PM Modi asks industry to raise oxygen supply to hospitals
April 23, 2021
‘Industry to utilize tankers meant to transport other gases for oxygen supply’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked domestic oxygen manufacturers, including leading steel and oil industrialists, to increase the availability of oxygen cylinders as well as upgrade the logistics facilities for transportation of oxygen to hospitals.
“He urged the industry to utilize tankers meant to transport other gases for oxygen supply,” said a PMO statement.
The virtual meeting was attended by Steel Authority of India Ltd Chairperson Soma Mondal, Reliance Industries Ltd CMD Mukesh Ambani, Sajjan Jindal of JSW Steel Ltd, Narendran of Tata Steel Ltd, Naveen Jindal of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, among others.