To provide uninterrupted passage to tankers and containers carrying Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO), transporters and tanker drivers have been given training and several concessions, including toll waivers. At an online joint meeting of oxygen manufacturers, transporters and ministry officials on Saturday, it was reiterated that such tankers be declared emergency vehicles at par with fire brigade and police vehicles.

Oxygen tankers loaded on a train wagon arrive from Visakhapatnam via the special Oxygen Express, in Nashik district. File pic/PTI