Indian naval ship brings oxygen to Mumbai from Qatar.
Amid the continued battle in opposition to COVID-19, Indian Naval Ship Tarkash introduced two containers with 20 MT liquid medical oxygen every and 230 oxygen cylinders right here from Qatar on Wednesday, a Navy spokesperson mentioned.
The Indian Navy has deployed its numerous ships to carry oxygen and different medical gear to the nation underneath operation ‘Samudra Setu II’.
The oxygen containers had been facilitated as a part of the French mission ‘Oxygen Solidarity Bridge’ and the cylinders of the life-saving gasoline had been gifted by the Indian diaspora in Qatar, the spokesperson mentioned.
The consignment was handed over to Maharashtra’s civil administration for additional mandatory motion, the Navy mentioned.
On Monday, INS Trikand introduced 40 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen from Qatar as a part of the French mission to help India’s combat in opposition to the pandemic.
The Navy earlier mentioned it has stepped up its efforts as ships from all three naval instructions in Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and Kochi had been deployed to carry oxygen and different medical gear underneath operation ‘Samudra Setu II’.
Last 12 months, the Navy had launched Operation Samudra Setu as a part of the Vande Bharat evacuation mission underneath which it introduced again to India round 4,000 stranded Indians from Maldives, Sri Lanka and Iran.
As India battles a devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of international locations have despatched medical provides, together with oxygen-related gear, to assist it tide over the state of affairs.
