Categories: Health

Delhi gets another 244 tonnes of oxygen today as two express trains speed in

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Two Oxygen Express trains are reaching Delhi today carrying a total of 244 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen from Hapa and Mundra in Gujarat.</p>
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With these two consignments coming in, Delhi will have been supplied a total of 450 tonnes of liquid oxygen in the last 24 hours.</p>
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The national capital would be getting close to 64% of the total 382 metric tonnes (MT) of oxygen being delivered by the railways today, the statement said.</p>
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So far, Indian Railways has delivered 1585 MT of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in 103 tankers to various states across the country. As many as 27 Oxygen Expresses have already completed their journey and 6 more loaded Oxygen Express are on the run carrying 463 MT of LMO in 33 tankers, the statement explained.</p>
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It is Indian Railways endeavour to deliver as much LMO as possible in the shortest time possible to the requesting states.</p>
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Telangana also received its second Oxygen Express from Angul carrying 60.23 MT LMO.</p>
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Lucknow will receive today 79 tonnes from Oxygen Express from Bokaro.</p>
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Overcoming all hurdles and finding new solutions, Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering liquid medical oxygen to various states across the country, the official statement said.So far, Indian Railways has delivered more than 1585 metric tonnes Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to Maharashtra (174 MT), Uttar Pradesh (492 MT), Madhya Pradesh (179 MT), Delhi (464 MT), Haryana (150 MT) & Telangana (127 MT).</p>

IN Bureau

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