India has sent 11 tankers carrying
around 180 Metric Tonnes of Liquefied Medical Oxygen to Bangladesh on
an emergency basis on Wednesday.
Given the criticality of these supplies of Liquid Oxygen to
hospitals in Bangladesh, ICP Petrapole officials provided a Green
Corridor for Medical Oxygen export, an Indian High Commission press
release said here today.
The oxygen was being imported by Linde, Spectra and Pure Oxygen, it added.
Anit Jain, Assistant Commissioner of Customs at ICP Petrapole
informed that despite being Eid-ul-Azha holiday a special team of Land
Port officials, Custom officials, BSF and CNF agents was constituted
and they were in regular contact with the High Commission of India in
Dhaka and their Benapole counterparts.
Port authorities on both the sides share excellent relations and
have a long tradition of assisting each other.
Government officials on both the sides of the border have
demonstrated the spirit of brotherhood in supporting each other on the
Eid-ul-Azha day, said the release.