Nagpur: The Roll-On Roll-Off (RORO) Oxygen Express prepare, which departed from Visakhapatnam yesterday, arrived on the Nagpur Junction railway station on Friday loaded with liquid medical oxygen tankers and offloaded three oxygen tankers right here.
The Oxygen Express prepare, which arrived with seven oxygen tankers, will proceed to Nashik to ship oxygen to sufferers throughout Maharashtra, stated Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal.
“Under the leadership of PM @NarendraModiji, the first ‘Oxygen Express’ train loaded with liquid medical oxygen tankers from Vizag has reached Nagpur. 3 tankers have been offloaded in Nagpur. The train will proceed to Nashik, delivering oxygen for patients across Maharashtra,” he tweeted.
Under the management of PM @NarendraModi ji, the primary ‘Oxygen Express’ prepare loaded with liquid medical oxygen tankers from Vizag has reached Nagpur.
3 tankers have been offloaded in Nagpur. The prepare will proceed to Nashik, delivering oxygen for sufferers throughout Maharashtra. pic.twitter.com/9IaMywXDgq
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) April 23, 2021
The Union Railways Ministry had earlier on Thursday stated the transportation of oxygen by way of trains is quicker over lengthy distances than street transport.
“It may please be noted that to facilitate loading/unloading of tankers in/from flat wagons, a ramp is required. Also, due to restrictions of height of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Over Head Equipment (OHE) at certain locations, out of the various specifications of road tankers, the model of road tanker T 1618 with height of 3320 mm was found feasible to be placed on flat wagons (DBKM) with height of 1290 mm,” the ministry stated in a launch, including the Railways transported important commodities and saved the provision chain intact even through the lockdown final yr and proceed to serve the nation in occasions of emergencies.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra has reported 66,836 new Covid-19 instances, 74,045 recoveries and 773 deaths within the final 24 hours.
