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. As on 10.05.2021, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 4700 MT of LMO in more than 295 tankers to various states across the country.
- On 09.05.2021, Oxygen Expresses delivered a record 831 MT of LMO, a record for One Single day.
- 75 Oxygen Expresses have already completed their journey so far.
- It is Indian Railways endeavour to deliver as much LMO as possible in the shortest time possible to the requesting states.
- As on 10.05.2021, 293 MT of LMO has been offloaded in Maharashtra, 1334 MT in UP, 306 MT in MP, 598 MT in Haryana, 123 MT in Telangana, 40 MT in Rajasthan and 2011 MT in Delhi.
- First Oxygen Express to Karnataka has also started its journey from Tatanagar in Jharkhand and is on the way to Bengaluru with 120 MT of Oxygen.
- Running of new Oxygen is a very dynamic exercise and figures keep getting updated all the time.
- More loaded Oxygen Expresses are expected to start their journeys later in the night.
Isolation Coaches:
Meanwhile, Railways has made available a fleet of more than 4400 Isolation Coaches with around 70,000 beds to serve as Isolation Units.
- In the latest update, with latest demands from the State of Assam, Railway has swiftly moved 21 isolation coaches to Guwahati and 20 Isolation Coaches to Badarpur near Silchar in Assam (N. F. Railway).
- Earlier in the week, Isolation Coaches were deployed at Sabarmati, Chandlodiya and Dimapur respectively.
- Accordingly, as per States’ demand, as on 08 May 2021, 298 coaches have been handed over to various states for Covid care with a bed-capacity of more than 4700 beds.
- The latest demand came from the State Govt of Gujarat, wherein the Railways have deployed 10 coaches for Sabarmati and 6 coaches for Chandoliya.
- Alongside, in terms of the demand by the State Govt of Nagaland Isolation Coaches, the Railway worked has positioned 10 Isolation coaches at Dimapur.
- 5 Isolation Coaches having 70 bed capacity with one coach for medical personnel were deployed for Jabalpur and are now functional.
- 21 Coaches are now made functional for the medical exigencies at Palghar by the Railways in terms of Terms of Agreement with District Authorities.
- 2 sets of Oxygen Cylinders are also provided in these coaches to meet any exigency by the State Health Authorities in many places.
Source: PIB-Press Release
