NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 20
Tamil Nadu received its 12th consignment of medical oxygen on Thursday by rail from Odisha, amid the COVID-19 surge in the southern state.
Twelfth loaded oxygen express for Tamilnadu arrives Inland Container Depot at Tondiarpet with 3 containers carrying 64.95 MT at about 5.10 p.m. on Thursday. With this total oxygen delivered for TN – 649.4 MT.
*Twelfth loaded oxygen express for Tamilnadu arrives*
Oxygen Express loaded at Rourkela (Odisha) for Inland Container Depot, Tondiarpet with 3 Containers carrying 64.95 MT LMO arrived at destination at 17:10 hours of 20-5-2021
With this total oxygen delivered for TN – 649.4 MT pic.twitter.com/Mdy65daSBS
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) May 20, 2021
Earlier, an 10th Oxygen Express train carrying 29.24 metric tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) arrived at Madukkarai Railway station in Coimbatore from Rourkela in Odisha, a railway division release said.
Around 200 #OxygenExpress trains have completed their journey delivering nearly 12630 MT of medical oxygen in more than 775 tankers to 13 States
10 loaded oxygen expresses are on the run with more than 784MT of LMO in 45 tankers
Read: https://t.co/PrjCxIE77r pic.twitter.com/Apzc3kSIXo
— PIB in Tamil Nadu (@PIBChennai) May 20, 2021
In its fight against the pandemic, Indian Railways helps in transporting the life saving gas to various states to provide treatment to Covid patients.
On mission mode to provide relief to COVID-19 patients, around 200 #OxygenExpress trains have completed their journey so far, delivering nearly 12,630 MT of Oxygen across 🇮🇳
10 Oxygen Express trains are currently on run with over 784 MT of Oxygen.
📖 https://t.co/R0UVYKYMOQ pic.twitter.com/IKmsraXVCJ
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 20, 2021
So far, the Railways has delivered nearly 12,630 MT of LMO in more than 775 tankers to different states across the country which includes Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.