Delhi government to import 21 oxygen plants from France, 18 tankers from Thailand
Delhi is facing an acute shortage of oxygen as the coronavirus cases in the national capital as well as the country have increased at an alarming rate amid the second wave of the pandemic.
FollowDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that his government will import 21 oxygen plants from France and 18 cryogenic tankers from Thailand.
Delhi is facing an acute shortage of oxygen as the coronavirus cases in the national capital as well as the country have increased at an alarming rate amid the second wave of the pandemic.
After facing a crippling shortage of life-saving oxygen, the Delhi government has decided to set up 44 oxygen plants at various hospitals, including 21 that will be imported from France. The Centre will install eight oxygen plants by April 30, Kejriwal said during an online briefing.
Arvind Kejriwal said the Centre has provided five oxygen tankers to Delhi, adding that the Delhi government has urged the Centre to provide Indian Air Force aircraft for bringing the oxygen tankers from Bangkok. The Delhi CM added that the tankers will start arriving in Delhi on Wednesday.
Kejriwal said the city faced the worst of the oxygen crisis on April 22, 23 and 24.
“The situation has improved considerably now,” Kejriwal said on Tuesday. “In the last two days, you will see that such SOS messages [distress messages]... have reduced. For this, the teams of Delhi government and the Centre have worked together.”
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