Odisha Police escorts 90 tankers of medical oxygen to other states in last 5 days

Prameyanews English

Published By : Prameya News Bureau | April 27, 2021 IST

Bhubaneswar, April 27: Odisha Police has formed a dedicated corridor for prompt and unhindered movement of medical oxygen for service of thousands of needy patients without any delay. As many as 90 tankers and containers carrying around 1675.781MT medical oxygen have been dispatched under police escort to various states. 30 tankers with 644.72 MT of oxygen were sent to Andhra Pradesh, 19 tankers with 324.079 MT of oxygen were sent to Telangana. Tamil Nadu received one tanker filled with 15.98 MT of medical oxygen. Haryana received 08 tankers filled with 187.512 MT of oxygen. Six tankers with 112.06 MT of oxygen were sent to Maharashtra, while 61.44 MT of oxygen filled in 4 tankers have left for Chhattisgarh. Similarly seven tankers have carried around 114.17 MT of oxygen to Uttar Pradesh in last five days. Based on the directive of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, a Special Cell was formed under Y K Jethwa, ADG (L&O) as the Nodal Officer for coordinated action for loading and transportation of medical oxygen by Odisha to States facing deficit.

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