NHAI To Carry Out Construction Work For Setting Up 500 Medical Oxygen Plants Across India

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to conduct the civil and construction work to establish 500 medical oxygen plants across districts. The NHAI has been handed over this task as the authority is present throughout the country and is well-placed to expedite the process.

The required sites could be readied in less than 15 days if a reinforced concrete (RCC) structure is not necessary. However, provided that the RCC is needed, the completion of the entire process will extend to at least a month.

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari assured that the NHAI will live up to its standards of road construction to building the required infrastructure in record time to ensure the supply of oxygen to needy patients.

“We are at war. The monetary considerations don’t matter now. We have asked our staff in different parts to go all out for this work,” the president of a major highway developer was quoted by the TOI.