Nagaland CM requests Rajnath Singh to airlift equipment for oxygen plants

Dimapur, April 28 (EMN): Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has requested Union Defence minister Rajnath Singh to airlift the equipment required to install three oxygen generation plants at district hospitals in Kohima, Dimapur and Mokokchung which were sanctioned under PM Cares Fund.

In a letter addressed to the defence minister, Rio wrote that the state government has been in constant touch with the Union Health Ministry for obtaining the oxygen plants which is crucial for effective management of Covid cases.

“We have been informed that the manufacturer is ready to ship it now. However, on account of the road journey time of around 10 days between Delhi and Nagaland, and the fact that Covid cases are rising fast in Nagaland, we have approached the Ministry of Defence for airlifting the 3 Oxygen Plants, weighing about 13000 kilogram immediately from Delhi to Dimapur airport,” read the letter.

“I would be grateful if you can direct the concerned authorities to help in airlifting the equipment on an urgent basis,” it added.

Rio also took to Twitter to inform that he had spoken as well as written a letter to the Union minister to help airlift the equipment to the state.