Hyderabad: Amid the acute shortage of medical oxygen in hospitals across the country in the fight against Covid, the Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) on Saturday imported three Cryogenic Oxygen tankers for Telangana from Thailand.
The oxygen tankers arrived at Begumpet airport in Hyderabad and MEIL PVT Ltd received them.
A total of 11 such tankers from Bangkok (Thailand) will come. Each Cryogenic Oxygen Tanker will be able to give 1.40 crore litres of Oxygen.
These tanks that will help to increase the supply of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to hospitals were provided by MEIL to Telangana state free of cost.
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The first batch of three tankers landed at the Begumpet Air force Station here on Saturday, and the remaining eight tanks will be reaching here in a few days. Each cryogenic tank could supply 1.40 crore litres of medical oxygen, adding up to almost 15.40 crore litres of Oxygen from all the 11 tanks.
Srinivas, the Director of MEIL said, "Under the MEIL's CSR activities, 11 Cryogenic Oxygen tankers have been ordered from Thailand and we have received our first batch today wherein three tankers have been brought from Thailand to Hyderabad with the constant support of Indian Air Force."
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He further mentioned that all the Oxygen that MEIL is bringing will be handed over to the Government of Telangana free of cost to solve the problem of shortage of Oxygen. He said that the capacity of a single tanker is 20 metric tonnes.
Srinivas further mentioned that in few days the rest of the Cryogenic Oxygen tankers will be arriving at Hyderabad.
ANI
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