States »SoutPosted at: May 17 2021 7:56PM

TN gets 4th, 5th load of oxygen from Odisha

Chennai, May 17 (UNI) Tamil Nadu received its fourth and fifth
loaded Oxygen Express trains from Kalinga Nagar and Rourkela
in Odisha today.
A Southern Railway release here said the fourth loaded oxygen
express from Tata Steel Siding, Kalinganagar (Odisha) with
80 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in four containers arrived
at the Inland Container Depot at Tondiarpet here at 04.55 hrs.
Decanting was completed at 11.25 hrs and the rake with four
empty containers was dispatched back to Rourkela for refill.
The fifth loaded oxygen express loaded at Rourkela (Odisha)
for Milavittan Station, Tuticorin arrived at the destination at
1603 hrs delivering five tankers carrying 78.82 MT of LMO.
With this, the total oxygen delivered for Tamil Nadu stood
at 310.22 MT.
The sixth loaded oxygen express for Tamilnadu loaded with
two containers carrying 40 MT LMO is likely to arrive late
this evening to the Inland Container Depot. This has been
loaded at Tata Steel Siding, Kalinganagar (Odisha).
The seventh loaded oxygen express for Tamil Nadu carrying
four tankers with 57.46 MT, left Rourkela at 1618 hrs. Refilling
is underway in two more containers at Rourkela and the same
will be dispatched to Inland Container Depot.
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