Use facilities at ISRO to store medical oxygen, suggests Congress leader
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With hospitals treating COVID-19 sufferers throughout Karnataka going through a extreme scarcity of liquid medical oxygen, senior Congress leader and MLA H.K. Patil has steered that the State authorities utilise tanks accessible at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) centres to store oxygen.
“In the present circumstances and same way of management of COVID-19, situation is likely to deteriorate further. In this emergency, national assets available at ISRO can be used to store liquid oxygen upto 17 lakh litres which will solve lot of problems in Bengaluru”, he tweeted.
Mr. Patil, who can be the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the State Legislature, had met Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurpppa and offered numerous suggestion for stepping up manufacturing of liquid oxygen and its storage in Bengaluru.
“I urged CM to take steps to use this facility to save people. Gave him suggestions on transportation, storage and to enhance oxygen production” he stated.
The ISRO has established hi-tech facilities for nitrogen and oxygen storages. According to scientists, “nitrogen and oxygen facilities are interchangeably utilised with ease by minor modifications in valves”.
The Prof. U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, has tanks having a storing capability of 12.35 lakh litres of oxygen. The Integrated Satellite Indian Testing Establishment Centre (I-SITE) on the Marathahalli campus of ISRO has tanks with a storage capability of 5 lakh litres of oxygen. From these storage facilities, oxygen might be transported to the end-use hospital facilities, the Congress leader steered.
“Therefore, I urge the Government of India to accord all necessary clearance to utilise these facilities to store about 1.7 million litres of medical oxygen. This storage will definitely help in a big way to meet the demand of entire Bengaluru and to smoothen the supply chain”.
On the oxygen manufacturing entrance, Mr. Patil stated manufacturing crops situated in Ballari and Koppal are utilising solely 5% to 10% of their capability to manufacture medical oxygen, and a few, lower than 5% . Their potential ought to be tapped totally to meet the crucial demand from COVID sufferers within the State.
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