Arvind Kejriwal visits Mayapuri oxygen depot to inspect consignment of cylinders received from China

Around 6000 oxygen cylinders have been airlifted from China, out of which 4400 have been received and 1600 will be received within 2-3 days, and will be stored in three oxygen depots which will be prepared by the Delhi government, Mr Kejriwal told reporters here.

''We are preparing depots of 2000 cylinders each in three places with these 6000 cylinders,'' he said.

Kejriwal said these cylinders can be given to the individuals in need and if another wave emerges and the cases rise again then with these 6000 cylinders, the Delhi government can prepare 3000 oxygen beds, as two cylinders are needed on each oxygen bed.

''We faced a lot of challenges in importing these 6000 cylinders from China as I understand that no such big consignment has been imported in India, during this period of the Coronavirus. Both HCL and Give India Foundation have donated for this and we are very grateful that they have done so much for the people of the country during the pandemic.

For this, I would like to especially thank the Indian embassy in Beijing. They have helped us a lot. The Ministry of External Affairs has also helped us a lot, if they had not helped then we do not know whether we would have been able to bring the consignment or not, we also want to thank them,'' the Delhi Chief Minister said.