On the one hand, in the private hospitals of the city, their families have to spend rupees for the treatment of the corona infected and on the other hand, there are active activists in the city. Such actions are also looking for opportunities in epidemics. These patients and their families are charging arbitrary prices of oxygen, fly meters, even empty cylinders. Recipients of the re-filling plant are charging 400 to 800 rupees in lieu of oxygen of 150 rupees.
Not only this, an oxygen flowmeter of Rs 600 is also being sold from these centers for Rs 2500 to 5000. Due to the scarcity of empty oxygen cylinders in the market, deposits of 10 to 15 thousand rupees are being taken to take oxygen cylinders at the plant. In this, the fare of the cylinder is also being charged up to 3 thousand rupees.
Sting 1: Work will not be done without a flowmeter, Rs 2500 Will take
Location- Center located in Kilagat. From here, empty cylinders are sent to the huge air plant at Malanpur and refill from here and come here. Oxygen cylinders are available from the public here.
Reporter – 1 oxygen cylinder is required.
Plant worker Chintu Gupta – There is no empty cylinder. You bring it, we will refill.
Reporter- Where will you meet the empty cylinder. You only give Tell me what you thought.
Plant employees – If we had, we would have deposited Rs 10,000 now, but not yet. You will get it, we will refill.
Reporter – How much will you refill?
Plant staff – will cost 400 rupees.
Reporter- These oxygen flowmeters are also being sold here.
Plant employees- Yes, oxygen cylinders are of no use without it. We are selling it for 2500 rupees.
Reporter- You are telling expensive.
Plant employees – not expensive, are giving very cheaply. Some people are selling the same flowmeter for 5 to 6 thousand rupees in the market by taking 2500 rupees from us.
Sting 2: Patwari said – Gas re-filling is cheap for Rs 800.
Location- MK Air Product’s gas plant located in Tansen Nagar. Patwari Shivam Dwivedi, posted here , admitted that more money was being taken for gas re-filling and cylinders.
Patwari said – a deposit of 10 to 15 thousand cylinders will be charged, out of which rent will be cut from 2 to 3 thousand rupees.
Reporter – We need an oxygen cylinder. The staff of the plant is not giving, saying that bring an empty cylinder. Where do we get them from?
Patwari Shivam Dwivedi – Shortage of empty cylinders. These people will not give. You bring the blank, there will be re-filling here.
Reporter- How much money will be spent on gas re-filling here.
Patwari-10 to 15 thousand rupees will be deposited, in the same time, 2 to 3 thousand rupees are charged for the cylinder. Gas re-filling is being done for 600 to 800 rupees.
Reporter – But that’s more. 150 or 200 rupees.
Patwari – There is so much shortage of oxygen, I myself have seen re-filling in 5 thousand here a few days ago.
Only gas can be
charged . ^ I find out about this. Cylinder of gas plant should not be charged. Gas should be charged only. I also find out about the black marketing of oxygen flowmeter.
