'Maan Ki Baat': PM expresses gratitude to Corona warriors

   Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed gratitude to Corona Warriors who played a major role in the fight against the second wave of COVID. He said delivering medical oxygen to remote parts of the country was indeed a huge task. Addressing the nation in his 'Mann Ki Baat' programme in All India Radio, the Prime Minister said people have witnessed how India's doctors, nurses and frontline warriors have toiled day and night without bothering about themselves to tackle the second wave. He said the nation's resolve has always been stronger than any challenge it may face. Prime Minister said in the midst of this pandemic, India is moving forward with the resolve of 'service and cooperation'. He urged everyone to follow social distancing, and wear masks and get themselves vaccinated. The Prime Minister said demand for oxygen surged all of a sudden when the second wave came. Many plants manufacturing industrial oxygen are located in the eastern parts of the county.
   The Prime Minister saluted the soldiers and corona warriors for their immense contribution. He said this type of disaster has hit the world in a hundred years and therefore no one had any prior experience in dealing with the calamity. He said India used to produce 900 Metric Tonnes of liquid medical oxygen in a day. Now, it has expanded to generating more than 10 times the normal output and producing around 9500 Metric Tonnes per day. Prime Minister said that at the beginning of the pandemic, there was only one testing lab in the country, but today more than two thousand five hundred labs are in operation.