CHANDIGARH : Amid the rapid rise in Covid-19 cases and demand for medical oxygen across Haryana, the state government has set up the Haryana Oxygen Control Room at Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh.
Sharing more details, an official spokesperson said that all possible efforts are being made to increase the production of medical oxygen as well as diverting industrial oxygen for medical use. Further, to ensure the equitable distribution of oxygen allocated by the Government of India for Haryana and ensuring adequate and uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen within the state, a state-level oxygen control room has been set up at Haryana Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh.
The Control Room is mandated to perform several vital functions like ensuring the safe movement of oxygen tankers from manufacturing plants to the concerned districts, ensuring each district is informed of daily allocation as issued by the Health Department and that each district issues its own distribution plan and operates an early warning system, and attending to emergent requests from the Deputy Commissioners.
The Control Room will also perform the functions of mapping oxygen manufacturing plants and monitoring their transition from industrial oxygen to medical use, monitoring messages on the Oxygen War Room WhatsApp group, which comprises Deputy Commissioners, HODS and Administrative Secretaries, and initiating timely action.
The spokesperson said that the State Oxygen Control Room will be operated from Room number 43-A, situated on the eighth floor. The helpline number for the Control Room is 0172-2740833.
The spokesperson further informed that the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 had issued directions that the use of liquid oxygen is not allowed for any non-medical purpose and that all units manufacturing liquid oxygen shall maximize their production and make it available to the government for medical purposes only, with immediate effect and until further orders.