GUWAHATI: The first Oxygen Express carrying 80 metric tonnes oxygen reached Assam on Sunday. The train which started its journey from Jamshedpur reached its final destination — Amingaon, near Guwahati.
Meanwhile, Assam chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma thanked prime minister Narendra Modi and the centre for strengthening Assam’s oxygen stock amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He visited Amingaon while the train reached its destination.
CM Sarma the train will carry oxygen twice a week. Dr Sarma also said Assam has sufficient stock of oxygen.
“We’re indeed Grateful Hon PM Sri
. On behalf of people of Assam, I express our sincere gratitude to the GOI for sending 80 MT medical #Oxygen through #OxygenExpress. This bolsters our confidence & our oxygen stock in a critical time,” Sarma tweeted.
We’re indeed Grateful Hon PM Sri @narendramodi.
On behalf of people of Assam, I express our sincere gratitude to the GOI for sending 80 MT medical #Oxygen through #OxygenExpress.
This bolsters our confidence & our oxygen stock in a critical time. @PMOIndia @PiyushGoyal pic.twitter.com/gL9VubG5eK
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 23, 2021
মাননীয় প্ৰধানমন্ত্ৰী @narendramodi ডাঙৰীয়াৰ ওচৰত আমি কৃতজ্ঞ!#অক্সিজেনএক্সপ্ৰেছ-ৰ দ্বাৰা ৮০ মেট্ৰিকটন মেডিকেল #অক্সিজেন অসমলৈ প্ৰেৰণ কৰাৰ বাবে ৰাজ্যবাসীৰ হৈ ভাৰত চৰকাৰক ধন্যবাদ জনাইছোঁ ।
এই কঠিন সময়ত ই আমাৰ মনোবল আৰু অক্সিজেনৰ সামৰ্থ্য বৃদ্ধি কৰিছে।@PMOIndia @PiyushGoyal pic.twitter.com/V19TijP9d7
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 23, 2021