VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S.

Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for increasing oxygen allocation, making it possible for AP to fix the oxygen crisis.

In a letter to the PM, he also sought an allotment of 910 MT of oxygen to AP to save the lives of Corona clients in these crucial times.The Chief Minister wrote, I place on record my gratitude for supporting Andhra Pradesh in battling the COVID Second wave by increasing the allocation of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) from 480 MT as on 24th April to 590 MT on 6th Might and also allocating 7 ISO containers.

I likewise profusely express my thanks for running an unique train from Reliance plant, Jamnagar, yesterday with 80 MT of LMO to AP.

I want to bring to your kind notification that the AP Federal government had taken action to add 30,000 more ICU and oxygen beds in view of Covid pandemic.

Today level of caseload and hospital admissions itself needs 910 MT of LMO every day.

The letter further stated: It is to give your notification that due to lowered storage at RINL, Visakhapatnam, we are able to draw everyday production of 100 MT LMO just in location of 170 MT allocated.

The CM prompted that similarly, the government is facing problems in getting the allocated quantity from Tamil Nadu, which is producing major emergency circumstances in different big hospitals in Rayalaseema area.

He notified the PM that on Might 10, the LMO supplies from Chennai and Karnataka were delayed by a few hours, which caused the regrettable occurrence of 11 deaths due to absence of oxygen in Tirupati.

Explaining the alarming circumstance in Rayalaseema area, and its reliance on the supplies from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the CM regreted that AP's request to DPIIT to increase allocations from the two states was not considered.The Chief Minister specified, With such a scenario in Rayalaseema area, the Oxygen Express from Jamnagar, Reliance plant carrying 80 MT of LMO served us as a life saviour, in its real sense.

It will stabilise the LMO supplies to the Rayalaseema area healthcare facilities for the next 2 days.

We are trying our finest to raise the stocks from Odisha utilizing the ISO Containers, however we are unable to fulfill the need from Rayalaseema region of AP.

The CM pleaded that in order to fulfill the LMO need from Rayalaseema area the Centre must continue the Oxygen Express from Jamnagar every day with a minimum of 80 MT of LMO.

He stated this would assist stabilise the situation in Rayalaseema in view of increasing caseload.

The Chief Minister attracted the PM therefore, I request you to direct the concerned authorities to continue the Oxygen Express from Jamnagar Reliance plant till the caseload comes to workable levels and likewise request allotment of 910 MT of LMO to our State to tide over the crisis.