Mysore/Mysuru: A huge spike in oxygen requirement for COVID-19 patients both in Mysuru and Bengaluru has resulted in the State Government diverting all industrial gas cylinders — used for welding purposes — to be filled with Liquid Medical Oxygen for human use. This has resulted in slowing down of the ambitious Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Economic Corridor project.
Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, sources on condition of anonymity said that all the industrial gas cylinders that belonged to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) that is executing the project have been diverted to oxygen supply. These cylinders typically carry carbon dioxide, argon, helium and fuel gases such as acetylene, oxygen, propane, butane, etc. used for welding purposes.
