KATHMANDU: Five containers carrying liquid oxygen purchased from neighboring India have entered Nepal via Birgunj checkpoint, said Birgunj customs office.
Shankar Gas Industry in Kathmandu imported the oxygen-filled containers and the industry is allowed to supply oxygen to health institutions in the Kathmandu Valley. The industry has only two bullets to carry liquid oxygen.
In the Valley, only National Trauma Centre and Teku Hospital have containers to carry liquid oxygen.
So far, a total of 28,998 MTQ oxygen have arrived in three installments, said the Information officer at the customs office, Shailendra Adhikari. One cubic meter of oxygen is sold for 16 Indian rupees at the Indian market.
The customs duty has been waived off on the import of oxygen amid a shortage of oxygen following increasing cases of Covid-19 patients in Nepal. RSS
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