Steel companies are stepping in to plug the gap in oxygen requirement for the treatment of Covid-19.
Companies like JSW Steel, Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) have been supplying to state administrations where their plants are located.
In the last 40 days, RINL supplied more than 4,000 tonnes of liquid oxygen to Andhra Pradesh through government agencies, at an average of 100 tonnes a day. SAIL is supplying 300-400 tonnes a day from its plants. JSW Steel has started supplying 110 tonnes from the Vijaynagar plant to the Karnataka administration and 100 tonnes daily from