Over 800 MT O2 brought through 30 IAF flights so far, says Punjab

Punjab has managed to get a total of 804.26 metric tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) till date by operating 30 flights with assistance of Indian Air Force after the state started getting cryogenic tankers airlifted to the facilities from where Centre had allocated the quota.

In a written statement, members of the State Covid Control Room said that “due to the long journey involved in engaging to take trucks to and fro Bokaro and Hazira from where the state of Punjab gets its LMO quota, the state government had decided to conceptualise new ways to get the life saving medical supplies and then the Punjab government had decided to airlift oxygen tankers to Bokaro and Hazira plants from Chandigarh air base and to bring them back by road. The decision remarkably turned the situation in the state’s favour and the state was able to obtain adequate oxygen supplies”.