The Railways started operating Oxygen Express trains on April 24 this year amid the second wave of the Covid pandemic to provide respite to the states requiring medical oxygen.
An oxygen express train carrying 73.27 MT of LMO (liquid medical oxygen) from Odisha arrived at Irugur near here in the early hours of Sunday.
Oxygen relief by 421 Oxygen Expresses reached to 15 states namely Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra and others.
As many as 1,534 tankers have delivered oxygen to 39 cities in the country, it said.
A Railway Ministry official said that 359 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far since April 24.
The Southern Railway has delivered 2114.21 Metric Tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to Tamil Nadu and Kerala through 32 'Oxygen Express'
He said that 284 Oxygen Express have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various states.
The railways have 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, 224 'Oxygen Express' trains have completed their journey and brought relief to various states, while 8 others, loaded with over 563 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen in 35 tankers, are currently on their way, it said.
The train was piloted by an 'All Female Crew' from Jolarpettai in neighbouring Tamil Nadu to Bengaluru on Friday.
Fourth Oxygen Express to Karnataka has reached Bengaluru on May 18.
An oxygen express train from Jamshedpur carrying 120 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) chugged into Bengaluru on Tuesday
New York-based social activist Prem Bhandari is spearheading and lending support to efforts to ship oxygen concentrators and other essential medical supplies to cities and towns across the country.
A tanker carrying 22 tons of liquid medical oxygen from Jharkhand's Bokaro to Bhopal overturned near Garhakota town in Madhya Pradesh's Sagardistrict
Around 150 Oxygen Express trains have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various states, it added.
Nagaland's first Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plant will be functional at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) from Monday.
100th 'Oxygen Express' arrived in Jabalpur on May 12. 6260 MT of oxygen got delivered. The requirement of medical oxygen has soared in the country amid 2nd wave of COVID-19. Therefore, Indian Railways started special trains for faster movement of medical oxygen.
A consignment carrying oxygen generators and 1000 ventilators on Sunday reached India from the UK
The Delhi Police has transferred the case of alleged black-marketing and hoarding of oxygen concentrators to Crime Branch
Forty-seven 'Oxygen Express' trains have completed their journey so far, it added, news agency ANI reported.
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