Centre sends 80 metric tonnes of oxygen to Uttarakhand
The Hindu
“Enough oxygen is being supplied by the Centre to the state in view of the difficult circumstances arising out of the surge in COVID-19 cases,” CM Tirath Singh Rawat said.
Eighty metric tonnes of oxygen sent by the Centre by an Oxygen Express train was dispatched to different districts of Uttarakhand on Wednesday. Flagging off trucks carrying the life-saving gas to various places of Kumaon and Garhwal divisions from the Harrawala station in Dehradun, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal for extending a helping hand. “Enough oxygen is being supplied by the Centre to the state in view of the difficult circumstances arising out of the surge in cases,” he said. Though there was never a shortage of oxygen in the State, its consumption has gone up with the rising number of oxygenated beds in hospitals and care centres, Mr. Rawat said.More Related News