Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with leading oxygen manufacturers across the country via video conferencing. PM Modi said this time is not only to deal with the challenges, but also to provide solutions in a very short time. PM Modi stressed on the need to maintain good co-ordination between the government and the oxygen producers.
PM appreciated the oxygen producers for increasing their production in the last few weeks. He acknowledged the several steps taken to increase the production of liquid oxygen. PM Modi also thanked the industry for diverting industrial oxygen to meet medical requirements in the country.
To improve the situation further, PM Modi spoke about utilising the full potential of the industry to meet the demand of oxygen in the coming days. PM Modi noted that there is a need to increase the availability of oxygen cylinders as well as upgrade the logistics facilities for transportation of oxygen. He urged the industry to utilize tankers meant to transport other gases for oxygen supply.
The Prime Minister said keeping in mind the requirements of states pertaining to oxygen, government is working on effective use of Railways and Air Force so that the tankers reach the production centre as soon as possible.
PM Modi remarked that the government, the states, the industry and the transporters, and all the hospitals need to come together and work in unison. The better the synergy and coordination, the easier it will be able to deal with this challenge.
Appreciating the oxygen producers, PM Modi extended government’s full support to them and hoped the country would be successful in combating the crisis soon.
Shri Mukesh Ambani, CMD of RIL, Smt. Soma Mondal, Chairperson of SAIL, Shri Sajjan Jindal of JSW, Shri Narendran of Tata Steel, Shri Naveen Jindal of JSPL, Shri Dilip Oommen of AMNS, Shri M Bannerjee of LINDE, Shri Sidharth Jain of Inox, Shri Noriyo Shibuya, MD of Air Water Jamshedpur, Shri Rajesh Kumar Saraf of National Oxygen Ltd and Shri Saket Tiku, President of All India Industrial GasesManufacturer's Association were present during the meeting.
New Delhi: In most unbecoming act, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday live telecast his speech the closed door meeting of the Chief Ministers with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and for which he was pulled up as well.
No sooner, Delhi Chief Minister's speech went on television channels and social media, a visibly upset Prime Minister quickly ticked him off. A video footage later made available showed, Kejriwal, who takes pride in calling himself an anarchist, apologised to the Prime Minister with "folded hands"
"Yeh hamari jo parampara hae, protocol hae, Uskey bahut khilaf ho raha hae," Prime Minister said and maintainedit is unbecoming that the proceedings of "an in house meeting was being telecast live".
Pulled up by PM, Kejriwal says 'sorry'
"This is not proper (uchit nahi hae) and we must apply restraint on these," Modi said.
Delhi CM responded saying, "Thik hae sir, iska dhyan rakhenge agey sey (Ok Sir, I will keep it in mind in future)".
"If I have done something wrong, or have said something harsh; I tender apology for this," Kejriwal later remarked sheepishly with folded hands.
BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya lashed out at Kejriwal for coming unprepared in the meeting.
"Arvind Kejriwal is a disaster. He goes to a meeting with the Prime Minister unprepared. He has no idea about things that have already been put in place to ease oxygen supply in the capital, was uninformed on vaccine prices. How will he save Delhi? He is a disgrace as Delhi’s CM," Malviya said.
A senior official also lamented that such a violation of protocol has taken place. “This is descending to a new low. For the first time, private conversations of the PM's meeting with the Chief Ministers is being televised. His entire speech was not meant for any solution but for playing politics and evading responsibility".
There were politics over CMs-PM meeting from West Bengal also.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee complained that she was not invited for today's meeting.
On this, Malviya responded saying: "Everyone knows Mamata Banerjee’ poor commitment to manage Covid pandemic in Bengal. She has not attended a single PM-CM meeting called in recent past to work a common plan citing her campaign schedule. Even though she has failed West Bengal, today’s meeting was only for high burden States".
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