New Delhi: On a mission mode, Indian Railways is going to deliver more than 140 MT liquid oxygen in the next 24 hrs.
Currently, nine tankers are already on the run, out of which five will reach Lucknow by tonight and the remaining four containers of LMO which have already started from Bokaro are expected to reach Lucknow tomorrow early.
Oxygen Express have run between Mumbai to Vizag via Nagpur to Nashik and Lucknow to Bokaro and back. A total of 10 containers having nearly 150 tonnes of liquid Oxygen have been carried so far.
One Oxygen Express train carrying 4 tankers (around 70 Metric tonnes of LMO) will depart tonight for Delhi from Raigarh, Chattisgarh.
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Indian Railways has also informed Delhi Government to obtain the road tankers.
Indian Railways are also ready for the movement of oxygen containers on container wagons from Durgapur to Delhi.
Indian Railway has mapped out the following routes to transport oxygen:
- For the delivery of more liquid medical oxygen to Maharashtra, railways has planned to transport oxygen from Jamnagar to Mumbai and for Nagpur/Pune from Vizag/Angul
- Railways has mapped the route from Angul to Secunderabad to deliver liquid medical oxygen for Telangana
- For Andhra Pradesh, railways has planned to transport liquid medical oxygen from vacancy Angul to Vijayawada
- For Madhya Pradesh, railways has mapped the route from Jamshedpur to Jabalpur for the transportation of liquid medical oxygen
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