Centre sets up committee to allot oxygen

April 23, 2021 15:18

PM Narendra Modi chaired high-level meeting on COVID-19 situation with CMs of 11 states and UTs which have reported maximum number of cases recently. PM assured Centre's full support to all states.

A Coordination Committee will ensure that as soon as there is allotment of oxygen from the centre, it can deliver oxygen as per requirement in different hospitals of the state immediately.

PM Modi stated that Centre is working on all possible options to reduce the travel time and turnaround time of oxygen tankers. For this, railways has started Oxygen Express. Empty Oxygen tankers are also being transported by the Air-Force to reduce one way travel time.

The defence ministry said 23 mobile oxygen generation plants are being airlifted from Germany. These will be deployed in AFMS hospitals catering to COVID patients. These oxygen generating plants are expected within a week.

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