Indian navy vessel delivers 2 mobile Oxygen generators

INS Savitri, an Indian Navy offshore patrol vessel, arrived in Chattogram yesterday to deliver two mobile oxygen plants (MOP) each with a capacity of generating 960 litres of oxygen per minute.

The MOPs developed and manufactured by DRDO in India will be donated to Bangladesh to support Bangladesh's effort to fight the pandemic, according to a statement of the Indian High Commission.

One of the plants will be set up at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the other at a Bangladesh Navy hospital BNS Patenga in Chattogram.

These fully equipped MOPs generate medical oxygen on-site in a highly cost-effective manner. These can also be used for refilling oxygen cylinders.

This visit by INS Savitri is the second port call by Indian Navy vessels to Bangladesh in 2021 when Bangladesh and India are jointly commemorating the Golden Jubilee of the 1971 Liberation War.

In March 2021, two Indian Navy ships had made a historic maiden visit to Mongla to jointly celebrate Mujib Borsho.

As part of the Eastern Fleet of India, INS Savitri undertakes fleet support operations, coastal and offshore patrolling, ocean surveillance and monitoring of the sea lanes of communication.

While in Bangladesh, the ship's company would be interacting with their Bangladesh counterparts. On its journey out, Indian Navy and Bangladesh Navy ships will be engaging in Passage Exercise in the Bay of Bengal today.