KATHMANDU

The 13th Annual General Assembly of Nepal Oxygen Gas Production Association for the fiscal year 2079/80 was successfully conducted on 2080/04/18 in Kathmandu. The General meeting has unanimously re-elected Mr. Gaurav Sharda, as the Chairman of the company. Additionally, Mr. Virendra Kumar Sanghai was elected as the Vice-Chairman, Mr. Narayan Datt Timalsina as the Secretary, Mr. Prahlad Timilsina as the Treasurer, and Mr. Shankar Lal Agrawal, Mr. Abhik Jyoti, Mr. Dinesh Dhakal, and Mr. Sharad Khanal were elected as members.

The Government hasn’t yet returned the oxygen cylinders taken during covid crisis which has caused significant financial losses to the industry and board members have promised to draw government attention on the same. The association has made the decision to pressurize the concerned government body to establish necessary laws regarding the standardization and regulation of oxygen cylinder quality.

Mr. Gaurav Sharda said, ‘Rules such as implementing COLOR CODING, LABELING, MAXIMUM FILING PRESSURE, GAS FORMATION, and PERIODIC INSPECTION DETAILS should be strictly enforced by the relevant authorities to ensure the safety of workers.’

Association has also decided to bring government attention to the significant import of Liquid Oxygen.

Chairman Sharda added, “There is no need to import liquid oxygen as the production of oxygen gas industries operating in Nepal is more than the demand. Due to the importation of liquid oxygen, the future of 28 oxygen industries operating across the country is in jeopardy. In this way, Nepal is forced to depend on India for oxygen gas.”