PM Modi on Mann Ki Baat: Reminding listeners that today also marks the completion of seven years of BJP government at the centre, PM Modi reiterated the guiding philosophy of his government: “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas”.
New Delhi:
The production of liquid medical oxygen, a key component in the treatment of Covid patients, has gone up by ten times, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today on his monthly radio programme “Mann Ki Baat”.
“In the normal course, we were producing 900 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen in a day. Today, the production has gone up to 9,500 metric tonnes a day – an increase of almost 10 per cent,” said the Prime Minister underlining the government efforts in fighting coronavirus.
A few weeks ago, there were multiple SOS from hospitals, with many saying they were left with just a few hours’ of medical oxygen. Social media catalogued oxygen demands from citizens across the country.
Emergency medical aid arrived from foreign donors to alleviate a dire oxygen shortage even as government directed states that all liquid oxygen, including stock existing with private plants, be used for medical purposes only. Special Oxygen Express Trains were started in response to states’ demand for urgent supply.
“During 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,” said the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister also highlighted the efforts of the armed forces in making sure oxygen supplies reach the far corners of the land.
“This fight (against COVID-19) is so big that like Railways, our country is working through all three routes, water, land, sky (Navy, Army and Air Force). Work of transporting empty tankers to oxygen plants by Air Force planes is being done, while the work of making new oxygen plants is also being completed,” said PM Modi.
Reminding listeners that today also marks the completion of seven years of BJP government at the centre, PM Modi reiterated the guiding philosophy of his government: “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas”.