In view of the third wave of rapidly intensifying coronavirus in the country, the government has initiated the process to rehabilitate the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) oxygen plant to meet the demand for oxygen in the country. A team of experts, including those from the Pakistan Army Engineering Corps, will make its first visit to the Pakistan Steel's oxygen plant on Tuesday (today), the sources said. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Mohsin Ali Khan, the convener of National Engineers Welfare Association, which provides services for the rehabilitation of the oxygen plant, confirmed the high-level contacts for the rehabilitation of the oxygen plant. The convener said that technical inspection was required for the rehabilitation of the oxygen plant and that he was forming a team of retired Pakistan Steel engineers to work on it. “Most of the repairs can be done by the Pakistan Steel engineers on their own while even minor spare parts can be manufactured locally.”He said that power supply to the oxygen plant is the most important issue because before the plant shut down, Pakistan Steel used to supply power to the oxygen plant from its own power plant.

Source: The Express Tribune April 26, 2021 17:42 UTC