plants have also received tankers, which have been airlifted and after loading has moved to their destinations by road and rail.
With the arrival of ISO tankers, SAIL facilities have delivered these tankers after suitable conversion and modifications at the delivery points. Production of LMO at SAIL facilities is being ramped up by optimizing process parameters. The production and delivery are taking place 24×7 at SAIL plants.
In addition to the supply of LMO, SAIL is going to set up additional 2,500 hospital beds, outside its current medical facilities, with the support of gaseous oxygen brought by dedicated gas pipelines from the plants. These beds will use gaseous oxygen directly as an additional source of oxygen as the demand for LMO is currently high.
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