Oxygen supply from India to Bangladesh remains suspended

Supply of oxygen from India through Benapole port has been suspended for the last four days following oxygen shortage in that country.

The import of oxygen from India has been suspended since Thursday, our Benapole correspondent reports quoting the port's Customs House Deputy Commissioner Mustafizur Rahman.

India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce Director Matiar Rahman, also a representative of Linde Bangladesh Ltd, which imports oxygen from India, said that Bangladesh is now planning to import oxygen from Singapore. 

India has been suffering from an acute shortage of oxygen as the country is battling against the second wave of coronavirus infections.   

The last truck with oxygen from India entered Bangladesh on April 22, said customs sources at the land port.

Sources said that every month around 30,000 metric tonnes of oxygen is imported from India through Benapole port.

Biswajit Das, a representative of Indian Oxygen Ltd, said the oxygen supply has been suspended due to the need of Covid-19 patients in India.