CICU asks admn to give surplus oxygen back to industries

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, May 25

The CICU today requested the administration to give surplus oxygen from hospitals to the industry.

The industrialists said the industry was suffering due to non-availability of oxygen.

“Laser-cut parts are required for agricultural machinery but due to the non-availability of oxygen, the laser-cutting machine cannot be operated. Same is the case with steel furnaces. Only few oxygen cylinders are required and if provided to the industry, these will run the entire supply chain,” the industrialists have said.

“Now that the Covid curve has flattened after the imposition of strict lockdowns, the demand of oxygen for medical usage has also decreased. The government should now provide surplus oxygen from medical usage to the industry,” they added.

It also extended support to the administration and said the industry, in the wake of the second wave of Covid-19, would provide the administration with empty oxygen cylinders for patients.

CICU president Upkar Singh Ahuja and general secretary Pankaj Sharma issued the joint statement.