IAF, Railways deployed to ferry oxygen as states await to plug critical supply
3 years, 11 months ago

IAF, Railways deployed to ferry oxygen as states await to plug critical supply

India TV News  

IAF, Railways deployed to ferry oxygen as states await to plug critical supply Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held high-level meetings with Chief Ministers of states worst hit by the second wave of coronavirus, industrialists and oxygen manufacturers to review the Covid situation and supply of essential medicines. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held high-level meetings with Chief Ministers of states worst hit by the second wave of coronavirus, industrialists and oxygen manufacturers to review the Covid situation and supply of essential medicines. Amid several states flagging scarcity of medical oxygen, the Prime Minister said Railways and Air Force are being deployed to reduce the transportation time for oxygen tankers and all state governments need to work together to meet requirements of life saving gas and medicines. It was the prime minister's third meeting with chief ministers in the last five weeks, while he also held his fourth review meeting in one week to review the oxygen availability situation, officials said.

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Punjab Govt Rolls out Oxygen Express to Boost Supplies Amid Covid-19 Surge
3 years, 10 months ago

Punjab Govt Rolls out Oxygen Express to Boost Supplies Amid Covid-19 Surge

News 18  

Punjab government has rolled out its first Oxygen Express that left for Jharkhand’s Bokaro on Saturday morning, to lift 40 mt Oxygen to boost up its stock of life-saving medical facilities. An official spokesman said that the state government has overcome the difficulty of tanker heights and of agencies to carry the Oxygen supplies vital in the fight against Covid-19. …

COVID-19: Oxygen shortage creates panic at AIIMS Rishikesh, dozens of patients shifted to another ward
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: Oxygen shortage creates panic at AIIMS Rishikesh, dozens of patients shifted to another ward

India TV News  

Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 patients and shortage of oxygen, lives of several coronavirus patients admitted at AIIMS Rishikesh was saved on Tuesday night by shifting them to another ward and oxygen was arranged from BHEL Haridwar. Rishikesh AIIMS Director Dr Ravikant said, "Due to increasing number of patients and shortage of oxygen, there was a problem of …

Forces granted emergency financial powers amid Covid-19 crisis
3 years, 11 months ago

Forces granted emergency financial powers amid Covid-19 crisis

Hindustan Times  

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday granted emergency financial powers to the military to strengthen and accelerate its efforts to deal with the crisis posed by the coronavirus disease pandemic even as the Indian Navy dispatched its warships to foreign shores to bring back liquid oxygen filled cryogenic containers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reviewed the military’s preparations for Covid …

India's oxygen crisis to ease by mid-May, output to jump 25%: Report
3 years, 11 months ago

India's oxygen crisis to ease by mid-May, output to jump 25%: Report

India Today  

India's severe medical oxygen supply crisis is expected to ease by mid-May, a top industry executive told Reuters, with output rising by 25 per cent and transport infrastructure ready to cope with a surge in demand caused by a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases. Medical oxygen consumption in India has shot up more than eight-fold from usual levels to about …

Indian Navy roped in to bring filled oxygen tankers from abroad
3 years, 11 months ago

Indian Navy roped in to bring filled oxygen tankers from abroad

India Today  

Indian Navy Ships have now been pressed into action to carry tankers filled with liquid oxygen from abroad to speed up efforts to meet the demands amid the Covid-19 surge. Two ships -- INS Kolkata and INS Talwar -- reached the port of Manama, Bahrain, for transporting 40 metric tonnes of liquid oxygen to Mumbai. Indian Navy has launched Operation …

Viral video claims UP Police forcefully took away oxygen cylinder from COVID patient for VIP, Agra police refutes
3 years, 11 months ago

Viral video claims UP Police forcefully took away oxygen cylinder from COVID patient for VIP, Agra police refutes

Op India  

On Wednesday, Times of India journalist Deepak Lavania took to Twitter to share a video claiming that a man begged the police to not take away the cylinder he had arranged for his mother. He claimed that the police confiscated the oxygen cylinder from private hospital in Agra and ‘supplied it to a VIP’. Viral tweet claiming man begged to …

Indian Railways ferries 510 tonnes of O2 in 10 days, Haryana to receive its first 'Oxygen Express' soon
3 years, 11 months ago

Indian Railways ferries 510 tonnes of O2 in 10 days, Haryana to receive its first 'Oxygen Express' soon

India TV News  

Indian Railways ferries 510 tonnes of O2 in 10 days, Haryana to receive its first 'Oxygen Express' soon Since Apr 19, the railways' Oxygen Express trains have delivered a cumulative 510 tonnes of oxygen to UP, Maharashtra, Delhi and M Haryana will get its first Oxygen Express train over the next few days with five tankers leaving Faridabad on Wednesday …

