New Delhi:The Indian Railways on Tuesday achieved another milestone by delivering more than 1000 metric tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen across the nation, which is the highest single-day load of Oxygen Express, so far.
Oxygen Expresses had been delivering nearly 800 MT of LMO to the nation every single day since this initiative was being taken. On Tuesday, more than 1000 MT of LMO has been delivered to various states, officials said.
Along with this, Railways continues to ply Oxygen Express amid the Cyclone Alert in Gujarat. Another Oxygen Express with 103 MT of Oxygen in 5 loaded tankers has been departed from Kanalus (Rajkot Division) for Okhla (New Delhi).
So far, Indian Railways has delivered more than 11030 MT of LMO in more than 675 tankers to 13 states. Nearly 175 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey and brought relief to various States.
As per the official data, 521 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 2858 MT in UP, 476 MT to MP, 1427 MT in Haryana, 565 MT in Telangana, 40 MT in Rajasthan, 480 MT in Karnataka, 200 MT in Uttarakhand, 350 MT in Tamil Nadu, 81 MT in Punjab, 118 MT in Kerela and nearly 3794 MT in Delhi.
"Indian Railways is picking up oxygen from places like Hapa and Mundra in the West and Rourkela, Durgapur, Tatanagar, Angul in the east and then delivering it to States of Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, MP, Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, and UP in complex operational route planning scenarios," an official said.
"The average speed of these critical Freight trains is way above 55 in most cases over long distances. Oxygen Express runs on high priority green corridor to ensure the fastest way for these trains, technical Stoppages have been reduced to 1 minute for crew changes over different sections," the official said.
"Tracks are also been kept open and high alertness is maintained to ensure that Oxygen Express keeps zipping through. All this is done in a manner that the speed of other Freight Operation doesn't get reduced as well," the official added.
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