Two oxygen refilling plants of the BMC at Mahul and Mahalaxmi areas in Mumbai were commissioned by Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray in an online function.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, in a release, said it was the first civic body in the country to set up its own medical oxygen refilling plants, which would bring about 40 per cent savings as well as cut down travel time. The plant at Mahul has a capacity of refilling 1,500 cylinders daily using 15 metric tons of oxygen and has been set up with the cooperation of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, while 100-120 dura cylinders can be refilled at the facility set up at the racecourse in Mahalaxmi, it added.