The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now started to keep a minute watch on the supply of oxygen that majorly comes into the city, from the Taloja and Turbhe refilling stations. It has stationed three of its officers at each of these places from Tuesday, to ensure the supply reaches the city limits smoothly. After the BMC faced a nightmare shifting patients for two days due to shortage of oxygen owing to a technical glitch at the suppliers end, officials decided to position their own staff at the sites to be prepared, in case of a delay or any other problem. The civic body claims that the mere presence of the officials at the site will prevent malpractices and keep the supply undisturbed.

BMC staff deployed there have to timely update officials on the vehicles leaving and check whether the refilling of oxygen has been done properly. This will also help the BMC find the amount of oxygen that comes into the city everyday from these two refilling points. More importantly, these officials will update seniors about sourcing liquid oxygen from elsewhere if a problem is noticed. While the big suppliers are directly routing the oxygen supply to BMC and private hospitals, it is the retailers which are to be taken care of. Since these two places have two retailers supplying majorly to private and municipal hospitals, the civic body has decided to station its staff there.