ITC To Import 24 Oxygen Tanks As India Battles Deadly Covid Crisis

The ISO-certified tanks will be flown in from neighbouring Asian countries in collaboration with Linde - a privately-held German company

Two dozen oxygen transport tanks will be airlifted to India to increase transport capacity from production sites to hospitals battling critical shortages amid a frightening wave of coronavirus infections, consumer goods giant ITC Limited tweeted Saturday afternoon. To serve the national priority & Government's effort in easing bottleneck of #medicaloxygen supply to hospitals, ITC is airfreighting 24 cryogenic ISO containers from Asian countries in collaboration with Linde India Ltd (1/2)@PMOIndia@nsitharaman@PiyushGoyal@AmitShahpic.twitter.com/C3wkwPY0bx In this spirit, the private German company Linde together with Tata have managed to secure 24 oxygen transport tanks that will be airlifted to India in order to increase transport capacity from production sites to Covid19 hotspots. The ISO-certified tanks will be flown in from neighbouring Asian countries in collaboration with Linde - a privately-held German company that is also a major supplier of medical oxygen. "To serve the national priority and the government's effort in easing bottleneck of medical oxygen supply to hospitals, ITC is airfreighting 24 cryogenic ISO containers from Asian countries in collaboration with Linde India Ltd." the company's tweet read.