He has assured complete support to Delhi in facilitating lifting of Delhi’s quota of oxygen from Odisha. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and assured them that Odisha will supply medical oxygen to meet their needs. Liquefied medical oxygen can be produced in large quantities where there are steel plants. All the big steel industries set up the oxygen plants to produce oxygen for industrial use. One of the senior officials of the Odisha government said, “Odisha’s designed capacity to produce oxygen stands at 7500 tonnes per day.

Source: The Telegraph April 22, 2021 20:26 UTC