Various nations have been helping India by supplying oxygen, medical equipment, aid etc with the surging number of Covid-19 cases in the country. The New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) on Monday, May 10, handled one more navy vessel ‘INS Kolkata’ which was carrying two 20 MT oxygen-filled in ISO tanks, two hundred oxygen cylinders packed in ten pallets of 10 MT and four 10 litres high flow oxygen concentrators from Kuwait.
The cargo was loaded on to the navy vessel at Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait, from where the vessel sailed out on May 5. INS Kolkata is one among the nine vessels under the Samudra Setu-II operation launched by the Indian Navy. The vessel was given the highest priority berthing in the port which arrived at 2 pm Monday. The oxygen and the medical equipment were donated by the Government of Kuwait to the Indian Red Cross Society in support of the nation’s healthcare and to overcome the current pandemic situation in the country.
INS Kolkata is the second vessel carrying medical aid to reach NMPT under the operation launched by the Indian Navy. Chairman, NMPT, Dr. AV Ramana, along with Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner, Dr. KV Rajendra, MLA Dr. Bharath Shetty, MLA Umanath Kotian and senior officers of the Port, navy and coast guard were present at the operation site to monitor smooth disembarking of the cargo off the vessel.
The chairman expressed the readiness of the port in such situations and every possible help towards the country’s fight against the pandemic. The liquid medical oxygen containers will be transported to the destinations decided by the state government. The port extended all its resources for berthing of the above vessel and handling of the medical oxygen and the oxygen concentrators free of cost as per the directives of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
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