JSW Steel to commence supplies of 1,000 tons per day of Liquid Medical Oxygen from tomorrow April 30th
Ballari, April. 29, (H.S); Responding to the recent surge in demand for Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO), JSW Steel has ramped up and will commence supply of 1000 tons of liquid oxygen supply from tomorrow April 30th.
The total supplies of liquid medical oxygen by JSW Steel during April 2021 are expected to be more than 20,000 tonnes from all its plants.JSW Steel is supplying liquid oxygen from its three manufacturing facilities in Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu to various States across India.
The demand for Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) has jumped manifold as a consequence of the current national health emergency emerging due to the current wave of Covid-19 infections. JSW Steel is supplying liquid oxygen to meet the medical requirements of State governments & hospitals for treating Covid19 patients.
According to Mr. Rajashekhar Pattanasetty, President, JSW Steel Vijayanagar Works, “JSW Steel has so far supplied more than 11,500 tons of liquid medical oxygen from its Ballari plant in April.
We have more than tripled the LMO supply at the JSW Vijayanagar plant from an average of 200 tons in early April to over680 tons per day currently. The liquid medical oxygen is supplied to Karnataka as well as other States’.
JSW Steel is committed to augmenting the supply of liquid oxygen further in these critical times to save lives even by lowering the production of steel at its steelmaking units. We are leaving no stone unturned to push the supply of liquid oxygen in the interest of our nation.
