Maharashtra Gets Second Wind: First Oxygen Express Arrives in Nagpur, Offloads 3 Tankers

Amid severe shortage of oxygen across the country, the first ‘Oxygen Express’ run by Indian Railways arrived in Maharashtra on Friday evening. Tankers filled with Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) are being transported by the Railways roll on-roll of (Ro-Ro) service in a bid to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Seven LMO tankers from Visakhapatnam steel plant in Andhra Pradesh arrived at Nagpur railway station at 8:10 PM. Three tankers were unloaded at Nagpur while the remaining will be unloaded at Nasik Road station on Saturday morning.

Speaking to reporters, Nagpur Additional Municipal Commissioner, Jalaj Sharma, said that a total of 45 MT of oxygen — three tankers with a capacity of 15 MT each — has been received.