In 17 days, Rlys brings 4,709 MT oxygen

Tribune News Service

Kolkata, May 10

The Indian Railway, with its network spread across the country, is doing its bit in the fight against the pandemic.

Addressing an online press conference on Monday, Railway Board chairman and CEO Suneet Sharma talked about the crucial role being played by the railway for the transportation of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) through the “Oxygen Express” trains.

Since the service was launched on April 24, 295 tankers carrying a total of 4,709 MTs of LMO had been delivered by Oxygen Express trains in various parts of the country till now, Sharma said. The trains have carried out 121 journeys for transportation of the life-saving gas, he said, adding that 744 MTs more of LMO was under movement as he was interacting with the press.

He said the first experiment of transporting tankers carrying LMOs through trains was carried out on April 19 when six empty oxygen tankers were sent to Vizag from Mumbai. Some more preparatory works like identification of suitable wagons, manufacturing of ramps for shifting of tankers to railway wagons and so on were carried out following which regular service “Oxygen Express” started from April 24.

Railways delivers 225 MT LMO to Delhi

New Delhi: The Indian Railways has said an Oxygen Express with the highest load of 225 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) was offloaded in Delhi from Hapa, Gujarat, and with this the national transport monolith has so far delivered a total of more than 4,700 MT of life-saving gas to different states/UTs in the country

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