DRDO Supplies 150 Jumbo Oxygen Cylinders To UP, Promises 1000 More

On the instructions of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has supplied 150 jumbo liquid oxygen cylinders to Uttar Pradesh government. Reportedly, the oxygen cylinders will be used in Lucknow hospitals to treat the COVID-19 patients. The DRDO will additionally supply 1,000 more cylinders later. Notably, UP’s health infrastructure collapsed after CM Yogi Adityanath tested positive for COVID-19 and went under isolation.