There is fear of more oxygen plants breaking down in Karnataka
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Rajendra Prasad, an oxygen refiller from Mandya, stated the breakdown of oxygen plants was lengthy coming
The breakdown of the oxygen manufacturing plant in Ballari, was “inevitable and bound to happen”, in response to insiders in the oxygen business. Other oxygen producers fear their plants can also breakdown any day now, given they’ve been operating 24×7 for almost two months with no breaks for upkeep in order to satisfy the demand for medical oxygen through the second wave of the pandemic.
Subasish Guha Roy, promoter of Universal Air Products Pvt. Ltd., runs a 45-MTD capability oxygen manufacturing plant at Kunigal, one of the seven medical oxygen manufacturing models in the State. He expressed concern over the shortage of a break for his plant. “With the plant operating almost 24×7, it has developed some snags and its production capacity has also reduced by around 15%. We need to replace some compressor filters and other parts in our plant, but are unable to do so as the demand for oxygen refuses to subside. We thus cannot afford to switch off the plant,” he stated.
Mr. Roy stated this was not wholesome and all of the seven plants in the State have been on the danger of a breakdown any day. Multiple plants breaking down concurrently may pose an enormous danger for the State’s oxygen safety, he added.
Rajendra Prasad, an oxygen refiller from Mandya, stated the breakdown of oxygen plants was lengthy coming. “Electric crematorium furnaces are breaking down in the city because of being overworking; so will oxygen plants,” he stated. He added that the State and Union governments must issue in and plan the upkeep of these plants for long-term oxygen safety.
“Each of these plants has to now be given timeouts for maintenance by turn to avoid serial breakdowns. The Union government, which has centralised the grid, has to allot additional oxygen to the State to ensure the plants taking time off for maintenance does not affect the oxygen supply,” he stated.
Now that the COVID-19 caseload is dipping, oxygen demand is additionally manageable and this is the correct time to place plants beneath upkeep, stated Mr. Roy.
Deputy Chief Minister and COVID-19 activity pressure chief C.N. Ashwath Narayan stated the federal government would talk about with all of the stakeholders in the sector and attempt to present time for upkeep of oxygen plants.
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