Maharashtra to get 100MT of oxygen from Reliance’s Gujarat plant amid shortage in state
Maharashtra which is facing a huge shortage of medical oxygen during the ongoing crisis has received a small respite from reliance industries as they have agreed to send in 100MT of oxygen from their Gujarat plant.
Maharashtra administration is reeling under huge pressure with life-saving medicines in shortage, hospital beds not available and oxygen becoming rare to be available commodity in the state.
In what comes as a small respite, Reliance industries has agreed to supply 100MT of oxygen from its plant located in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Though it forms only about 10% of the total oxygen production in Maharashtra (1250MT is manufactured daily), it is significant as the current demand is nearly 900MT and is expected to increase in the coming few days.
Last year also we saw Ambani, Adani, Tata and all the top industrialists of India donate and contribute heavily to the country’s fight against the pandemic and now, again they have come forward to provide aid.
The Jamnagar plant of Reliance has agreed to supply oxygen to Maharashtra following a request made by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, according to reports. The oxygen will be transported using nitrogen tankers with police protection being provided to it.
The same was tweeted by Minister Eknath Shinde:
This comes at an interesting time when the Maharashtra government senior officials and politicians have been accused to be hand in glove with Inspector Vaze in planting a bomb-laden SUV outside Antilla, Ambani’s private residence to help regain the inspectors lost glory by solving the fabricated incident.
Not to forget the constant attack on Ambani from India’s politicians whose economic idealogy is mostly socialistic and have constantly attacked him for profiteering. This again proves that both public and private companies are required and must be given equal respect as suggested by PM Modi in parliament earlier without involving them in political mudslinging and rhetorics.
