Corona: cylinder prices rise due to lack of oxygen in states

Now, along with Corona disease, lack of oxygen is also becoming a crisis. As corona cases are increasing in the country, there is a shortage of oxygen supply in the states and the prices of oxygen cylinders are increasing. Due to a lack of oxygen, some states are not sending oxygen out of their homes.

The Union Health Ministry has written a letter to all states asking them not to do so. The letter was released by the Union Health Ministry regarding Maharashtra's decision to stop oxygen supply. On September 7, when Maharashtra stopped the supply of oxygen, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh faced an oxygen shortage crisis.

There were reports that four patients died due to a lack of oxygen in Devas in Madhya Pradesh. Although the government rejected this, it was definitely believed that there is a shortage of oxygen in the state. Damoh, Jabalpur, Devas, and Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh have seen a severe shortage of oxygen since stopping supply from Nagpur. Let us know how much the demand for oxygen cylinders increased in which state ...

West Bengal - four to five times increase in demand for oxygen cylinders than before

Rajasthan - demand increased from 1,500-2,000 per day to 8,000-9,000 per day

Punjab - Number of 181 patients in July, which increased to 10,544 by 10 September

Karnataka - Demand increased from 100-150 MT to 500 MT

Uttar Pradesh - 800-900 cylinders increased demand compared to first 250 cylinders

Which states increased the prices of oxygen cylinders

Uttar Pradesh - the price increased from Rs 150 to Rs 315-350 for small cylinders, the security amount for taking cylinders increased from 5,000 to 10,000

Bihar - Ten-liter cylinder price increased from Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,500

Gujarat - The price of one liter of oxygen increased from Rs 8.5 to Rs 28-35

Apart from Maharashtra, Punjab also banned oxygen supply, after which Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh saw a decrease. Similarly, there was a decrease in Agra due to an increase in demand in Delhi and as demand increased in Idol and its adjoining areas, there was lack of oxygen supply in Bundelkhand and Jhansi.

However, in the southern states, there is no shortage of oxygen supply in Kerala. Along with this, the prices of oxygen cylinders were increased in many states. The National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority has fixed the highest price of oxygen at Rs 17 per cubic meter.

After importing oxygen from northern India, the price of oxygen per cubic meter in Telangana increased from Rs 10 to Rs 50. Although there is no shortage of oxygen in Andhra Pradesh, private hospitals are taking a lot of money for oxygen beds.

The price of an oxygen cylinder has increased from Rs 6,500 to Rs 10,000 in Odisha. Apart from this, the cost of refilling the cylinder has also almost doubled. Earlier, the price of refilling was Rs 350 in July, which has now increased to Rs 900.