Work on O2 plant starts, city to have three by May end

Gurgaon: Three oxygen plants will come up in Gurgaon by the end of this month, officials said on Friday. A 1,000 litre per minute (LPM) capacity plant will be set up at Civil Hospital and two 200 LPM oxygen plants will be installed in Sohna and Pataudi.
Two days after Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh announced the plan for six new oxygen plants in the city, officials said that the work on the Sohna plant has already begun.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the agency assigned by the union government for civil work at the oxygen plants, carried out a site visit in Sohna and is likely to begin civil work soon.
In a district advisory committee (DAC) meeting on Friday, deputy commissioner Yash Garg said: “A 1,000 litres per minute (LPM) capacity oxygen plant, based on PSA technique, will be set up at Civil hospital in Sector 10 and two 200 litres per minute capacity oxygen plants will be set up in government hospitals of Sohna and Pataudi.” He added the plants are expected to be functional by the end of May.
Meanwhile, Singh confirmed that the NHAI has carried out site visits. “It will soon prepare drawings and start civil work. Once the civil work is completed, Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and HLL Infratech will begin the installation of the plants,” he said.
“I am hopeful that the oxygen plants will be set up and functional in 30 to 45 days. The plan is to make the plants functional before the third wave hits the country. The departments concerned have been directed to strictly adhere to the deadline,” added Singh.
After completion of the first phase, the government will set up an oxygen plant of 500 litres per minute capacity in Mandikheda hospital of Mewat. The NHAI has also carried out a site visit and will begin civil work soon.