Good Samaritan spends ₹1 cr for arranging oxygen tankers to Nagpur, Vidharbha May 05, 2021 Pyare Khan, a transporter, helps to deliver LMO by tankers from multiple locations “How can I charge for something like this,” remarked Pyare Khan, who has spent nearly ₹1 crore for arranging oxygen tankers to Nagpur, after a call from the Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and from the local administration. Over 205 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) was received on Sunday alone, which will be used to treat patients in Nagpur and Vidharbha region. Khan, whose service has been tweeted about by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Anand Mahindra, Congress’ Digvijay Singh, actor Paresh Rawal, said that to move the cargo to Nagpur, they had to arrange a total of 19 tankers. “The oxygen to Nagpur is being moved from five locations in three States – Bellary (Karnataka); Bhillai and Raipur (Chhattisgarh); Angul and Rourkela (Odisha). By arranging two drivers for each tanker, we managed to cut down on the transportation time. Initially, from Bellary, I paid more than three times the actual charge for arranging two tankers. Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari arranged five tankers from Visakhapatnam, which needed repairing. I got them repaired. Then we sent drivers by cars to those locations; and moved the oxygen to Nagpur, that was used to save lives of people,“ Khan told