Thackeray sought permission under the National Disaster Management Act to airlift oxygen from steel plants in eastern and southern parts of the country
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has written a letter to the Centre, demanding that banks be asked to postpone the repayment of loan instalments of small, medium, and other business enterprises due in the first quarter of the current fiscal, without charging any interest over it.
He said the number of an active caseload of Covid-19 in the state is expected to double in the next 15 days. Maharashtra is expecting its active caseload to reach 1.19 million by April 30, compared to the current active caseload of 564,000, Thackeray said on Wednesday in the letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He also said the medical oxygen requirement in the state is projected to reach 2,000 metric tonnes per day by April-end from the present consumption of 1,200 mt per day.
Citing logistical hurdles in the transportation of liquid medical oxygen from neighbouring states, Thackeray sought permission under the National Disaster Management Act to airlift oxygen from steel plants in eastern and southern parts of the country.
Maharashtra has approached neighbouring states for medical oxygen supply amid the Covid-19 surge, but they have expressed their inability due to its high demand there, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday.
Thackeray on Tuesday said there is a shortage of medical oxygen and the Centre should help supply it for coronavirus patients in the state by using Air Force planes.
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