Amid Covid surge, Japan may come to India's aid by supplying oxygen

Trivandrum-based HLL Lifecare has floated global tender for medical oxygen

Japan could come to India’s aid in meeting the latter’s burgeoning medical oxygen demand due rising Covid-19 cases.
 
Apart from augmenting supply from domestic manufacturers, the Union government has pressed into the job Indian embassies to procure liquid medical oxygen.
 
The Ministry of External Affairs has been asked to tie up the immediate supply of oxygen.
 
Senior government officials told Business Standard one of the first deals would be with a Japanese company which would give 10 tankers to India. This would roughly translate to 19 Indian tankers, said a person involved in the negotiations.
 
Trivandrum-based