Sterlite Copper plant in TN resumes oxygen production

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Chennai: Vedanta Ltd owned Sterlite Copper resumed production of medical oxygen at its system in Tamil Nadu, days after it faced a technical
snag, resulting in a stop in operation, the business said on Wednesday
We are delighted to share that the disturbance in the oxygen plant has been rectified and have now rebooted production, the company stated
in an upgrade
The oxygen created is being stored at our on-site facilities and will be distributed according to the instructions of the state government
and concerned nodal officers
The business had roped in professionals from the Indian Space Research study Organisation to rectify the glitch.Last week, the ISRO group
had shown up and recommended some procedures to fix the snag and resume oxygen production.The center at Tuticorin district started producing
medical oxygen, on Might 13, to meet the demand for the life-saving gas following a rise in COVID cases in the state
The first set of oxygen tankers have been dispatched to the beneficiaries.The Sterlite copper smelter plant was accorded approval by the
then AIADMK government on April 26 at an all-party conference to produce medical oxygen at its center for a duration of four months at the
facility in Tuticorin.The plant was sealed by the state federal government in Might 2018, days after 13 agitators who became part of a
demonstration against the company over ecological issues, were eliminated in authorities shooting throughout a violent anti-Sterlite stir in
the southern district