Punjab Proposed to Urgently Import Oxygen from Pakistan, Centre Rejected: Punjab CM

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, informed that the Central government has rejected the Punjab government’s proposal to commercially import liquid medical oxygen from Pakistan to bridge the gap in supply and enable the creation of more health infrastructure to treat the rising number of COVID-19 patients

In a Punjab government press release issued on Tuesday, the Punjab CM was quoted as saying that “the Government of India had expressed its inability to even allow Punjab’s local industry to undertake commercial import of ‘Liquid Medical Oxygen’ from Pakistan through the Wagah-Attari border, which is geographically proximate”.

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking their immediate allocation of 50 metric tonnes of oxygen and 20 additional tankers.

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