Bhubaneswar: Continuing its efforts to save the lives of people needing oxygen in the country, Odisha has successfully sent 345 tankers of Liquid Medical Oxygen to various states. A total of 345 tankers carrying 6354.742 tons of medical oxygen have been escorted so far from Rourkela, Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Angul districts of Odisha by Odisha Police. As many as 35 tankers were dispatched from Angul with 585.98 MT, 84 from Dhenkanal with 1322.78 MT, 88 from Jajpur with 1815.99 MT and 138 from Rourkela with 2629.992 MT.
According to a release by the Odisha Police, 105 tankers with 2147 MT of oxygen were sent to Andhra Pradesh, 97 tankers with 1657.109 MT of oxygen were sent to Telengana. Tamil Nadu received 07 tankers filled with 136.42 MT of medical oxygen. Similarly, Haryana received 41 tankers filled with 783.822MT of oxygen. Fourteen tankers with 234.36 MT of oxygen were sent to Maharashtra, while 243.461 MT of oxygen filled in 16 tankers have left for Chhattisgarh. As many as 27 tankers have carried around 488.68 MT of oxygen to Uttar Pradesh and 35 tankers with 601.52 MT of oxygen were sent to Madhya Pradesh. 2 tankers with 33 MT of oxygen were sent to Delhi and 1 tanker with 29.32 MT sent to Punjab in last 14 days.
Based on the directives of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, a Special Cell was formed under Shri Y K Jethwa, ADG (L&O) as the Nodal Officer for coordinated action for loading and transportation of medical oxygen by Odisha to States facing deficit. A Dedicated Corridor has been set up with round the clock monitoring. All District SsP/DCsP and Range DIG/IG/CPs are supervising the movement personally within their jurisdictions. Odisha Police is committed to ensure that there is no delay in loading and transporting so as to promptly serve thousands of needy patients in UP, MP, Haryana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and other needy states.