BMC, BPCL set up 2 oxygen refilling plant

Mumbai Amid surging Covid-19 cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday started two oxygen refilling plants at Mahalaxmi Race Course and Mahul. During the second wave between April and June last year, Mumbai faced an acute shortage of medical oxygen.

The oxygen refilling plants have been set up as part of joint efforts between the BMC and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). The BMC said that BPCL will supply the oxygen on a chargeable basis.

Inaugurating the plants via video conferencing, the state environment minister, Aaditya Thackeray, said that BMC is the first civic body in India to have its own oxygen refilling plant.