Tata group to build 400 oxygen plants
By MYBRANDBOOK
According to reports, Tata group will airlift 60 cryogenic oxygen tankers from overseas and build around 400 oxygen generating units that can be used by hospitals in smaller towns amid the pandemic. Besides, the group makes around 5,000 beds available for COVID-care with its various firms coming together in the fight against the second wave of the COVID-19.
The group is also reskilling some of its staff, especially within Indian Hotels, which has converted many of its hotels into COVID-care facilities to prevent a shortage of support staff for the patients.
"As we speak, we are making available around 900 MT of oxygen per day, that is Tata Steel alone. Our people in Tata Steel identified that the bottleneck is in transportation. We need special cryogenic containers. India doesn't have it. So, one just has to find them outside and get them airlifted. We have identified and are under process to bring almost about 60 such containers. About 14 of them have already come in, and there are more on the way. In this, we are working with our partners like Linde with whom we have a very good relationship," said, Tata Sons President Infrastructure, Defence & Aerospace and Global Corporate affairs, Banmali Agrawala.
Agrawala also lauded the government for providing planes from the Air Force to bring some of the containers. Stating that the second wave of COVID-19 is different with its severity and suddenness hitting the country, Agrawala said the solutions to it are also different and the group identified the shortage of oxygen and the bottleneck of logistics for its transportation as one of the primary challenges to overcome.
For this, he said the group has partnered with DRDO to take the latter's design to generate oxygen using pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology to build oxygen generating units. The official said the group firms of the conglomerate have come together in order to play their part to meet the challenges faced by the country at the moment due to the pandemic.
From an infrastructure perspective, he said Indian Hotels has converted many of its hotels and hotel rooms, making available 1,500 beds for the purpose of taking care of COVID-19 patients, while Tata Trusts have done another 1,500 beds with the hospitals they work with and Tata Projects have added another 400 odd critical beds through newly built or modified existing hospitals.
BREAKING NEWS
TECHNO TRENDS
BHIM to join e-commerce, competing with PhonePe and Google Pay
The government-supported payment software BHIM is getting ready to join t...
The latest version of X helps prevent deepfakes on social medi
To combat deepfakes and shallowfakes, Elon Musk revealed a new update t...
India and Namibia collaborate on a payment system similar to U
Once operational, the platform will enable digital transactions in Namibia,...
Sebi issues show-cause notices to six Adani group firms
Sebi issued show-cause notices to six Adani Group firms, including Adani ...
E-Magazine
TECHNOTAINMENT
Airtel Xstream Play strengthens regional content library, part
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications
ED attaches Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty’s Rs 97 crore worth as
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized businessman Raj Kundra's pro
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clover Infotech appointed Subham Banerjee as CDO
Clover Infotech has announced the appointment of Subham Banerjee as its Ch
Saviynt ropes in Sanjeevi Kumar as new Sales Director in India
The cloud-native identity and governance platform solutions provider Saviy
OPEN YOUR EYES
INTERVIEWS
Kaspersky securing the digital landscape by offering enhanced
Kaspersky is a thought leader in cybersecurity that identifies threats by p
CommScope celebrates its 25 years of legacy in India by contin
A strong brand must also reflect the company values and speak exactly what
HOT PICK
COLORFUL rolls out an array of gaming laptops
COLORFUL launched its incredible series of COLORFUL EVOL P15 gaming laptop
Dell Technologies launches new AI-powered commercial PC portfo
Dell Technologies has launched the broadest portfolio of commercial AI lap
MAKE IN INDIA BRANDS
HAVELLS INDIA LTD.
STERLITE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
EXIDE INDUSTRIES LTD.
WIPRO LTD.
EMINENT CIO'S OF INDIA
ICONS OF INDIA
Technology Icons Of India 2023: Sunil Gupta
Sunil Gupta is the Co-founder, Managing Partner & CEO of Yotta Infrast...
Technology Icons Of India 2023: Som Satsangi
With more than three decades in the IT Sector, Som is responsible for ...
Technology Icons Of India 2023: Ritesh Agarwal
Ritesh Agarwal Founder & CEO of OYO Hotels & Homes-World’s fastest g...
PARTNER SPEAKERS
PSU
BSE provides highly secure, efficient and transparent market for trading
BSE (formerly known as Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd.) is Asia's first & t...
Aadhaar: Architecting the World's Largest Biometric Identity System
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory au...
INDIANOIL helps reach precious petroleum fuels to every nook and corner of the country
IndianOil, a diversified, integrated energy major with presence in alm...
VIDEOS
Top 25 Brands
Value-Added Distribution
INFLOW TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD.
Inflow Technologies is a niche player in the IT Infrastructure Distrib...
SATCOM INFOTECH PVT. LTD.
Satcom Infotech Pvt. Ltd is a distribution houses in security in India...
TECHNOBIND SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.
TechnoBind’s business model is focused on identifying and partnering...
ITFORUM 2024
WIITF 2024
CMO of the Year
WOMEN LEADERSHIP
EMINENT CIO's OF INDIA
TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY
MORE VIDEOS
ADVERTISEMENTS
TECHNOLOGY DISRUPTION
UNICORNS REVOLUTIONISING
