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Maharashtra may divert all oxygen supply for medical use: Uddhav Thackeray
The Hindu | 03/04/2021 08:39 PM | Click to read full article
With the demand for oxygen surging, the State public health department had last month directed oxygen manufacturers to divert 80% of their stocks for medical use and retain the rest 20% for industrial purposes.
The daily demand for oxygen in Maharashtra has touched 700 metric tonnes against the state's production capacity of over 1200 metric tonnes.
