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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate 35 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Plants set up under Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARESF), to the nation across 35 states and union territories on October 7, 2021.

The event, where these plants will be dedicated by the PM, will be held at AIIMS-Rishikesh, Uttarakhand . With this, all districts of the country will now have commissioned PSA Oxygen Plants. The Prime Minister will also address the gathering on the occasion.

“Till now, a total of 1224 PSA Oxygen Plants have been funded under PM CARES all across the country, out of which more than 1100 Plants have been commissioned, providing an output of over 1750 MT oxygen per day. It is a testimony of the proactive measures taken by the Government to augment India’s medical oxygen generation capacity since the advent of Covid-19 pandemic,” the Indian Health Ministry informed.

The ministry said that the project to commission a PSA oxygen plant in each district of the country was executed while dealing with complex challenges of hilly areas, islands and territories with difficult terrain.

“Operations and maintenance of these plants have been ensured by training more than 7,000 personnel. They come with an embedded Internet of Things (IoT) device for real time monitoring of their functioning and performance through a consolidated web portal,” added the ministry.