Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over telephone discussing about the Covid-19 situation in the country.
Patnaik said that it is a war-like situation in the nation and Odisha would extend all cooperation in the country’s fight against the pandemic, including ramping up oxygen production to assist other States in this emergency situation.
Earlier in the day, Patnaik had telephoned his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal and assured full support to Delhi in facilitating lifting of Delhi’s quota of oxygen from Odisha. Kejriwal expressed his gratitude to Patnaik for the gesture.