By Our Correspondent
ANGUL/ROURKELA/JAJPUR: A total of 1338 tankers/containers carrying 24604.543 MT medical oxygen have been dispatched under escort/supervision of Odisha Police so far from Rourkela, Jajpur, and Dhenkanal and Angul districts of Odisha to 16 Deficit States/UTs in the country. More are leaving on Sunday.
During last 38 days, as many as 123 tankers were dispatched from Angul with 2007.422 MT, 305 from Dhenkanal with 4972.09 MT, 276 from Jajpur with 5666.055 MT and 634 from Rourkela with 11958.976 MT.
A total of 410 tankers with 8035.382 MT of oxygen have been sent so far to Andhra Pradesh, and 352 tankers with 6151.889 MT of oxygen to Telengana. Tamilnadu has received 141 tankers filled with 2507.837 MT of medical oxygen. Similarly, Haryana has received 177 tankers filled with 3259.273 MT of oxygen. 41 tankers with 660.051 MT of oxygen have been sent so far to Maharashtra, while 629.321 MT of oxygen filled in 39 tankers have been dispatched to Chhattisgarh. As many as 63 tankers have carried around 1241.232 MT of oxygen to Uttar Pradesh and 66 nos of tankers with 1163.97 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, 4 tankers with 107.89 MT sent to Punjab, 8 tankers with 151.12 MT sent to Karnataka, 3 tankers with 66.14 MT sent to Bihar, 2 tankers with 25.29 MT sent to Chandigarh, 7 tankers with 126.388 MT sent to Kerala, one tanker with 29.1 MT sent to West Bengal and 2 tankers with 39.42 MT of Oxygen have been sent so far to Rajasthan in last 38 days.
Based on the directive of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, a Special Cell was formed under Y K Jethwa, ADG (L&O) as the Nodal Officer for coordinated action for loading and transportation of medical oxygen by Odisha to States facing deficit. A Dedicated Corridor has been set up with round the clock monitoring. District SsP/DCsP and Range DIG/IG/CP are supervising the movement personally within their jurisdictions.
Odisha Police is committed to ensure that there is no delay in loading and transporting so as to promptly serve thousands of needy patients in UP, MP, Haryana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Tamilnadu, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Bihar, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Chandigarh, West Bengal, Kerala and other states. Odisha Police will do our utmost for prompt service to assist other states.
