Indian Railways Delivers over 17,945 MT of Medical Oxygen to Various States

Indian Railways has delivered more than 17,945 Metric Tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen in more than 1,080 tankers to various states across the country.

 

Railway Ministry has informed that so far, 272 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey and brought relief to various States.

 

In a scale up of operations which continued till late yesterday night 12 Oxygen Expresses with 969 Metric Tonnes of medical oxygen started their journeys from Cyclone hit Eastern



States and beat tough weather to take relief to the Nation.

 

These 12 Oxygen Expresses include 3 trains for Tamil Nadu, 4 trains for Andhra Pradesh and 1 each for Delhi region, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam & Kerala.

 

Oxygen relief by Oxygen Expresses reached out to 15 states namely Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam.