Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting with the Chief Ministers of the high burden states over the prevailing COVID-19 situation there.
Several states in the country have reported a shortage of oxygen amid a surge in coronavirus cases. 2 hours ago Screengrab of a video showing a special train carrying oxygen tanker ready to leave Visakhapatnam for Maharashtra. | Piyush Goyal/ Twitter
A special train carrying liquid medical oxygen made its first journey on Thursday from Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam to Maharashtra. Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted a video of the train preparing to leave the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam facility in Visakhapatnam.
The Ministry of Railways will run the “Oxygen Express” train from steel plants that produce oxygen to different parts of the country, reported NDTV. The decision to transport oxygen came when several states are facing an acute shortage of oxygen amid a massive surge in coronavirus infections.
Updated 7 hours ago C-17 and IL-76 aircraft airlifted empty cryogenic oxygen containers from Air Force Station Hindan to Panagarh on Friday. | PTI
The Indian Air Force on Friday airlifted nine empty oxygen tankers from Telangana to Odisha amid a severe crisis precipitated by the second wave of the pandemic,
The Hindu reported. Around 150 metric tonnes of oxygen will be brought in to Telangana using these tankers.
Officials told the newspaper that it will take more than three days for a two-way journey from Hyderabad to Angul in Odisha, where the plant is located. The decision to airlift tankers was taken to save time. The tankers will return by road by April 27 after covering a journey of 1,058 kms.
Kejriwal used PM Modi s conference with CMs on COVID-19 to play politics: Govt sources ANI | Updated: Apr 23, 2021 13:41 IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal used the COVID-review conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a platform to play politics, government sources informed on Friday, adding that his speech was not meant for solutions but to evade responsibility. (He) chose to spread lies on vaccine prices despite knowing that the Centre does not keep one vaccine dose with itself and shares with states only, sources told ANI.
They further said that Kejriwal raised the point of airlifting oxygen but was unaware that it was already being done.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting with the Chief Ministers of the high burden states over the prevailing COVID-19 situation there. The meeting was held virtually.