CM asks Centre to increase Himachal’s oxygen quota

SHIMLA: Amid the ongoing second wave of Covid-19 surging across the state, Himachal Pradesh chief minister (CM) Jai Ram Thakur has asked the central government to increase the quota of liquid oxygen from the existing 15 metric tonnes (MT) to 30MT. Thakur spoke to Prime Minister Narendra

Modi on Saturday, apprising him of the number of Covid-19 cases in the state, availability of oxygen, beds, oxygen cylinders, vaccine and essential medicines.