Ministry of Railways of the Republic of India

05/15/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/15/2021 06:43

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 8700 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen to the Nation

Ministry of Railways

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 8700 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen to the Nation

One Oxygen Express is racing towards Kerala with 118 MT of load to boost Oxygen supply in the region

139 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far

Oxygen Expresses delivering nearly 800 MT of LMO to the Nation each day now

Andhra Pradesh gets it's First Oxygen Express with 40 MT of LMO

Oxygen relief by Oxygen Expresses reaches out to 13 states namely Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, MP, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi & UP

So far 521 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 2350 MT in UP, 430 MT in MP, 1228 MT in Haryana, 308 MT in Telangana, 40 MT in Rajasthan, 361 MT in Karnataka, 200 MT in Uttarakhand, 111 MT in Tamil Nadu, 40 MT in Andhra Pradesh and more than 3084 MT in Delhi

Posted On: 15 MAY 2021 6:05PM by PIB Delhi

Overcoming all hurdles and finding new solutions, Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country. So far, Indian Railways has delivered more than 8700 MT of LMO in more than 540 tankers to various states across the country.

It may be noted that 139 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States.

Till the time of this release, 6 loaded Oxygen Expresses on run with more than 475 MT of LMO in 35 tankers.

Oxygen Expresses have been delivering nearly 800 MT of LMO to the Nation each day for last few days.

It is Indian Railways endeavour to deliver as much LMO as possible in the shortest time possible to the requesting states.

Andhra Pradesh has got it's First Oxygen Express in Nellore with 40 MT of LMO.

One Oxygen Express is racing towards Kerala with 118 MT of load to boost Oxygen supply in the region.

Till the time of this release, so far 521 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 2350 MT in UP, 430 MT in MP, 1228 MT in Haryana, 308 MT in Telangana, 40 MT in Rajasthan, 361 MT in Karnataka, 200 MT in Uttarakhand, 111 MT in Tamil Nadu, 40 MT in Andhra Pradesh and more than 3084 MT in Delhi

Running of new Oxygen is a very dynamic exercise and figures keep getting updated all the time. More loaded Oxygen Expresses are expected to start their journeys later in the night.

Railways has mapped different routes with Oxygen supply locations and keeps itself ready with any emerging need of the States. States provide tankers to the Indian Railways for bringing LMO.

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