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'Oxygen Express' with three tankers arrives in Maharashtra

'Oxygen Express' with three tankers arrives in Maharashtra
Written by Sneha Das
(Sourced from PTI)
Apr 26, 2021, 02:13 pm 2 min read
'Oxygen Express' with three tankers arrives in Maharashtra

A train carrying three tankers loaded with liquid medical oxygen arrived at Kalamboli near Mumbai from Jamnagar in Gujarat on Monday, railway officials said. "The train, carrying about 44 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen, nearly 15 tonnes in each tanker, reached Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai at around 11:30 am, covering a distance of about 860 km in over 17 hours," they said.

Oxygen Express
This is the second Oxygen Express to arrive in Maharashtra

This is the second Oxygen Express to arrive in Maharashtra, which is facing a shortage of liquid medical oxygen due to a sharp surge in COVID-19 cases. The first Oxygen Express carrying seven tankers of the liquid medical oxygen reached the state from Visakhapatnam on April 23. Four of those tankers were offloaded at Nashik and three at Nagpur, considering the local need.

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Train had left from Gujarat on Sunday evening

Informing about the Oxygen Express which arrived on Monday, Western Railway officials said, "The Ro-Ro (Roll on-Roll off) goods train carrying three tankers of the liquid medical oxygen on BWT wagons left from Hapa at Jamnagar in Gujarat around 6 pm on Sunday."

Western Railway
It's the first Oxygen Express run by the Western Railway

"After an overnight journey via Viramgam, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, the train entered Maharashtra in the morning," the officials said. "It is the first Oxygen Express run by the Western Railway," Western Railway's (WR) Chief Public Relations Officer Sumit Thakur said, adding the railway authorities provided an uninterrupted green corridor to the train for swift movement.

Arrangements
The three oxygen tankers are supplied by Reliance Industries

"The three oxygen tankers are supplied by the Reliance Industries in Jamnagar," Thakur said. "Necessary arrangements were made at the Hapa goods shed in a short time for the smooth movement of the train," he said. According to the Western Railway, authorities followed all safety parameters, keeping in mind the height of the gas tankers and monitored their pressure from time to time.

Medical oxygen
There are many limitations linked to liquid oxygen: Thakur

"As liquid oxygen is cryogenic, there are many limitations, like the speed at which it can be carried, acceleration and deceleration, and loading restrictions," Thakur said. On April 18, the Railways had announced it will run Oxygen Express trains over the next few days to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders across the country.

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Sneha Das is a lifestyle writer at NewsBytes. She had started her career with NewsBytes and her work has focused on national and lifestyle news. She has previously worked as an intern with The Sakal Times, The Logical Indian, and 91.9 Friends FM. She has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Calcutta.
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