NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JUNE 9
Over 3,900 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) have been delivered to Tamil Nadu through 57 oxygen express trains, Southern Railway said here on Wednesday.
The State received the first oxygen supply through train on May 14 from Durgapur in West Bengal.
“As on date, Southern Railway has delivered a total of 3,964.12 MT of liquid medical oxygen for Tamil Nadu through 57 oxygen express trains,” an official release said here on Wednesday.
56th loaded #OxygenExpress for Tamilnadu arrives
Oxygen Express loaded at Rourkela (Odisha) for Chennai Harbour with 126.74 MT of oxygen in 6 containers arrived at 01:35 hours today (09-06-2021)
With this total oxygen delivered for TN- 3881.95 MT @RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/cb69utQcgp
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) June 9, 2021
The 55th, 56th and the 57th expresses from Chattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra respectively arrived in Tamil Nadu early today, the release said. Southern Railway said the Inland Container Depot in Tondiarpet handled the maximum number of oxygen expresses with 27 trains delivering 1,884.25 metric tonnes of LMO while the remaining were shared by Tondiarpet goods yard, Tiruchirappalli goods yard, Kudalnagar, and Madukkarai near Coimbatore, the release said.
57th Oxygen Express loaded at Jindal Steel Siding, Dolvi (Maharashtra) for Chennai Harbour with 4 containers carrying 82.17 MT of LMO arrived at the destination at 8.20 p.m. on Wednesday.
