A total of 1,607 tankers or containers carrying 29907.468 MTs medical oxygen have been dispatched under the escort and supervision of the Odisha police so far from Rourkela, Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Angul districts of Odisha to 17 deficit States and Union Territories in the country. More are leaving on Friday.
During last 54 days, as many as 125 tankers were dispatched from Angul with 2036.562 MT, 340 from Dhenkanal with 5676.48 MT, 315 from Jajpur with 6420.949 MT and 827 from Rourkela with 15773.477 MT.
A total of 472 tankers with 9253.216 MT of oxygen have been sent so far to Andhra Pradesh, and 388 tankers with 6923.589 MT of oxygen to Telangana.Tamil Nadu has received 257 tankers with 4763.738 MT of medical oxygen. Similarly, Haryana has received 182 tankers filled with 3331.793 MT of oxygen. 41 tankers with 660.051 MT of oxygen have been sent so far to Maharashtra; while 836.711 MT of oxygen filled in 50 tankers have been dispatched to Chhattisgarh.
Besides, 68 tankers have carried around 1319.962 MT of oxygen to Uttar Pradesh and 67 tankers with 1182.6 MT of oxygen have been sent to Madhya Pradesh till date, 22 tankers with 410.24 MT of oxygen have been sent so far to Delhi, four tankers with 107.89 MT sent to Punjab.
As many as 25 tankers with 500.56 MT has been sent to Karnataka, three tankers with 66.14 MT sent to Bihar, two tankers with 25.29 MT sent to Chandigarh, 21 tankers with 405.068 MT sent to Kerala, one tanker with 29.1 MT sent to West Bengal, two tankers with 52.1 MT sent to Jharkhand and two tankers with 39.42 MT of oxygen have been sent so far to Rajasthan in the last 54 days.