An initiative taken up by the district administration to fill the gaps in oxygen supply in rural areas was fulfilled on Wednesday as an oxygen manufacturing plant sponsored by ITC-ABD was inaugurated at Sattenapalli here on Wednesday.
District Collector Vivek Yadav, who had taken the initiative to convince ITC-ABD to set up Oxygen manufacturing plants at Sattenapalli and at Macherla, said the new plants would fulfil the demand for oxygen in rural areas.
Member of Parliament, Narsaraopet , Lavu Srikrishnadevarayulu said that ITC had done good service during the pandemic and wanted the company to do more in education and health sectors.
The ITC-ABD could adopt government schools and turn them into model schools, he said. MLA Ambati Rambabu said the initiative was noble as a major firm was involved in philanthropy in rural areas. Joint Collectors A.S. Dinesh Kumar and P Prasanthi were present.
