Oxygen transportation by Railways.

In the fight against Covid-19, Indian Railways has geared up to run Oxygen Express to supply oxygen from steel plants to different parts of the country.

The First Roll On-Roll Off (Ro-Ro) Oxygen Express is now in East Coast Railway (ECoR) with seven empty tankers from Kalamboli Goods Shed in Maharashtra. It reached the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Visakhapatnam early morning on Thursday. Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) will now be filled in the tankers on the day and about 15 tons of LMO will be loaded in each tanker. It will then move towards Maharashtra.

Railways transported essential commodities and kept the supply chain intact even during the lockdown last year and continue to serve the nation in times of emergencies. This time movement of Oxygen Express towards different parts of the country will help patients and different hospitals, a Railways spokesman said.