24 April 2021, 19:53 PM
Oxygen Express delivered nearly 150 tonnes of oxygen in the last 24 hours. Expresses arrived at Nashik and Lucknow with Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) for Maharashtra and UP respectively. Containers unloaded at Nagpur and Varanasi en route to supply LMO in these regions: Ministry of Railways informed. Third Oxygen Express also started its journey from Lucknow on Saturday and more trains are in the pipeline. Green Corridors are helping in fast movement of Oxygen Express, the Ministry of Railways was quoted as saying by ANI.
24 April 2021, 18:50 PM
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh orders shutdown of operations in the state’s iron and steel industries to divert Oxygen for medical use, along with immediate establishment of Oxygen Control Rooms at the state and district levels amid escalating Oxygen crisis in the state: Punjab CMO (ANI input)