Telangana To Transport Oxygen Tankers By Warplanes Amid Covid Crisis

The Chief Minister has implemented the move with the aim of saving people in times of need in the face of an increased demand for oxygen for Covid patients, his office said.

Amid the medical oxygen crisis due to a massive surge in coronavirus cases across the country, the Telangana government has decided to move oxygen tankers by warplanes. According to a message from the Chief Minister's Office, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has implemented the move with the aim of saving people in times of need in the face of an increased demand for oxygen for Covid patients. "Realising that a lot of time will be wasted moving oxygen from distant places through containers, Chief Minister KCR has decided to move oxygen tankers by warplanes," the statement said, adding that such an idea is ideal for the country at "emergency times".