New Delhi: The Indian Railways is all set to provide respite to the neighbouring country, Bangladesh by transporting Liquid Medical Oxygen through Oxygen Expresses. The Oxygen Express will transport 200 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to Bangladesh in 10 containers.
In a statement, the Ministry of Railways informed, "This is the first time ever that the Oxygen Express is put into operation to neighbouring country. Today, an indent was placed at Tata in Chakradharpur Division under South Eastern Railway to transport 200 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen to Benapole, Bangladesh."
The loading of 200 MT of LMO in 10 containers rake has been completed at 09.25 hrs, Railways informed.
It may be noted that Oxygen Expresses were started by Indian Railways on 24th April 2021, during the outbreak of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic in the country, to provide respite to Indian states requiring medical Oxygen. In line with this, more than 35,000 MT of LMO was transported to 15 states and around 480 Oxygen Expresses were operationalised.
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"Indian Railways endeavor to deliver as much LMO as possible in the shortest time possible," the statement added.
Recently, the Central government had informed in Lok Sabha that the demand for medical oxygen in the country peaked to nearly 9,000 MT in the second Covid wave as compared to the peak requirement of 3,095 MT during the first wave.
