Cities like Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Nagpur soon will be added soon
It will add 50-75 Bolero pickup trucks to its fleet for delivery in Maharashtra.
There are plans to expand the programme across India
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the country and the need for timely availability of oxygen has become a huge challenge for hospitals, states and the patients. Yesterday Mahindra Group Chairman, Anand Mahindra, took to Twitter to announce the ‘Oxygen on Wheels’ project that will be led by Mahindra Logistics.
Oxygen on Wheels: what is it all about?
Under the initiative, Mahindra Logistics’ trucks will connect oxygen producers with hospitals/homes. The company will create an ‘Operations Control Centre’ that will monitor and establish a direct-to-consumer model. The project was announced in just 48 hours after a conversation between Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group and Uddhav Thackeray, chief minister of Maharashtra.