Haryana will receive its first Oxygen express as a train with two tankers is expected to leave Angul (Orissa) on Thursday. An empty rake from Faridabad to Rourkela is on its way and is expected to reach tonight. Continuous stream of Oxygen trains to Haryana will ensure oxygen replenishment to the Covid-19 patients in the state.
The Government of Telangana has requested Indian Railways (IR) for Oxygen express. An empty rake is on its way from Secunderabad to Angul with 5 empty tankers and is expected to reach Angul on Friday.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh received its Oxygen express no. 5 carrying 76.29 MT of liquid medical oxygen (LMO)on Thursday in 5 tankers. One tanker was offloaded in Varanasi while remaining 4 tankers are being offloaded in Lucknow. Train no. 6 is already on its way to Lucknow and is expected to arrive on Friday, April 30,2021 carrying 33.18 MT LMO in 4 tankers. Another empty rake is expected to leave Lucknow on Thursday for bringing next set of oxygen tankers.
The cumulative quantity of LMO transported by IR is likely to touch 640 MT in the next 24 hours.
Liquid Oxygen being a cryogenic cargo has many limitations like maximum speed at which it can be carried, maximum acceleration & deceleration and loading restrictions like availability of liquid oxygen tankers and loading ramps etc. Route mapping also takes care of the maximum clearances available along the route (because of various RUBs and FOBs)
