States »SoutPosted at: May 20 2021 4:15PM

TN gets 584.45 MT oxygen thro 11 Oxygen exp trains

Chennai, May 20 (UNI) Tamil Nadu has so far received a total

of 584.45 MT of Liquid Medical oxygen (LMO) delivered through

11 oxygen express trains operated by the Southern Railway.

Railway sources said eight oxygen loaded express trains had

arrived in Tamil Nadu till Monday.

The ninth loaded oxygen express that left from Rourkela with

two containers carrying 36.74 MT of LMO reached the Inland

Container Depot, Tondiarpet at 2000 hrs last night.

The tenth train that departed from Rourkela with 29.24 MT of

LMO in three tankers arrived at Madukkarai near Coimbatore

at 0155 hrs today and the 11th express that left Rourkela

carrying 78.58 MT of LMO in four containers reached Inland

Container Depot, Tondiarpet at 0540 hrs this morning.

The 12th Oxygen Express for Inland Container Depot, Tondiarpet

dispatched from Rourkela carrying 64.95 MT of LMO in a total

of three containers was expected to arrive tonight.

The 13th loaded Oxygen Express dispatched from Rourkela carrying

79.31 MT of LMO in five tankers for Tamil Nadu is likely to arrive

tomorrow.

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