Jalna-based steel maker Polaad has set up an oxygen generation plant at Marathwada region of Maharashtra at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore, and has begun to supply medical oxygen free of cost to Covid-19 patients, said its Director Nitin Kabra.

In view of the shortage of oxygen, Aurangabad Divisional Commissioner Sunil Kendrekar and District Collector Ravindra Binwade on April 16 called a meeting with steel industrialists and requested to generate oxygen for medical purposes.