Team News Riveting
New Delhi, April 17
Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, and Food & Public Distribution Piyush Goyal today said that the Centre was currently producing 110 per cent of Oxygen generating capacity and diverting all available Oxygen from industrial use to medical use.
In a tweet, Goyal said Government of India, with all stakeholders, is ensuring maximum Oxygen production in India.
The Minister said that Centre was in daily touch with State Governments to assess their needs and help them in best possible manner. He also said that yesterday, Prime Minister in his review told that centre and states should work with synergy in this crisis.
Expressing sadness over politics being played by the state Government over the issue, Goyal said that Maharashtra has so far received the highest quantity of Oxygen in India.
n line with the graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach of Government of India, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare today chaired a high-level review meeting with the Health Ministers of 11 States/UTs to review measures taken by the States/UTs for prevention, containment and management of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. The meeting lasted for more than three hours. These States/UT including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are reporting an unprecedented surge in new COVID cases.
The Union Health Secretary informed the States on the steps taken for providing medical grade oxygen and augmenting Remdesivir stocks in the country which were a fruition of several meetings being taken in this regard by Health Secretary, Home Secretary, SecretaryDPIIT, Secretary Pharmaceuticals etc. They were also informed of the issuance of the calendar of Medical Oxygen Supply to the States from different oxygen manufacturers in the country. The steps taken for unhindered movement of oxygen cylinders from their manufacturing units across States were also detailed.
