BENGALURU:
The first Oxygen Express to Karnataka, carrying 120 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen reached the city on Tuesday.
According to South Western Railway, the oxygen express carrying six cryogenic containers with medical oxygen weighing 120 tonnes departed from Jharkhand on Monday and arrived at the Inland Container Depot in Whitefield here this morning.
A signal free ‘Green Corridor’ was created by the Railways to enable swift transport of the Oxygen Express. It traversed a distance of 1833 km with average speed of 55.66 kmph and took a time of 29 hrs 35 minutes to reach the destination, a release issued by South Western Railway said.
Karnataka's first #OxygenExpress with 6 Containers has reached Bengaluru through 'Green Corridor' from Tatanagar.
— South Western Railway (@SWRRLY) May 11, 2021
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It may be noted that On May 1, 2021, Karnataka government had requested Indian Railways to assist in
transportation of LMO. Indian Railways had stepped up their assistance immediately and responded positively to the request of State Government. A ramp was built at Satellite Goods Terminal, Whitefield for easy loading/unloading Oxygen Trucks (for RoRo model of transport).
Railways have taken a lot of care in smooth transport of Oxygen throughout the country by ensuring green corridor, efficient maintenance of assets and several concessions such as exemption of development surcharge, busy season surcharge, Terminal Access Charge etc for Oxygen container transport.
So far, throughout India over 75 Oxygen Express trains have transported more than 4700 Million Tonnes of Oxygen for COVID-19 patients in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
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