50% cut in O2 supply to industries, corona patients to get adequate supply instead

The number of patients suffering from Coronavirus is increasing day by day all over the world. COVID centers are also witnessing the flow of patients and so the need for oxygen has also increased. As a result, the government has ordered COVID Hospitals to provide an adequate amount of oxygen to the patients to make up for the loss of oxygen. So first the supply of oxygen will be provided to the COVID hospitals and later to the industries.

Following the order, which has been in force for the last five days, the situation of small and large industrial unit operators using oxygen has become dire in the city. Unit operators are in trouble for not getting enough oxygen to keep the units running as per the requirement of small and big industries. The units will be shutting down if they do not get enough oxygen just like hospitals.

Sardar Estate has around 20 large and small units producing a variety of items, including scientific equipment using oxygen. Apart from this, industrial estates located in other areas of the city also have a large number of units.

Rakeshbhai Vasava, the owner of Tulsi Scientific Works at Sardar Estate in Vadodara said that the government has cut off the supply of oxygen to other units, including those producing scientific equipment to save corona patients.
Their unit needs 15 oxygen cylinders a day to run, but for the last five days, they did not get a single one which will force them to shut down. The closure of the unit has also made it difficult to pay the employees.

He further said that the company was closed for 4 months during the lockdown. Oxygen is a priority for patients suffering from corona, but even unit operators like them need oxygen to get back on track for work.