UP CM inaugurates biggest oxygen plant in Ghaziabad to aid in COVID fight

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday inaugurated a new state-ofthe-art cryogenic oxygen plant, the biggest in the state, which will help with supplies in hospitals. The ultra-high purity air separation plant with a capacity of 150 tonnes per days (TPD) in Ghaziabad’s Modinagar will produce liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen and liquid argon for various industrial needs, according to INOX Air Products (INOX AP), which has commissioned the plant. Adityanath, who inaugurated the plant virtually from his office in Lucknow, said the facility will help the state fight the coronavirus better. “On this day of PM Narendra Modi’s call for ‘Jan Andolan’ for COVID-19, I am happy to inaugurate a 150 TPD capacity Liquid Oxygen Plant in Uttar Pradesh which will help us to fight corona better,” he tweeted.