Navy Ships To Bring Loaded Tanks Of Oxygen From Abroad Amid Crisis

Operation Samudra Setu-II has been launched by the navy to meet the oxygen requirements in the country.

Seven naval ships have been deployed to bring liquid medical oxygen-filled cryogenic containers and associated medical equipment from various countries. Naval ships Kolkata, Kochi, Talwar, Tabar, Trikand, Jalashwa and Airavat have been deployed as part of operation Samudra Setu II. A grim second wave of the pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals leaving families to scramble for scarce medicines and oxygen for their infected relatives. Operation Samudra Setu-II has been launched by the navy to meet the oxygen requirements in the country. INS Kolkata and INS Talwar, the first batch of ships that were diverted for the task, have already entered the Port of Manama in Bahrain on Friday.