Hoshiarpur, May 24

The Sonalika Group has come forward to provide 1,000 oxygen cylinders to meet the adequate supply of gas in hospitals of the state.

Group vice-chairman Amrit Sagar Mittal told The Tribune: “As many as 500 cylinders are being transited from China, while an equal number of cylinders are being imported from Dubai. The consignment will be received soon.”

To meet the scarcity of oxygen cylinders in the state, Chief Minister Capt Amrinder Singh had called up Mittal personally. To honour the CM’s call, the multinational company came forward to support the govenrment’s Mission Fateh-2 and Corona Mukt Punjab Abhiyan. Mittal said with senior officials’ efforts, oxygen cylinders worth Rs 1 crore were on their way to Punjab. — OC