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  • Indian Railways to deliver 200 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen to Bangladesh on July 25

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The Railways is set to deliver a consignment of 200 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen on an Oxygen Express train to neighbouring Bangladesh on Sunday.

    This will be the first time that the life-saving gas is destined for delievery outside the country.

    The train with 10 containers departed from Tatanagar in Jharkhand on Saturday and is expected to reach Benapol in Bangladesh tomorrow.

    “First liquid oxygen tanker on rails 200 metric tonnes to Bangladesh loaded from Tatanagar, should reach tomorrow morning,” the Railways said.

    During the peak of the second wave of the coronavirus crisis in India when states were grappling with shortage of oxygen, the Railways began operating the Oxygen Express trains.

    The railways rain around 480 such trains and carried 36,841 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen across the country since it stated operations on April 24, 2021.

  • Oxygen Express crosses milestone of delivering 25,000 tonnes of medical oxygen to states/UTs: Railways

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The railways ‘Oxygen Express’ trains have crossed the milestone of delivering 25,000 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen across 39 cities in 15 states/UTs amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the national transporter said on Saturday.

    The Indian Railways has so far delivered more than 25,629 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO), in more than 1,503 tankers, to various states and Union territories (UTs) across the country.

    While 368 Oxygen Express trains have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various states/UTs, seven loaded trains with more than 482 tonnes of LMO in 30 tankers are on their way.

    Assam received its fifth Oxygen Express with 80 tonnes of LMO in four tankers from Jharkhand, whereas 3,000 tonnes oxygen was offloaded in Karnataka.

    The railways’ special Oxygen Express trains started their deliveries on April 24 in Maharashtra with a load of 126 tonnes of oxygen.

    The oxygen relief by Oxygen Express so far reached 15 states/UT, namely Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam.

    So far, 614 tonnes of oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3,797 tonnes in Uttar Pradesh, 656 tonnes in Madhya Pradesh, 5,790 tonnes in Delhi, 2,212 tonnes in Haryana, 98 tonnes in Rajasthan, 3,097 tonnes in Karnataka, 320 tonnes in Uttarakhand, 2,787 tonnes in Tamil Nadu, 2,602 tonnes in Andhra Pradesh, 225 tonnes in Punjab, 513 tonnes in Kerala, 2,474 tonnes in Telangana, 38 tonnes in Jharkhand and 400 tonnes in Assam.

    Criss-crossing the country, the Indian Railways is picking up oxygen from places like Hapa, Baroda, Mundra in the west, and Rourkela, Durgapur, Tatanagar, Angul in the east, and then delivering it to Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Assam, in complex operational route planning scenarios.

  • Railways so far delivered over 21,392 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen to 15 states

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The Railways has delivered over 21,392 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen in more than 1,274 tankers to 15 states, the national transporter said Sunday amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    So far, 313 Oxygen Express trains have completed their journey while five loaded trains are on the run with more than 406 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen in 23 tankers.

    Liquid Medical Oxygen delivery to Haryana and Karnataka has crossed 2,000 tonnes each while Tamil Nadu and Telangana each have received over 1,800 tonnes of the life-saving gas.

    Oxygen Express trains started their deliveries on April 24 with Maharashtra receiving a load of 126 tonnes.

    These freight trains have reached out to 15 states –Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam.

    So far, 614 tonnes of oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3,797 tonnes in Uttar Pradesh, 656 tonnes in Madhya Pradesh, 5,476 tonnes in Delhi, 2,023 tonnes in Haryana, 98 tonnes in Rajasthan, 2,115 tonnes in Karnataka, 320 tonnes in Uttarakhand, 1,808 tonnes in Tamil Nadu, 1,738 tonnes in Andhra Pradesh, 225 tonnes in Punjab, 380 tonnes in Kerala, 1,858 tonnes in Telangana, 38 tonnes in Jharkhand and 240 tonnes in Assam.

