Delhi government orders the procurement of 15 oxygen tankers

December 24, 2021

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal gave instructions to Transport Minister regarding preparations to deal with Omicron in yesterday’s review meeting

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New Delhi, December 24, 2021 :

The Delhi Government, led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has approved the  procurement of 15 Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) Tankers for the national capital. The decision was made by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) in its Board Resolution today, chaired by Chairman of DTC Board and Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot within 24 hours of CM Arvind Kejriwal’s directions. These 15 tankers would have a capacity of 10 tonnes, 15 tonnes and 20 tonnes.

A high level meeting was chaired by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 23rd December, Thursday on the issue of emergence of new variants of COVID-19 and latest orders of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) order in light of Omicron. An emergency meeting of the DTC Board was hence called to focus on the need for a fallback procurement of LMO in case of emergency. The tender was issued earlier this year for the procurement of 15 Oxygen cryogenic tankers of the total capacity of 225 MT for Transportation of Liquid Oxygen by DTC. The Delhi Government will be procuring 5 tankers each of 10 tonnes, 15 tonnes and 20 tonnes each. Manpower for the operation of these tankers would be recruited by DTC and each tanker would be manned by one driver and one helper in each shift of 8 hours each.

During the second wave of COVID- 19, the Delhi Government had decided that a dedicated fleet of LMO tankers will be procured and DTC was given responsibility by the Delhi Government to procure LMO tankers for the Health Department. The procurement of these tankers would be done to create an emergency reservoir pool of tankers to tide over any emergent requirement of liquid oxygen procurement from suppliers outside Delhi and to serve the purpose of intra-city distribution.

After the Board resolution, Kailash Gahlot said, “The oxygen supply chain management had undergone severe pressure due to an exponential rise in demand for LMO during the second wave. In order to avoid a situation in case an unfortunate third wave occurs, we have prepared an exhaustive management plan for ensuring that no Delhiite suffers from lack of Oxygen. During the last wave too, DTC control room was converted into an Oxygen War room, and the Delhi Government and DTC is on a war footing to ensure that any eventuality is dealt with, in case any need arises.”

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