Till Wednesday, 112 tankers and containers carrying 2,112.051 MT medical oxygen have been escorted from Rourkela, Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Angul districts in the State by the Odisha police to other States, where is shortage for the lifesaving gas.
More are being dispatched on Thursday. As many as 18 tankers were sent from Angul with 278.7 MT, 14 from Dhenkanal with 231.16 MT, 33 from Jajpur with 702.74 MT and 47 from Rourkela with 899.451 MT. As many as 38 tankers with 811.04 MT of oxygen were sent to Andhra Pradesh, 27 tankers with 479.419 MT of oxygen were sent to Telengana. Tamilnadu received two tankers filled with 36.1 MT of medical oxygen.
Haryana received eight tankers filled with 187.512 MT of oxygen.Six tankers with 112.06 MT of oxygen were sent to Maharashtra, while 78.22 MT of oxygen filled in five tankers have left for Chhattisgarh.
Nine tankers have carried around 156.38 MT of oxygen to Uttar Pradesh and 17 tankers with 251.32 MT of oxygen were sent to Madhya Pradesh in the last six days d. Law and Order ADG YK Jethwa is monitoring the operations, an Odisha police release said.