    Till now, Oxygen Express trains offloaded liquid medical oxygen in 39 cities, including Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur, Bareilly, Gorakhpur and Agra in Uttar Pradesh, Sagar, Jabalpur, Katni and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Mumbai and Solapur in Maharashtra, Hyderabad in Telangana, and Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana.

    The Indian Railways has mapped different routes with oxygen supply locations and keeps itself ready with any emerging need of the states which provide tankers to the national transporter for bringing the life-saving gas amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Crisscrossing the country, the Railways is picking up oxygen from places like Hapa, Baroda and Mundra in the west and Rourkela, Durgapur, Tatanagar, and Angul in the East and then delivering it to Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Assam in complex operational route planning scenarios. 

  • Oxygen Express surpasses 15,000 tonnes in deliveries; Assam latest to get consignment 

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The railways has so far delivered 15,284 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in 936 tankers to various states through its Oxygen Express service, the national transporter said on Sunday.

    So far, 234 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey and brought relief to various states, while nine loaded Oxygen Expresses are currently on the run with more than 569 tonnes of LMO in 31 tankers.

    The first Oxygen Express to Assam with 80 tonnes of LMO in four tankers reached Assam on Sunday.

    The delivery of LMO by Oxygen Expresses to Karnataka has crossed the 1,000-tonne mark, the railways said in a statement.

    On an average, Oxygen Expresses have been delivering over 800 tonnes of LMO to various states each day now.

    Oxygen relief by Oxygen Expresses reached 14 states — Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Assam.

    So far, 614 tonnes of oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3,609 tonne in Uttar Pradesh, 566 tonnes in Madhya Pradesh, 4,300 tonnes in Delhi, 1,759 tonnes in Haryana, 98 tonnes in Rajasthan, 1,063 tonnes in Karnataka, 320 tonnes in Uttarakhand, 857 tonnes in Tamil Nadu, 642 tonnes in Andhra Pradesh, 153 tonnes in Punjab, 246 tonnes in Kerala, 976 tonnes in Telangana and 80 tonnes in Assam.

    The railways has mapped different routes with oxygen supply locations and keep themselves ready with any emerging need of states.

    States provide tankers to the Indian Railways for bringing LMO.

    Oxygen Expresses started their deliveries 29 days back on April 24 in Maharashtra with a load of 126 tonnes.

    Its first service began when empty tankers left Mumbai on April 19 to be loaded with the life-saving gas.

    Criss-crossing the country, the Indian Railways is picking up oxygen from places such as Hapa, Baroda, Mundra in the West and Rourkela, Durgapur, Tatanagar, Angul in the East and then delivering it to states of Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Assam in complex operational route planning scenarios.

    The average speed of these critical freight trains is way above 55 kmph in most cases over long distances.

    Running on high priority Green Corridor, with a highest sense of urgency, operational teams of various zones are working round the clock in most challenging circumstances to ensure that oxygen reaches in fastest possible time frame, .

    Technical stoppages have been reduced to one minute for crew changes over different sections.

    On Saturday, in a first, an Oxygen Express train piloted by an ‘All Female Crew’ arrived in the Bengaluru with 120 tonnes of medical oxygen from Jamshedpur.

  • Railways delivers record single-day load of over 1,018 MT of oxygen

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: In a biggest single day load, more than 1,018 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) has been delivered to various states in the country via 13 Oxygen Expresses, the Railways said on Friday.

    The Oxygen Expresses had been delivering nearly 800 MT of LMO to the nation each day for the last few days.

    In its statement today, Railways said 208 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey, delivering 13,319 MT of LMO in more than 814 tankers to various states across the country so far.

    Oxygen relief by Oxygen Expresses has reached out to 13 states, namely Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh.

    As per the latest data released by the ministry, Delhi has received the most oxygen relief with 4,110 MT, followed by Uttar Pradesh with nearly 3,338 MT. Maharashtra has received 614 MT of oxygen relief so far, while Haryana and Punjab received 1,619 MT and 153 MT respectively.

