Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) is providing Tele-Consultancy service to its employees and their dependents, who are either Covid positive or have symptoms of Covid-19.

Employees desirous of availing this facility can apply for the same through Covid-19 service required on http://pershris.sailbsl.in by selecting the Service for Tele-Consultancy, informed an official.

Employees wishing to use this facility should also feed into their Covid-19 symptoms system parameters to assist us in delivering better services, he said.

"BSL management is working tirelessly on all fronts to assist those in need during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our endeavour to fight against the pandemic continues. We are closely working with the Government of India and the states to address the demand and save precious human lives," officials said.

In a statement by BSL, Mani Kant Dhan, Chief of Communication said, over 10,000 TM of LMO have been distributed to various countries since August 2020.

“From April 1 to May 9, we supplied 6700 MT of LMO to various hospitals in several states, including Jharkhand (1100.09 MT), UP (1866.80 MT), Bihar (1211.76 MT), West Bengal (28.41 MT), Punjab (475.30 MT), Maharashtra (19.13 MT), Andhra Pradesh (54.78 MT), and Madhya Pradesh (764.00 MT),” Dhan added.

According to the requirements, supplies of LMO are still available during the ongoing Covid-19 second wave. Previously, we were producing 50 MT of LMO per day, which was used for steel production and oxygen enrichment in blast furnaces, as well as some general purposes such as lancing and gas cutting, he explained.

“Now that we have ramped up production, we are producing 150 T of LMO every day in collaboration with INOX Air Pvt. Ltd. at BSL and supplying the entire requirement,” he added.