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Rajasthan: Centre raises Jamnagar oxygen quota from 70MT to 120MT

The Centre on Monday increased the allocation of liquid oxygen for the state from Jamnagar (Gujarat) to 120 metric tonnes. Earlier, the allocation from Jamnagar was 70 MT. With this, the total allocation for the state by the Centre would go up to 380 MT from 330 MT, said an official.
Rajasthan: Centre raises Jamnagar oxygen quota from 70MT to 120MT
A train loaded with filled oxygen tankers at Kanakpura railway station
JAIPUR: The Centre on Monday increased the allocation of liquid oxygen for the state from Jamnagar (Gujarat) to 120 metric tonnes. Earlier, the allocation from Jamnagar was 70 MT. With this, the total allocation for the state by the Centre would go up to 380 MT from 330 MT, said an official.
Of these, 100 MT is from Bhiwadi, 120 MT from Jamnagar (Gujarat), 60 MT from Kalinganagar (Odisha), 60 MT from Hazira (Gujarat) and 40 MT from Burnpur (West Bengal).

Though the Centre has allocated 380 MT of liquid oxygen to Rajasthan per day, supply has been hampered because of shortage of tankers and distance of the oxygen plants (West Bengal and Odisha). The allocation of oxygen from local manufacturers (ASUs) remains the same, at 125 MT.
So far, the state has received two oxygen tankers carrying 40tonnes of oxygen from Tata Steel in Kalinganagar (Odisha) and three tankers carrying 54 metric tonnes of liquid oxygen from Steel Authority of India (SAIL)-ISP in Burnpur, West Bengal.
Meanwhile, the Centre has also finalised the modalities of the audit for the use of ventilators, oxygen cylinders, concentrators and the supply of oxygen in the state. The audit will be conducted by the state-level sub-group, formed under the national level task force appointed by the Supreme Court.
On the directions of the Supreme Court a national task force was constituted to ensure effective and transparent allocation of liquid medical oxygen to the states and union territories. Under the task force, sub-groups have been formed in the states.

The members of the state-level oxygen audit sub-group in Rajasthan are: Sanjay Lohia (mines department, Govt of India), A T Pednekar- convenor- (industry dept, Rajasthan), Dr Manprakash Sharma (SMS hospital), Dr Sushil Bhati (SMS hospital) and Ajay Singh (Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization - PESO).
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Jaipur: Keeping in view the possible damage due to ongoing cyclone, the Rajasthan Government has taken various preventive measures to maintain uninterrupted supply of oxygen across the state and also from Gujarat to Rajasthan. The guidelines have been issued to all district collectors to deal with cyclone. These include: arranging valves/humidifiers/spares in advance for oxygen plants; to arrange/locate fire tenders for fire hazards; to arrange backup DG sets as per list of hospitals/covid centres where the patients are on oxygen support; to activate civil defence and SDRF. Also keep in touch with army/BSF in the districts; build an emergency stock of LMO (liquid medical oxygen) and oxygen cylinders ideally for two days so that it can be used in case of interruption of regular supply of oxygen; to keep ready the road clearance parties with JCB and tree cutting equipment with help of PWD and Forest.
Measures taken for uninterrupted supply of oxygen from Gujarat include: oxygen tankers coming from Hazira and Jamnagar are escorted by team of police and transport personnel; 11 teams consisting of police and SDRT personnel has been deployed at every 100 KM to monitor of oxygen tankers and give the assistance to these vehicles, in case of requirement; these teams has been directed to co-ordinate with local police station either in Gujarat or Rajasthan to seek any help in case of emergency. Local Police Station is also asked to make arrangement of JCB and other tree cutting equipment in case of need; live tracking of each tanker is being made through GPS.
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