Covid-19: PM Modi chairs high-level meeting, directs officials to ensure rapid upgradation of health infra
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: PM Modi chairs high-level meeting, directs officials to ensure rapid upgradation of health infra

India TV News  

Covid-19: PM Modi chairs high-level meeting, directs officials to ensure rapid upgradation of health infra PM Modi was briefed about the functioning of the Oxygen Express Railways Service as well as the domestic sorties and international sorties undertaken by IAF to transport oxygen tankers. The Empowered Group working on boosting oxygen supply briefed the PM on efforts being made to …

Railways deliver 450 tonnes of liquid oxygen so far, Delhi receives 70 tonnes
3 years, 11 months ago

Railways deliver 450 tonnes of liquid oxygen so far, Delhi receives 70 tonnes

Hindustan Times  

On Tuesday, Delhi received its first Oxygen Express’ train ferrying four cryogenic tankers carrying liquid medical oxygen from Jindal Steel and Power Ltd steel plant in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh on Tuesday morning, said officials from the railway ministry aware of the development. “Delhi has received its first Oxygen Express carrying more than 70 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen today early …

Rajnath Singh asks Governors to rope in ex-servicemen for Covid relief; Navy on standby to bring oxygen containers
3 years, 11 months ago

Rajnath Singh asks Governors to rope in ex-servicemen for Covid relief; Navy on standby to bring oxygen containers

India Today  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday urged the governors and Lieutenant Governors to rope in ex-servicemen as part of augmentation of human resource to assist state and district administration in battling Covid-19. All medical personnel from the armed forces who have retired or taken pre-mature retirement in the last two years are being recalled to work in Covid-19 facilities within …

2 containers for carrying oxygen being brought from Dubai: Home Ministry
3 years, 11 months ago

2 containers for carrying oxygen being brought from Dubai: Home Ministry

India Today  

Two containers for transportation of medical oxygen, crucial component to treat critical Covid-19 patients, are being brought from Dubai, amid an increasing demand for the life-saving gas in the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Monday. "IAF C-17 aircraft reached Dubai today to airlift more empty O2 containers to supplement efforts to enhance oxygen availability in current COVID-19 …

India sends army to help hospitals hit by COVID-19 as countries promise aid
3 years, 11 months ago

India sends army to help hospitals hit by COVID-19 as countries promise aid

ABC  

India has ordered its armed forces to help tackle surging new coronavirus infections, as nations including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged urgent medical aid to try to contain an emergency overwhelming the country's hospitals. Key points: New Delhi will receive its first batch of medical oxygen via the Oxygen Express trains Only a tenth of the Indian population …

IAF Brings Six Empty Cryogenic Oxygen Containers from Dubai, Plans Afoot to Bring More
3 years, 11 months ago

IAF Brings Six Empty Cryogenic Oxygen Containers from Dubai, Plans Afoot to Bring More

News 18  

The Indian Air Force on Monday airlifted six empty cryogenic oxygen containers from Dubai and positioned them at Panagarh in West Bengal for refilling, officials said. The IAF is planning to bring from Dubai another six oxygen containers on Tuesday, they said. Since Friday, the IAF has been airlifting empty oxygen tankers and containers to filling stations across the country …

Oxygen Express with 3 tankers arrives in Maharashtra
3 years, 11 months ago

Oxygen Express with 3 tankers arrives in Maharashtra

India Today  

A train carrying three tankers loaded with liquid medical oxygen arrived at Kalamboli near Mumbai from Jamnagar in Gujarat on Monday, railway officials said. The first ‘Oxygen Express’ carrying seven tankers of liquid medical oxygen reached the state from Visakhapatnam on April 23. Informing about the ‘Oxygen Express’ which arrived on Monday, Western Railway officials said the Ro-Ro goods train …

Oxygen Express: 10 containers carrying 150 tonnes of oxygen supplied in last 24 hours
3 years, 11 months ago

Oxygen Express: 10 containers carrying 150 tonnes of oxygen supplied in last 24 hours

India TV News  

The railways has carried a total of 10 containers carrying nearly 150 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen to different states in the last 24 hours, the national transporter said on Saturday. The 'Oxygen Express' trains with Liquid Medical Oxygen tankers arrived in Nashik and Lucknow for supply to Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, respectively on Saturday. "A total of 10 containers …

Opinion | Covid Pandemic: A Herculean wartime-like effort to supply oxygen, medicines
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | Covid Pandemic: A Herculean wartime-like effort to supply oxygen, medicines

