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Captain Amarinder Singh seeks more oxygen tankers from Centre to meet growing demand

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Captain Amarinder Singh seeks more oxygen tankers from Centre to meet growing demand
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Punjab Coronavirus: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday appealed to the Centre for more Oxygen tankers to be made available to the state, which did not have enough tankers to transport the critical commodity for saving lives of seriously ill Covid patients. Captain Amarinder Singh, at the Covid review meeting, said the state urgently need more tankers, as it currently had only 15 at its disposal, with two more likely to come in by tomorrow. These, he said, were not enough to handle the requirement for transporting the Oxygen supplies coming in from other states.
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Punjab Coronavirus: Captain Amarinder Singh appealed to Centre for more Oxygen tankers to be made available to Punjab. In this period, the number of patients on Oxygen support in Punjab has gone up from 4000 to around 9000, and though the state government’s steps to monitor and streamline supplies through its controls rooms has helped in keeping things stable, the situation remains fluid and a matter of concern, he added. The current consumption of oxygen in the state is more than 225 MT daily, while the average increase in demand every day is around 15-20%. Punjab Coronavirus: Captain Amarinder Singh appealed to Centre for more Oxygen tankers to be made available to Punjab. Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan told the meeting that in addition to the shortage of trucks available with transporters in the state, the fact that a tanker takes around 4-5 days to bring the 90 MT quota allocation from Bokaro plant has made things worse. Unless the state gets more tankers, the situation could aggravate, she added. In addition to 90 MT from Bokaro, the state’s current allocation is 60 MT from the plant in Baddi, 20 MT from the plant in Panipat, 15 MT from the plant in Roorkee and 10 MT from plant in Dehradun. Click here to follow PTC News on Twitter -PTC News-
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