Maharashtra: Malegaon to get 2 oxygen plants by next month

Nashik: Malegaon’s two liquid oxygen plant projects — each with a capacity of 20 kilolitres — are likely to become operational early next month.
While one plant has been planned on the government-managed Malegaon general hospital (MGH) premises, the other one, by a private party, is coming up near Chalisgaon phata in the textile town.
District civil surgeon Ashok Thorat told TOI that the vendor for the MGH plant has been identified and work has started.“The vendor has been asked to fast-track the project and we are expecting the plant to become operational within the next 20 days. It would be the responsibility of the vendor to procure the mandatory approval from agencies like the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation,” Thorat said.
Bharat Mehta, an oxygen gas distributor in Malegaon, said that the oxygen plant work is on in full swing and would be completed by first week of May.