India TV News  

India reported 3,46,786 new Covid cases and 2,624 deaths on Friday as the second wave of pandemic unleashed since last month is sweeping through the length and breadth of this country. The Indian Railways, which used to transport battle tanks and armoured personnel carriers to the war fronts, is today running Oxygen Express, carrying liquid oxygen tankers from one part …

India virus patients suffocate from low oxygen amid surge
3 years, 11 months ago

India virus patients suffocate from low oxygen amid surge

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Authorities scrambled anew Saturday to …

Oxygen Express train with 30,000 litres of liquid medical oxygen arrives in UP
3 years, 11 months ago

Oxygen Express train with 30,000 litres of liquid medical oxygen arrives in UP

India TV News  

An Oxygen Express train carrying around 30,000 liters of liquid medical oxygen arrived in Lucknow on Saturday morning as Uttar Pradesh is battling a sudden surge in coronavirus cases, an official said. The special train carrying two truckloads of medical oxygen arrived in the state capital at 6.30 am from Bokaro, Jharkhand. "Two trucks of medical oxygen arrived in Lucknow …

IAF airlifts oxygen containers from Singapore to mitigate shortage in India as Covid-19 rages
3 years, 11 months ago

IAF airlifts oxygen containers from Singapore to mitigate shortage in India as Covid-19 rages

India Today  

The Indian Air Force has begun airlifting oxygen containers from Singapore amid the acute oxygen shortage in India. While many countries have come forward expressing solidarity and extending assistance, India, under the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Defence, has identified several countries to procure high capacity tankers/containers and oxygen gas cylinders. Armed Forces Medical Service has decided to …

Land, Air and Rail: Centre Escalates Efforts to Plug Oxygen Crisis as Covid Strangles India
3 years, 11 months ago

Land, Air and Rail: Centre Escalates Efforts to Plug Oxygen Crisis as Covid Strangles India

News 18  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed the situation arising out of the surge in COVID-19 cases acros the country and directed measures to augment the supply of oxygen for medical purposes amid complaints of shortage by several states. The IAF has started transporting empty tankers after delivery of oxygen to destination states and UTs to oxygen producing locations …

Amid Covid crisis, Defence ministry to airlift 23 oxygen generation plants from Germany
3 years, 11 months ago

Amid Covid crisis, Defence ministry to airlift 23 oxygen generation plants from Germany

India TV News  

Amid Covid crisis, Defence ministry to airlift 23 oxygen generation plants from Germany The defence ministry has decided to airlift 23 mobile oxygen generation plants from Germany as several states reeled under an acute shortage of medical oxygen due to a massive surge in coronavirus cases, officials said on Friday. The defence ministry has decided to airlift 23 mobile oxygen …

OPINION | Covid Pandemic: Oxygen crisis will be overcome soon
3 years, 11 months ago

OPINION | Covid Pandemic: Oxygen crisis will be overcome soon

India TV News  

Never in the history of Delhi-NCR had people witnessed such an acute shortage of oxygen. Top hospitals are in desperate need of medical oxygen and are being forced to ask patients to leave as the oxygen supply has reached a very low critical level. People in Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Nagpur, Mumbai are frantically looking for hospital beds, oxygen …

Kejriwal Highlights Oxygen Shortage at PM's Covid Meet
3 years, 11 months ago

Kejriwal Highlights Oxygen Shortage at PM's Covid Meet

News 18  

Raising alarm that a “big tragedy” may happen due to oxygen shortage in hospitals during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the Centre should take over all oxygen plants through the Army. In a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Covid-19 situation, Kejriwal requested him to direct chief …

India COVID crisis: Oxygen gets armed escort as supplies run low
3 years, 11 months ago

India COVID crisis: Oxygen gets armed escort as supplies run low

Al Jazeera  

A dire shortage of oxygen has seen states closely guarding their supplies and even posting armed police at production plants to ensure security. A dire shortage of oxygen – essential for the survival of critical COVID-19 patients – has meant states are closely guarding their supplies and even posting armed police at production plants to ensure security. “We’re not an …

IAF starts operations to airlift oxygen containers amid acute Covid crisis
3 years, 11 months ago

IAF starts operations to airlift oxygen containers amid acute Covid crisis

India Today  

The Indian Air Force has begun airlifting empty oxygen containers to be refilled and used for transporting it to boost oxygen supply across hospitals amid the acute oxygen shortage as India faces its worst Covid-19 wave. Two C-17s airlifted two empty oxygen containers, one IL 76 airlifted one empty container to Panagarh on Thursday as part of the Covid relief …

IAF begins to airlift oxygen containers, meds, other equipment amid massive Covid surge
3 years, 11 months ago

IAF begins to airlift oxygen containers, meds, other equipment amid massive Covid surge

