‘IAF, Railways, tanker drivers worked overtime to deliver oxygen’: PM Modi

In his monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that providing medical oxygen to different states during the second wave of Covid-19 was a challenge but the Indian Air Force, the railways and scores of tanker drivers worked overtime to ensure that it was delivered to those in need on time. PM Modi said, “During the second wave of Covid-19, a major challenge was to supply medical oxygen to remote areas. To counter challenges that the country faced, drivers of Cryogenic oxygen tankers helped by working on war footing and saved lives of lakhs of people." PM Modi also said that in normal times daily production of liquid medical oxygen was 900 MT, which has now risen over 10 times to nearly 9,500 MT. Watch the full video for more.