    Telangana has received 772 MT and Tamil Nadu 649 MT oxygen relief. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala have been delivered 714 MT, 292 MT, and 118 MT of LMO respectively.

    Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand got 521 MT, 98 MT, and 320 MT of oxygen relief.

    The Railways have mapped different routes with Oxygen supply locations and have kept themselves ready with any emerging need of the states. The states provide tankers to the Railways for bringing LMO.

    Oxygen Express started with its delivery of oxygen relief days back on April 24 in Maharashtra with a load of 126 MT.

    To ensure that oxygen relief reaches in the fastest time possible, Railways has created new standards and unprecedented benchmarks in the running of Oxygen Express Freight Trains, the ministry informed.

    The average speed of these critical Freight trains, in most cases, is way above 55 over long distances. These trains run on high priority Green Corridor, with the highest sense of urgency.

    The operational teams of various zones have also been working round the clock in these challenging circumstances to ensure that Oxygen reaches in the fastest possible time frame.

    Railways said that technical stoppages have also been reduced to 1 minute for crew changes over different sections. “Tracks are kept open and high alertness is maintained to ensure that Oxygen Express keeps zipping through. All this is done in a manner that speed of other Freight Operation does not get reduced as well”, the ministry added. (ANI)

  • Over 9,440 MT of liquid medical oxygen delivered across India on Oxygen Express trains

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The railways has delivered more than 9,440 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in nearly 590 tankers to various states across the country since April 19, the national transporter said on Sunday.

    Around 150 Oxygen Express trains have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various states, it added.

    Twelve Oxygen Express trains were on the run with more than 970 tonnes of LMO in 55 tankers, it said.

    The southern states of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu got a big boost in the supply of the life-saving gas with several Oxygen Express trains delivering their loads.

    Incidentally, the NCR region crossed the delivery of more than 5,000 tonnes of oxygen for further distribution.

    The Oxygen Express trains have been delivering nearly 800 tonnes of LMO across the nation each day for the last few days.

    Kerala received its first Oxygen Express at Ernakulam with 118 tonnes of LMO.

    So far, 521 tonnes of oxygen have been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 2,525 tonnes in Uttar Pradesh, 430 tonnes in Madhya Pradesh, 1,228 tonnes in Haryana, 389 tonnes in Telangana, 40 tonnes in Rajasthan, 361 tonnes in Karnataka, 200 tonnes in Uttarakhand, 118 tonnes in Kerala, 151 tonnes in Tamil Nadu, 116 tonnes in Andhra Pradesh and more than 3,320 tonnes in Delhi.

  • Railways did amazing, supply 7115 MT of Oxygen from Oxygen Express

    Indian Railways is constantly working on its mission of supplying liquid medical oxygen on demand from different states of the country, facing the current challenges and looking for new measures. Indian Railways has so far supplied liquid oxygen for the use of about 7115 MT in 444 tankers in various states of the country through Oxygen Express. About 800 metric tons of oxygen were supplied to various parts of the country yesterday by the Oxygen Express.

    Under this campaign, the journey of 115 Oxygen Express has been completed so far and relief has been provided to various states. Indian Railways is committed to supply liquid medical oxygen in as much quantity and as short time as possible on the demand of the states and is continuously working on it.

  • Oxygen Express from Odisha, Bengal set to chug into Tamil Nadu 

    Express News Service
    CHENNAI: To meet the increasing oxygen demand in view of the second wave of Covid 19, railways has commenced the works to ferry life-saving gas from Odisha and West Bengal.

    First oxygen express carrying liquid medical oxygen from Rourkela expected to reach Tiruvallur station on May 16, said official sources. The second oxygen express will be operated from Durgapur, West Bengal.