India Today  

The Indian Air Force has swung into action for ferrying oxygen containers, cylinders, essential medicines and equipment required for setting up Covid hospitals and facilities in the country amid the raging second wave of Covid-19. Read | Covid-19: India to airlift 23 oxygen generation plants, containers from Germany in a week IAF has also pressed into service the C-17 Globemaster …

Covid 2.0: Centre revises oxygen figures for states after initial estimates go haywire
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid 2.0: Centre revises oxygen figures for states after initial estimates go haywire

India Today  

Amid mounting public angst and under pressure from chief ministers over spiralling deaths due to acute oxygen shortage, the Narendra Modi government has revised its oxygen allocation to states to meet the growing demand. In the wake of the crisis, PM Modi chaired a meeting on April 22 to review oxygen supply across India amid repeated cries from states about …

Covid-19: How Indian companies are helping meet oxygen demand amid shortage
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: How Indian companies are helping meet oxygen demand amid shortage

India Today  

Several hospitals treating Covid-19 patients in the country have been pushed to the edge due to an acute shortage of medical oxygen. As Covid-19 cases rise at an unprecedented pace, India’s oxygen producers are struggling to meet medical oxygen demand at many hospitals across the country, particularly in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. Read | Tata, Reliance groups pledge help to …

IAF Airlifts Covid Essentials: Oxygen Cylinders, Medicines, Critical Equipment Flown For States Crippled By Coronavirus
3 years, 11 months ago

IAF Airlifts Covid Essentials: Oxygen Cylinders, Medicines, Critical Equipment Flown For States Crippled By Coronavirus

ABP News  

While the country recorded 3,14,835 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours which is a new record for the country making it the world's highest daily spike recorded so far, the Indian Air Force has been pressed into action to augment the government's efforts to contain Covid-19 in the country. The IAF is transporting medical personnel, critical equipment, and …

India plans to import oxygen containers, press IAF into service
3 years, 11 months ago

India plans to import oxygen containers, press IAF into service

India TV News  

India is deliberating on importing oxygen containers and equipment from friendly foreign nations to address the oxygen crisis faced by the country in the middle of the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Central government is also planning to press the Indian Air Force into airlifting oxygen containers and equipment from other nations. With the second wave of …

Oxygen Express train begins journey from Maharashtra's Kalamboli to get loaded in Vizag
3 years, 11 months ago

Oxygen Express train begins journey from Maharashtra's Kalamboli to get loaded in Vizag

India Today  

The Indian Railways' Oxygen Express train with seven tankers left Kalamboli goods yard in Navi Mumbai on Monday for Vizag where it will be loaded with medical oxygen for Maharashtra. The service of Oxygen Express trains was announced by Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday evening and a ramp was built by the Central Railway at Kalamboli overnight to facilitate …

Oxygen Express on Track As Mumbai Suburbs Emerge as Hubs
3 years, 11 months ago

Oxygen Express on Track As Mumbai Suburbs Emerge as Hubs

The Quint  

"Before we begin running the trains, the feasibility in both these places needed to be checked. Sending empty tanks is a common move and is easy to transport via train, that makes it possible to send Liquid Medical Oxygen to whichever location in not just Maharashtra, but across India," said Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer, Western Railways. Whether building …

Covid-19 in Maharashtra: 'Oxygen Express' trains to meet short supply
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19 in Maharashtra: 'Oxygen Express' trains to meet short supply

India Today  

As Covid-19 cases continue to surge across India, Maharashtra is facing an acute shortage of medical oxygen due to spike in coronavirus cases in the second wave of pandemic. OXYGEN CRISIS IN MAHARASHTRA Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has on several occasions said the state needed all possible help from the central government as it was facing shortage of resources …

Indian Railways to run 'Oxygen Express' to meet high demand amid spike in COVID-19 cases
3 years, 11 months ago

Indian Railways to run 'Oxygen Express' to meet high demand amid spike in COVID-19 cases

Firstpost  

Empty tankers will begin their journey from Kalamboli and Boisar railway stations in and near Mumbai on Monday to load liquid medical oxygen in Vizag, Jamshedpur, Rourkela and Bokaro, officials said New Delhi: The Indian Railways will run ‘‘Oxygen Express’’ over the next few days to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders across the country, the national transporter said …

Amid steep surge in Covid-19 cases, PM Modi calls for increasing production of medical-grade oxygen
3 years, 11 months ago

Amid steep surge in Covid-19 cases, PM Modi calls for increasing production of medical-grade oxygen

India Today  

Amid a steep rise in coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday undertook a comprehensive review to ensure adequate medical-grade oxygen supply in the country and called for ramping up its production. Prime Minister Modi took a comprehensive review to ensure adequate medical-grade oxygen supply in the country, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. Prime Minister Modi …

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