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PM asks India Inc to step up oxygen supply, calls for united effort

He urged the industry to utilise tankers meant to transport other gases for oxygen supply

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a meeting with leading oxygen manufacturers and industries diverting their oxygen supply for medical use, and discussed utilising their full potential to meet the demand in the coming days.

Modi also stressed the need to increase the availability of oxygen cylinders as well as upgrade the logistics facilities for transportation of oxygen. 

He urged the industry to utilise tankers meant to transport other gases for oxygen supply.

In a separate meeting with the chief ministers of 11 states and Union Territories that have reported the maximum number of Covid-19 cases, the Prime Minister called for “united

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