Indian Air Force Plane Ferries Oxygen Tanker From Madhya Pradesh To Gujarat

The airlifting of empty tankers to oxygen filling sites using Air Force planes was started after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged the centre to help his state fight a surge in COVID-19 cases.

An Indian Air Force C-17 transport plane on Friday carried an empty oxygen tanker from Indore in Madhya Pradesh to Jamnagar in neighbouring Gujarat, an official said. After refilling, the 30 metric tonne-capacity tanker will return to Indore by road, he added. "The IAF plane landed at Indore airport at 3:15 pm and left for Jamnagar with the tanker soon after," the official said. The airlifting of empty tankers to oxygen filling sites using IAF planes was started after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged the centre to help his state fight a surge in COVID-19 cases, he said.