Imported 20 cryogenic tankers of 10 & 20 MT, allocated them to states: Centre on oxygen shortage

New Delhi: To deal with the shortage of oxygen tankers within the nation, the Centre authorities has imported 20 cryogenic tankers of 10 MT and 20 MT capability and allocated them to the states.

Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat will get two 20 MT cryogenic tankers every. Uttar Pradesh (three), Rajasthan (4), Delhi (three) and Gujarat (two) will get 10 MT cryogenic tankers.

“The mapping of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) from the manufacturing plant to different States being a dynamic process and transportation of medical oxygen through cryogenic tankers becoming a bottleneck in making available LMO from the eastern part of the country to other parts, twenty cryogenic ISO containers of capacity 20 MT and 10 MT have been imported to augment the transportation of Oxygen,” the Union Health Ministry said.

“The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in session with Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) below the general steerage of the Empowered Group-II (EG-II) have mapped the allocation of these containers to suppliers of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Gujarat.

The announcement comes on the day when India reported 3,23,144 contemporary coronavirus infections, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,76,36,307 on Tuesday (April 27), as per information by the well being ministry. 

The nation’s whole COVID-19 caseload has now elevated to 1.76 crore (1,76,36,307), of which, 28.82 lakh (28,82,204) are energetic instances. India has additionally witnessed 1.97 lakh (1,97,894 ) coronavirus-related deaths. 

The nation has additionally recorded 2,51,827 discharges within the final 24 hours, taking the overall recoveries to 1.45 crore (1,45,56,209). The 5 most affected states by the overall COVID-19 instances are Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. 

Reeling below the second COVID-19 wave, a number of state governments have introduced stringent tips to curb the unprecedented rise of COVID-19 infections within the nation. 

These states embrace Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and others.

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