Ashok Gehlot urges PM Modi to increase Rajasthan’s quota of oxygen.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday and requested him to increase the state’s quota of oxygen in view of a rising quantity of COVID-19 circumstances.
The chief minister knowledgeable that after an assurance from the prime minister, discussions have been additionally held with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, and expressed hope that the state’s quota of the life-saving gasoline can be raised.
Gehlot knowledgeable on Twitter that he spoke to Modi concerning the COVID-19 state of affairs within the state over the cellphone and stated oxygen ought to be allotted to states on the premise of the quantity of sufferers.
“The Prime Minister has assured to resolve it soon,” he stated, including {that a} dialogue was additionally held with Goyal on this regard.
“It is expected that the oxygen allocation of the state will be increased soon, ” Gehlot stated.
He added {that a} request was additionally made to the defence minister to proceed the companies of the Indian Air Force for sending empty oxygen tankers to Jamnagar, Hazira and many others. as earlier than.
“Also, a demand was made to increase the number of oxygen plants to be set up by DRDO in the state,” the chief minister stated.
