District gets 19.5 tonnes of oxygen

Coimbatore: An Oxygen Express carrying three tanks containing 19.5 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen reached Madukkarai railway station here on Sunday.
According to a statement from the Southern Railway, the train that ferried the tanks from Rourkela in Odisha, reached Madukkarai at 12.45pm. The tanks were handed over to state government authorities within half-an-hour.
Liquid oxygen will be supplied to hospitals in and around Coimbatore, said a health department official.
This is the second Oxygen Express to reach Madukkarai railway station and 18th oxygen express to the state. With this, 1,024.18 tonnes of liquid oxygen have been delivered to the state.
Apart from Madukkarai, oxygen was also delivered to Tondiarpet station in Chennai.
“Till date, we have delivered 48.78 tonnes of liquid oxygen at Madukkarai using two trains, 785.87 tonnes at Tondiarpet using 13 trains, 79.31 tonnes at Vadipatti, 78.82 tonnes at Milavattan and 31.4 tonnes at Tiruvallur station,” the statement said. “The trains are running on high priority green corridor. Operational teams are working round-the-clock to ensure that oxygen reaches in fastest possible time frame.” TNN