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Nine empty oxygen tankers airlifted to Odisha from Hyderabad
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Nine empty oxygen tankers airlifted to Odisha from Hyderabad. Image Source: IANS News
Hyderabad, April 23 : Nine empty oxygen tankers from Telangana were airlifted to Odisha on Friday to bring back oxygen faster to the state for supply to hospitals treating Covid patients.
Two C-17 planes of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were used to airlift the tankers from Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad to liquid oxygen plants in Odisha
Health Minister E. Rajender and Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar supervised the airlifting operation at the airport.
The minister said the tankers will return by road to bring 150 tonnes of oxygen to the state by April 27. He claimed that this is the first instance in the country where war planes were used to airlift oxygen tankers.