Haryana

• 21 Jul 2022

Oxygen Plant at Uchana Civil Hospital

Why in News?

• On July 20, 2022, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala inaugurated the newly constructed oxygen plant at Uchana Civil Hospital in Jind district.

Key Points

• With the establishment of this oxygen plant, Uchana and its surrounding areas will get better and convenient health services. This oxygen plant has the capacity to produce 250 liters of oxygen per minute, which will provide relief for the treatment of patients in case of emergency.
• Significantly, during the Corona epidemic, patients were suffering due to lack of oxygen in areas like Uchana. Now it has become a permanent solution in future.
• With the setting up of the oxygen plant, emergency patients suffering from serious illnesses will now get relief from the risk of going to PGI Rohtak or other major medical institutions and they will also get quick treatment.
• Dushyant Chautala said that the basement and shed of this oxygen plant, built at a cost of Rs 45 lakhs under Honda India Foundation, courtesy of CSR, have been built on the basis of best and latest technology at the modern level.
• Each bed of the hospital has been connected through pipelines to this plant built with modern technology, on which emergency patients will be provided free oxygen facility on all 30 beds of the hospital.
• The capacity of this oxygen plant is to provide oxygen on 50 beds continuously. Apart from this, 55 big i.e. jumbo cylinders can also be made available every 24 hours as per the requirement.

Online Webinar Series Launched in Haryana

Why in News?

• On July 20, 2022, Navdeep Virk, Principal Secretary, Haryana Transport Department, launched the online webinar series on the theme 'Youth's Responsibility in Accident-Free Haryana'. This webinar series will continue till September 4, 2022.

Key Points

• This webinar series is being organised through the Department of Education on the initiative of the Transport Department.
• Navdeep Virk said that with the positive contribution of the police department, the department has organized a series of annual events of quiz competitions on road safety for students of all age groups. The initiative is listed in the Limca Book Records as a world record.
• The programme coordinator informed that the next webinar will be held on July 27, 2022 with the theme 'Role of Health Services in Road Safety' and all the teachers/students of PGI and Nursing will participate in this webinar.
• On August 10, 2022, there will be a webinar on the theme 'Life will be protected only then rakshabandhan festival will happen', which will be attended by all ITI teachers.
• On August 22, 2022, there will be a webinar on the theme 'Role of Arts in Road Safety Awakening Campaign', in which all the teachers of the Department of Mass Communication and Arts will participate.
• Similarly, on August 31, 2022, there will be a webinar on the theme 'Role of Traffic Management in Environment Protection', in which scientists and researchers from all agricultural universities and research institutes will participate.
• On September 4, 2022, there will be a webinar on the theme 'Role of Educational Institutions in Road Safety', in which all senior secondary school principals will participate.

Three National Highway Projects in Haryana

Why in News?

• On July 19, 2022, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari along with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar dedicated Three National Highway projects in the state from Gurugram.

Key Points

• Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Three National Highway projects constructed at a cost of Rs. 3450 crore, including elevated highway from Gurugram to Sohna, four lane road from Rewari to Ateli Mandi on NH-11 and four lane from Kherdi Mor to Haluwas village via Bhiwani bypass. Project included.
• Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister Gadkari said that National Highways are being constructed in Haryana at a cost of about Rs 50,000 crore. 1015 kms. Green Field Expressway and Green Field Corridor are being constructed.
• He said that the construction of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is going on at a cost of about Rs.1 lakh crore.The expressway starts from Sohna in Gurugram district.
• Gadkari said that in the next five years, e-vehicles are being promoted to eliminate the use of petrol in vehicles. The central government is also planning to provide 50,000 e-buses. Haryana should also start e-buses on the same lines. E-bus costs 41 rupees 25 paise per km. the expenses come.This will reduce pollution from petrol and diesel.
• Nitin Gadkari asked Chief Minister Manohar Lal to stop farmers from burning stubble as fuel is made from stubble. The price of the stubble will be Rs 2,000 per tonne and it will make bitumin, which NHAI is ready to buy.
• He also stressed on the use of ethanol and said that instead of diesel and petrol pumps, ethanol pumps should be installed in Haryana and all vehicles should run on ethanol. This will save half the money of the drivers and will also get relief from pollution.