Logistical issues hamper smooth supply of liquid oxygen from steel companies
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Jindal Steel & Power said it has more than 500 tonnes of liquid oxygen stock readily available at its Angul plant in Odisha. “We are waiting for the users to send their tankers,” the company tweeted on Thursday.
Even as steelmakers step up the supply of medical oxygen, fresh challenges emerge over transporting the life-saving gas from the states of excess supply to places like Mumbai and Delhi where there is a shortage.
Jindal Steel & Power said it has more than 500 tonnes of liquid oxygen stock readily available at its Angul plant in Odisha. “We are waiting for the users to send their tankers,” the company tweeted on Thursday.
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Indian Railways, which on Monday, started running the Oxygen Express as part of its fight against Covid-19, has waived off charges for moving over-dimension cargo, in a move that will make oxygen transportation cheaper. Liquid medical oxygen (LMO) and cylinders are being rushed atop trucks, placed on trains. Green corridors are being created to ensure that trains run fast without facing congestion.
On oxygen transportation, the Railways said on Monday that following requests by various states for oxygen transportation, the national transporter is running its first Oxygen Express. The Roll on Roll off (Ro-Ro) service with seven empty tankers departed from Kalamboli, Maharashtra for Visakhapatnam on Monday.
The ‘Oxygen Express’ will help states avail oxygen in remote areas from surplus areas in a shorter time
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways will run ‘Oxygen Express’ for faster movement of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in cryogenic road tankers. The railway ministry said green corridors were being created to facilitate fast movement of these trains. It said the technical feasibility of transportation of LMO tankers was explored at the request of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra governments.
On Friday, the railway board had approved the request of Maharashtra government to allow transportation of LMO road tankers through Roll On-Roll Off (RORO) service and had directed all its zonal general managers to make necessary preparations.
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In view of the spiralling Covid-19 cases, there is an acute shortage of oxygen in the country. During treatment of certain medical conditions in Covid infection, oxygen is a key element.
Several states have been facing shortage of oxygen and it is taking time to supply the same from one state to another.
To avoid the delay in the transport of the precious gas during the Covid crisis, the Centre has decided to run oxygen express trains through green corridors to shift oxygen rapidly and in bulk quantities, Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal tweeted.
RINL rises to the occasion to help COVID patients
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Steel plant supplied around 400 tonnes of liquid oxygen to various destinations last week
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Steel plant supplied around 400 tonnes of liquid oxygen to various destinations last week
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, has supplied around 400 tonnes of liquid oxygen, last week to various destinations in Andhra Pradesh and other States.
The Air Separation Plant (ASP) in the RINL has five units of oxygen extraction plants for 7.3 mtpa steel plant. Out of which three units have capacity to produce 550 tonnes per unit per day and two units have the capacity to produce 600 tonnes per unit per day.