Punjalkatte: The first oxygen production plant in Dakshina Kannada district was inaugurated on Saturday June 5 at Vamadapadavu Primary Health Centre in Bantwal taluk.
District in charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary inaugurated the new unit.
Speaking to reporters later, Poojary said that this plant will help in alleviating the medical oxygen shortage in the district.
“We will be setting up such units in various districts of the taluk in the coming days,” he said.