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New Delhi : On a mission mode, Indian Railways is going to deliver more than 140 MT liquid oxygen in next 24 hrs. Nine tankers are already on the run of which 5 will reach Lucknow by April 25, 2021, late night, and remaining 4 containers of LMO, which have already started from Bokaro, are expected to reach Lucknow early April 26, 2021.
So far, Oxygen Express have run between Mumbai and o Vizag via Nagpur to Nashik and Lucknow to Bokaro and back. A total of 10 containers having nearly 150 tonnes of liquid Oxygen have been carried so far. One Oxygen Express train carrying 4 tankers (around 70 Metric tonnes of LMO) will depart ton April 25, 2021, night for Delhi from Raigarh, Chattisgarh.
Indian Railways has also informed Delhi Government to obtain the road tankers. It is also ready for the movement of oxygen containers on container wagons from Durgapur to Delhi, according to a PIB release.
Indian Railway is fully prepared to carry Oxygen on following routes:
For the delivery of more Liquid Medical Oxygen to Maharashtra, Indian Railways has planned to transport Oxygen from Jamnagar to Mumbai and for Nagpur/Pune from Vizg/Angul.
Indian Railways has mapped the route from Angul to Secunderabad to deliver Liquid Medical Oxygen to Telangana.
For the state of Andhra Pradesh, Indian Railways has planned to transport Liquid Medical Oxygen from Angul to Vijayawada.
For Madhya Pradesh, Indian Railway has mapped the route from Jamshedpur to Jabalpur for the transportation of Liquid Medical Oxygen.
Liquid Oxygen being a cryogenic cargo has many limitations like maximum speed at which it can be carried, maximum acceleration and deceleration and loading restrictions like availability of liquid oxygen tankers and loading ramps etc. Route mapping also takes care of the maximum clearances available along the route (because of various RUBs and FOBs).