    To ferry the oxygen from Rourkela, an empty Oxygen Express had been dispatched from Tiruvallur on Tuesday late evening. The train comprises seven flat-type wagons, of which two are loaded with cryogenic tankers. The tankers which will be filled with oxygen on Thursday or Friday will reach Thiruvallur on May 16, said official sources.

    Each cryogenic tank has the capacity to carry 13 MTs of liquid medical oxygen. “We have sent two cryogenic tanks. Depending on the availability of tanks and oxygen at Rourkela plant, more tanks will be loaded in the express. The total quantum oxygen to be ferried can be confirmed only after the tanks get filled,” said a senior railway official.

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    The train will reach Rourkela in Odisha covering a distance of 1,685 km on Thursday. The train will pass through Vyasarpadi, Tiruvottiyur, Gudur, Bitragunta, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam, and Bhubaneswar. The cryogenic tankers mounted on trucks are filled with oxygen and transported by Rail through RO-RO (Roll- On and Roll-off) service.

    This RO-RO service will facilitate door-to-door delivery of oxygen at the hospitals as required by the state governments without having to unload from the railway wagon and refill them again into the Road vehicle. This helps in cutting down the transit time immensely.

    “On receipt of the request from the State Government, we have mapped the movement of Oxygen Express through Green corridor between originating and destination station. Green corridor refers to the path in which the Oxygen Express will be run at the optimum speed without any detention by duly ensuring green signals for its seamless transportation,” added the railway official.

    As height is one of the important factors in determining the speed of the train, the green corridor is mapped taking into account various factors such as structure and terrain like road over bridge, platform canopies, overhead equipment, curves, etc along the route till destination.

    “We will deliver the oxygen at Tiruvallur station from there the tanks will be transported to hospitals as per the State government’s decision,” explained the official.

  • Oxygen Express: Nearly 6,260 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen delivered since April 19, says Railways

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The Railways has delivered nearly 6,260 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) onboard 100 ‘Oxygen Express’ trains since April 19 when it started its first such service, an official statement said on Wednesday.

    The Railways delivered 800 tonnes of LMO to the nation on Tuesday, it said.

    “One hundred Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various states. It is the Indian Railways’ endeavour to deliver as much LMO as possible in the shortest time possible to the requesting states. So far, nearly 6,260 tonnes of of LMO has been delivered in 396 tankers,” the statement said.

    Till now, 407 tonnes of oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 1,680 tonnes in Uttar Pradesh, 360 tonnes in Madhya Pradesh, 939 tonnes in Haryana, 123 tonnes in Telangana, 40 tonnes in Rajasthan, 120 tonnes in Karnataka, and more than 2,404 tonnes in Delhi, it said.

    The first Oxygen Express train to Uttarakhand with 120 tonnes of the life-saving gas from Tatanagar in Jharkhand and the first such train to Pune carrying more than 50 tonnes of oxygen from Angul in Odisha reached their destinations on Tuesday night, the statement said.

    More loaded Oxygen Express trains are expected to start their journeys on Wednesday night, it said.

  • Centre sends 80 metric tonnes of oxygen to Uttarakhand

    By PTI
    DEHRADUN: Eighty metric tonnes of oxygen sent by the Centre by an Oxygen Express train was dispatched to different districts of Uttarakhand on Wednesday.

    Flagging off trucks carrying the life-saving gas to different places of Kumaon and Garhwal divisions from the Harrawala station here, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal for extending a helping hand.

    Enough oxygen is being supplied by the Centre to the state in view of the difficult circumstances arising out of the surge in COVID-19 cases, he said.

    Though there was never a shortage of oxygen in the state, its consumption has gone up with the rising number of oxygenated beds in hospitals and COVID care centres, Rawat said.

    Oxygen supply from the Centre will continue in the future too, he added.

    Vaccination of people aged 18-44 years has also begun in the state and the exercise has received an enthusiastic response from the beneficiaries, the chief minister said.

    Uttarakhand is grappling with the second wave of COVID-19 at every level and the Centre has assured the state of all possible help, he added.