Indian Railways to deliver 200 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen to Bangladesh

New Delhi, July 24: For the first time, the Indian Railway is going to transport 200 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to Bangladesh in 10 containers via the Oxygen Express. This will be the first time that the life-saving gas is destined for delivery outside the country.

 

The train with 10 containers departed from Tatanagar in Jharkhand on Saturday and is expected to reach Benapol in Bangladesh tomorrow.

 

“The Indian Railways’ Oxygen Express is set to embark on its journey to Bangladesh. This is the first time that the Oxygen Express is put into operation in a neighboring country. Today, an indent was placed at Tata in Chakradharpur Division under South Eastern Railway to transport 200 MT of LMO to Benapole in Bangladesh,” the Ministry of Railways said in an official statement.

 

 

 

The railway has started nearly 36,841 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen across the country since it started operations on April 24, 2021. The Railways began operating the Oxygen Express trains during the peak of the second wave of the coronavirus crisis in India when states were grappling with a shortage of oxygen.

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