Delhi receives 64% of oxygen delivered in last 24 hrs by Railways

Amid the increasing demand for medical oxygen in many states across the country, the national capital has received 64 per cent of the total Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) that has been transported all across the country by Indian Railways in the last 24 hours.

New Delhi: Indian Railways on Tuesday informed that Delhi has received 64 per cent of the total Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) that has been transported all across the country in the last 24 hours.

Earlier on Tuesday, an Oxygen Express carrying 120 MT of LMO reached Delhi from West Bengal's Durgapur.

Another train from Gujarat to Gurgaon with 85 MT LMO and one from Odisha to Faridabad with 41 MT LMO reached on Tuesday.

"Of the total 382 MT of oxygen being delivered today by Railways, nearly 244 MT would be meant for Delhi, which is nearly 64% of total load being delivered today," Railways said in its statement.

Two more Oxygen Express to Delhi carrying more than 244 MT cumulative of Liquid Medical Oxygen are on their way from Gujarat (Hapa and Mundra) and are expected to reach Delhi today itself. With the arrival of two more Oxygen Expresses today, Delhi would see nearly 450MT of LMO in 24 hours beginning early hours to 4th May, read the statement.

On Tuesday, Telangana also received its second Oxygen Express from Angul in Odisha carrying 60.23 MT LMO. While Lucknow will receive today 79 MT of Oxygen from Bokaro in Jharkhand.

In addition to this, 6 Oxygen Expresses are on the run with 463 MT LMO in 33 tankers for Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi.

These Oxygen Express will also deliver 117 MT to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, 79 MT to Faridabad in Haryana and 23 MT to Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, said the statement.

So far, 27 Oxygen Express trains have completed their journey delivering more than 1585 MT LMO in 103 tankers.

Maharashtra has received 174 MT, Uttar Pradesh 492 MT, Madhya Pradesh 179 MT, Delhi 464 MT, Haryana 150 MT and Telangana 127 MT.

"Railways continue to meet the oxygen needs as the nation fights once a century challenge. It is Indian Railways endeavour to deliver as much LMO as possible in the shortest time possible to the requesting states," the Ministry of Railways said.