The quantity ofliquid oxygendespatched from the two Oxygen Plants of sealed copper smelter plantSterlitecrossed 1,000 tonnes on Monday. In a statement, the company said the milestone was reached when a truck with 16.5 metric tonnes of oxygen left to the Tuticorin and Tirunelveli medical college hospitals.
It has been sent to 23 districts in Nadu Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Namakkal, Kanyakumari, Thanjavur, Krishnagiri, Dindigul, Theni, Karur, Thiruvarur, Sivagangai, Tiruchirappalli, Pudukottai, Nagapattinam, Salem, Ramanathapuram, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Ranipet, Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai and Dharmapuri. It is in addition to 712 cylinders with 4,984 cubic meters of gaseous oxygen supplied to five districts.
The plant with a capacity of 1,050 metric tonnes a day was reopened in the first week of May to produce oxygen under the direction of the apex court.