A total of 516 tankers and containers carrying 9,465.596 MT medical oxygen have so far been dispatched under escort of the Odisha police from Rourkela, Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Angul districts of Odisha to 11 deficit States in the country.
During last 18 days, as many as 51 tankers were dispatched from Angul with 852.642MT, 132 from Dhenkanal with 2091.5 MT, 123 from Jajpur with 2543.192 MT and 210 from Rourkela with 3978.262 MT.A total of 156 tankers with 3106.784 MT of oxygen have been sent so far to Andhra Pradesh, and 133 tankers with 2268.209 MT of oxygen to Telangana.
Tamil Nadu has received 10 tankers filled with 202.04 MT of medical oxygen. Similarly, Haryana has received 76 tankers with 1385.422 MT of oxygen. As many as 22 tankers with 388.68 MT of oxygen have been sent so far to Maharashtra, while 305.541 MT of oxygen filled in 20 tankers have been dispatched to Chhattisgarh. As many as 37 tankers have carried around 696.3 MT of oxygen to Uttar Pradesh and 45 tankers with 785.87 MT of oxygen have been sent to Madhya Pradesh till date. 13 tankers with 237.24 MT of oxygen have been sent so far to Delhi, two tankers with 58.22 MT sent to Punjab and two tankers with 31.29 MT sent to Bihar in last 18 days.
The Odisha police is committed to ensure that there is no delay in loading and transporting so as to promptly serve thousands of patients in the needy States, an official release said.