The Centre has reiterated that the country has no shortage of oxygen as the crisis at the hospitals in Delhi continued for the 15th straight day. There are 1,500 state-owned oxygen plants in the in India now, said senior health ministry official Luv Agarwal.
Outlining the future plans of the government, he said nitrogen plants will be converted to oxygen plants. "Fourteen such industries have been identified from where we can produce oxygen. The nitrogen plants here will be converted to oxygen plants," he added.