Overcoming all hurdles and finding new solutions, Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country. Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 32000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) delivery in service to the Nation.
- So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 32095 MT of LMO in more than 1834 tankers to various states across the country.
- It may be noted that 444 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States.
- Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 17700 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to the southern states of the country.
- Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 3200, 4000, 4200 and 5600 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively.
- It is worth mentioning that Oxygen Expresses started their deliveries 55 days back on 24th April in Maharashtra with a load of 126 MT.
- It is Indian Railways endeavour to deliver as much LMO as possible in the shortest time possible to the requesting states.
- Oxygen relief by Oxygen Expresses reached out to 15 states namely Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam.
Details of Oxygen delivered to the states:
- 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra
- Nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh
- 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh
- 5722 MT in Delhi
- 2354 MT in Haryana
- 98 MT in Rajasthan
- 4227 MT in Karnataka
- 320 MT in Uttarakhand
- 5674 MT in Tamil Nadu
- 4037 MT in Andhra Pradesh
- 225 MT in Punjab
- 513 MT in Kerala
- 3255 MT in Telangana
- 38 MT in Jharkhand
- 560 MT in Assam
Oxygen supply locations:
- Indian Railways has mapped different routes with Oxygen supply locations and keeps itself ready with any emerging need of the States.
- States provide tankers to the Indian Railways for bringing LMO.
- Criss crossing the country, 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 States of Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh & Assam in complex operational route planning scenarios.
Running of Oxygen Express Freight Trains:
- In order to ensure that Oxygen relief reaches in the fastest time possible, Railways is creating new standards and unprecedented benchmarks in running of Oxygen Express Freight Trains.
- The average speed of these critical Freight trains is way above 55 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 the fastest possible time frame.
- Technical stoppages have 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 the speed of other Freight Operation doesn’t get reduced as well.
- Running of new Oxygen is a very dynamic exercise and figures keep getting updated all the time.
Source: PIB-Press Release
