<span style="color: #222222;">Rail Minister Piyush Goyal has said that Indian Railways has moved ten oxygen tankers till now of total 150 tonnes of oxygen and nine more oxygen tankers are on the move. He said, one oxygen express carrying four tankers of total 70 Metric tonne will depart tonight for Delhi from Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. Indian Railway is running Oxygen Express, with Liquid Medical Oxygen tankers in response to its fight against&nbsp;COVID-19.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Railways Board Chairman Suneet Sharma has said that Railways is picking up this challenge of movement of the life-saving Oxygen from the steel plants and the other areas from where it is getting loaded to the states which are wanting this Oxygen. He said, Railways has already transported 150 tonnes of oxygen till now. Briefing reporters in New Delhi today, Mr Sharma said, initially, the demand had come from Maharashtra and seven tankers were loaded from Vizag, Andhra Pradesh. They travelled a distance of over 1800 kilometres and reached Nagpur and Nashik. Mr Sharma said, Railway is in touch with governments of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for Oxygen Express for their states.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Railways Board Chairman said, despite COVID pandemic, the trains will continue to run and Railway is increasing services wherever there is demand. He said, overall 70 per cent train services have been restored.</span><br />
News On AIR | April 25, 2021 5:46 PM
Railways moved ten oxygen tankers till now of total 150 tonnes of oxygen: Piyush Goyal