The traders association hailed industrialists and government undertakings for coming out to cater to the needs of oxygen crisis at Covid 19 hospitals across the country.Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Sunday complimented some of .
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that the steel plants from across the country have already supplied 1.43 lakh metric tons of medical oxygen to different states till now.
West Bengal’s share of oxygen diverted to other States, CM alleges
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday addressed a public meeting virtually in Paschim Bardhaman and said that it was because of the “negligence of the Centre” that the COVID-19 situation in the country had assumed alarming proportions. She also alleged that oxygen meant for health facilities in West Bengal was being diverted to other States.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson said that no experts had been consulted; oxygen and medicines had not been stocked for the second wave of COVID-19; and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had said on March 7 that the coronavirus was on its way out.
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Dedicated corridor formed for their prompt and unhindered movement
Odisha has sent 15 tankers with more than 250 tonnes of medical oxygen from steel plants located in Rourkela, Jajpur and Angul towns to Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Indore, Pune, Mumbai and Nagpur in the last 24 hours. .
Odisha police said a dedicated corridor had been formed for prompt and unhindered movement of the trucks.
Y. K Jethwa, Additional Director General (Law and Order), has been designated as the nodal officer for coordinated action in loading and transporting medical oxygen.
Two more tankers from Angul to Visakhapatnam and another two from Jajpur to Ghaziabad and Visakhapatnam were scheduled to leave soon.