UP oxygen near 1,000 tonnes/day, CM says state working 24x7 on supplies

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Even as the demand for liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in the country continues to rise amid the second Covid-19 wave, the supply of the life-saving gas is nearing the 1,000-tonnes-per-day mark in Uttar Pradesh.

During the past 24 hours, the state witnessed supply and distribution of about 950 tonnes of LMO, and the government is now taking steps to increase supply further.

LMO has been supplied to the worst-affected districts of Lucknow and Kanpur by the Oxygen Express, and the special cargo trains are now being arranged for Gorakhpur and adjoining districts.

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath today said the state government was