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COVID-19: First Oxygen Express departs Mumbai; set to return with liquid oxygen from Vizag
PTI
The first Oxygen Express departed from Central Railway s Kalamboli yard on Monday evening to ferry liquid oxygen for Maharashtra from Vishakhapatnam steel plant in Andhra Pradesh amid the worsening COVID-19 situation.
In a statement, the ministry of railways informed that the Mumbai Division built a ramp overnight within 24 hours at Kalamboli goods yard to facilitate loading/unloading of tankers in/from flat wagons. The Ro-Ro (roll-on, roll-off) service with seven empty tankers departed from Kalamboli goods yard for Visakhapatnam steel plant siding at 8.05 pm on Monday. This train will move via Vasai Road, Jalgaon, Nagpur, Raipur Junction to Visakhapatnam steel plant siding in the ECoR zone where it will be loaded with Liquid Medical Oxygen.
Covid-19: First Oxygen Express rakes leave from Mumbai region to Vizag ANI | Updated: Apr 20, 2021 05:00 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 20 (ANI): The first Oxygen Express departed from Central Railway s Kalamboli yard on Monday evening to ferry liquid oxygen for Maharashtra from Vishakhapatnam steel plant in Andhra Pradesh amid the worsening COVID-19 situation.
In a statement, the ministry of railways informed that the Mumbai Division built a ramp overnight within 24 hours at Kalamboli goods yard to facilitate loading/unloading of tankers in/from flat wagons. The Ro-Ro (roll-on, roll-off) service with seven empty tankers departed from Kalamboli goods yard for Visakhapatnam steel plant siding at 8.05 pm on Monday.
Oxygen Express will pass through a green corridor for loading with liquid medical oxygen. pic.twitter.com/TonlClDdQf
On Sunday, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had informed that the central government is building a green corridor for the fast movement of `
Oxygen Express` Trains for facilities for smooth transportation of oxygen to the states.
“It has been decided to start transporting oxygen cylinders or tankers in trains. Transport of cylinders has already started. To ensure a fast supply of oxygen, green corridors will be started, where these trains reach their destination at a fast speed.” Can reach, ”Goyal said.
He said, “For the transportation of liquid oxygen, military wagons will be used to transport the tankers of 3.3 meters high. These trains will not be stopped so that they can reach their destination at high speed.”
A team of Mumbai Division has built a ramp overnight within 24 hours at Kalamboli goods yard to facilitate loading and unloading of tankers in and from flat wagons.
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Oxygen Express of Indian Railways have geared up the Roll-on-Roll-off (RO-RO) service with seven empty tankers in transporting the medical oxygen required for Covid-19 patients at Maharashtra from Andhra Pradesh.
The train, which left Mumbai on Monday evening at 8.05pm, will be arriving Vizag on Tuesday to get the medical oxygen from Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP). The loaded tankers will be returned back immediately.
A team of Mumbai Division has built a ramp overnight within 24 hours at Kalamboli goods yard to facilitate loading and unloading of tankers in and from flat wagons.