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Government to Provide Discount on Electricity Tariff to Oxygen Industries

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Government to Provide Discount on Electricity Tariff to Oxygen Industries
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May 17: The government has decided to give discount on electricity tariff consumed by oxygen industries. 

A meeting of the Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre (CCMC) held on Sunday (May 16) took the decision to waive electricity tariff. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. The decision to offer a waiver on electricity tariffs to oxygen plants comes in the wake of growing demand for oxygen in hospitals due to the rising cases of Covid-19. 

According to the CCMC, it also decided to continue the import of liquid oxygen from India as well as increase the supply of oxygen cylinders.  The government has already imported 400 cylinders from China and 561 cylinders from Oman. 

CCMC members also claim that oxygen supply to the hospitals would not be a problem anymore as the government has imported additional oxygen cylinders from Lhasa via Tatopani. 

The meeting also discussed the shortage of financial resources and procedural hassles that have contributed to the suffering of the Covid-19 patients. Following the meeting, Prime Minister Oli directed CCMC to resolve the procedural hassles and act immediately. 

Meanwhile, the death toll from Covid-19 has crossed 5,000. With 145 deaths reported  on Sunday, the total number of people losing their lives to Covid-19 has climbed 5,001, according to the Ministry of Health and Population. 

According to Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradip Gyawali, CCMC has decided to intensify its efforts to prevent the Covid-19 outbreak as per the directive of the prime minister.

Stating that procedural hassles on procurement and other works related to the management of Covid-19 have contributed to a surge in deaths, he said that the government was committed to act swiftly to respond and manage the current health crisis.

 

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