COVID-19: Uttarakhand govt approves Rs 578.34 lakh for oxygen supply pipeline

Uttarakhand government has allocated Rs 578.34 lakh for the construction of oxygen supply pipeline in 13 district and sub-district hospitals of the state under India's COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Financial Package.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand): Under India's COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Financial Package, the Uttarakhand government has allocated Rs 578.34 lakh for the construction of oxygen supply pipeline in 13 district and sub-district hospitals of the state.

"A total amount of Rs 578.34 lakh has been approved for construction of oxygen supply pipeline in 13 district hospitals/sub-district hospitals," the state government said in a statement.

Yugal Kishore Pant, the Mission Director of National Health Mission (NHM), shared the details of the amount distributed to the various district hospitals.

Rs 30.29 lakh to District Hospital Gopeshwar, Chamoli, Rs 36.89 lakh to District Hospital Almora, Rs 94.17 lakh to District Hospital Rudrapur Udham Singh Nagar, Rs 34.49 lakh BD Pandey District Hospital Nainital, Rs 76.44 lakh to NHM Shri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Madhvashram Government District Hospital in Koteshwar Rudraprayag, Rs 22.83 lakh to District Hospital Bageshwar, Rs 53.07 lakh to Government Base Hospital Haldwani, Rs 51.77 lakh to District Hospital Uttarkashi, Rs 15 lakh to District Hospital Haridwar, Rs 30 lakh to District Hospital Pithoragarh, Rs 41.60 lakh to District Hospital Champawat, Rs 58.73 lakh to Base Hospital Kotdwar and Rs 32.26 lakh has been approved for District Hospital Pauri.

These funds have been provided by the World Bank, he further said.

The overall tally in the hill state rose to 1,985 as Uttarakhand reported 43 fresh coronavirus disease (Covid-19) positive cases on Wednesday

Dehradun district has reported the maximum number of Covid-19 positive cases at 507, followed by Nainital (348), Tehri Garhwal (317) and Haridwar (238). While, Uttarakashi district is the least affected by the viral outbreak, as it has recorded 40 Covid-19 positive cases.

The state has a recovery rate and the spread of infection at 61.96% and 4.67%, respectively. The rate of doubling of cases -- based on the last seven days -- stands at 25.66 days.

Uttarakhand has 86 containment zones spread across five districts, including Haridwar (51), Dehradun (21), Tehri Garhwal (10) and two each in Udham Singh Nagar and Pauri Garhwal.

ANI report.