Steel Authority of India (SAIL), leading state-run steel maker,  has enhanced its daily limit of oxygen supply to over 1,100 metric tonne (MT).

The daily delivery of LMO from the company's integrated steel plants has been increased from a level of about 500 MT in the 2nd week of April to more than 1100 MT/a day currently.

SAIL has five integrated steel plants located at Bhilai in Chhattisgarh, Rourkela in Odisha, Bokaro in Jharkhand, Durgapur and Burnpur in West Bengal.

The company has so far supplied around 50,000 MT of LMO to health facilities in different parts of the country through rail and roads. The production and delivery of LMO are taking place 24x7 at all SAIL plants. In April alone, the company delivered over 17,500 MT LMO to 15 states.

In addition to the supply of LMO, SAIL is also going to set up additional 2,500 hospital beds outside its current medical facilities with the support of gaseous oxygen brought by dedicated gas pipelines from the plants.

Shares of the company gained Rs 2.25, or 1.76%, to settle  at  Rs 130.20.  The total volume of shares traded  was  5,606,366 at  the BSE (Wednesday).