IAF starts airlifting oxygen tankers to filling stations to speed up supply

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has started airlifting big oxygen tankers from their place of use to the filling stations across the country to speed up the distribution of much-needed oxygen, the IAF said on Friday. As part of the operation, C-17 and IL-76 aircraft of IAF airlifted two empty cryogenic oxygen containers and one IL-76 aircraft airlifted one empty container to Panagarh yesterday, said the IAF. This comes amid reports of oxygen shortage in various parts of the country as the number of COVID-9 cases and deaths continue to rise.