Port Blair, May 09: Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, A&N Islands has requested the Prime Minister of India to sanction three PSA Oxygen Plants for three remote districts namely North & Middle Andaman, South Andaman, Nicobar District out of 500 PSA Oxygen Plants sanctioned and 100 (One hundred) portable oxygen concentrators out of one lakh portable oxygen concentrators sanctioned under PM CARES fund, to Andaman & Nicobar Islands so that in case of any emergency we can save the Islanders.
He emphasized that Andaman & Nicobar Islands are far-flung and remote Islands with lot of logistic and connectivity issues especially the lack of proper medical infrastructure and during COVID, the situation has become worst and in last one year we have crossed more than 6000 positive cases and 72 deaths reported in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
