20000 tons of oxygen was delivered to 15 states through 300 Oxygen Express

New Delhi, May 29, 2021

When the second wave of corona was at its peak in the country, there was a shortage of medical oxygen in most of the states. In states like Delhi, even patients died due to lack of oxygen.

During this period, Oxygen Express was launched by the Railways to deliver oxygen. Today, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that Oxygen Express has provided 20,000 metric tonnes of oxygen to various states. Thus, Oxygen Express has proved to be a milestone.

He tweeted that patients have received great help through Oxygen Express trains. 300 trains were deployed to supply oxygen and 20,000 metric tonnes of oxygen were delivered through them. Railways delivered oxygen through 1162 tankers to 39 cities in 15 states. Is.

The service was started on April 24. The train delivered 126 tonnes of oxygen to Maharashtra, while Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana are the states where one-thousand tonnes of oxygen was delivered by train. Uttarakhand was among the 15 states where the trains reached. , Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi.