Students of Delhi University’s Shri Ram College of Commerce have set up an oxygen plant with a capacity of 280-litre per minute. The plant was inaugurated at the Commonwealth Games village here on Monday.
The students of SRCC said, within 10 days they raised Rs 35 lakh through an online fundraiser for setting up the oxygen plant.
Delhi fought a brutal second wave of the pandemic in the month of April and May during which an enormous number of lives were lost due to a shortage of beds and oxygen adding to the griefs of the people.
The Commonwealth Games Centre has been converted into a 500-bed Covid care facility by the Delhi government. SRCC alumnus and BJP leader Vijay Goel attended the event. Vijay Goel expressed his happiness and pride for being an ex-student of an institution like SRCC where students have always been at the forefront when it comes to helping society.
He appreciated the efforts of the college teachers, authorities as well as ’Doctors for You’ who collaborated for the initiative, for playing a contributory role in pulling off the movement.
College principal Professor Simrit Kaur called it a ’commendable effort’ by the students of the college.
“My gratitude towards a one-rupee contribution and towards a contribution of a lakh rupees was equal. It is the thought that matters, not the amount,” she said.
The plant can save around 20-30 lives at a time said the students.
“The plant will be installed at a permanent government health facility post the pandemic with the help of district authorities who were also present at the event,” Kaur said.
The journey of converting the Commonwealth Games Centre into a coronavirus care facility explained Sunil Kumar, Nodal Officer, CWG Covid Centre, district administration.
He said the efforts of students bear testimony to “our collective spirit and their work will act as a source of inspiration for many others”.
From ’Doctors For You’, Dr. Rajat Jain said, “The values, ethics, and life skills of the students are what makes up a premier institution and it has been proved by the students of SRCC.”
