SRINAGAR: The Army on Thursday assisted the civil administration in restoring an oxygen generation plant that was defunct from last five years in the summer capital, Srinagar. Defence Ministry spokesperson Lt Col Emron Musavi said that the Oxygen plant of Enn Dee Gases, which is located at Rangreth on city outskirts was lying out of action for last five years.
”It has the capacity of filling 700 cylinders of oxygen per day. It was vital to make this plant serviceable to increase the oxygen production capacity in the valley,” he said. Lt Col Musavi said on being requested by the Civil Administration, Chinar Corps mobilised its resources to transport the required spare parts from Mumbai. ”The spares reached within just two days by an Indian Air Force plane,” he said.
He said the moment necessary spares arrived at the plant, team of technicians from Chinar Corps Zone Workshop, Rangreth along with civil technicians worked tirelessly to make the plant serviceable within four days. ”As the plant was in a state of disuse for five years, it had multiple problems in all subsystems like the Heavy Duty Air Compressor, the Chiller and even the Columnar Air Separator, which are vital parts of the plant,” he said.
He said once all the defects in the existing sub systems were rectified, the new Oxygen Filling Manifold was fitted by the technicians. ”The plant has been tested thoroughly and has been found to work satisfactorily,” he added.
