On Friday, in Nagpur in Maharashtra, the first ‘Oxygen Express’ train arrived after departure from Visakhapatnam with seven tankers carrying life-saving medicinal gas in the midst of the deadly second wave of a COVID-19 pandemic.
In a Nagpur Junction railway station, three out of seven tankers were unloaded, said news agency ANI.
On Thursday night the train that was carrying the big oxygen tankers pulled off the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) facility in Visakhapatnam.
15 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen are carried on each tanker. “Walter’s East Coast Railways Division and RINL officials worked together to succeed in the program. This is really useful for the recent upsurge in COVID-19 “In a declaration on Thursday, railways said.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted a train video that was about to be pulled out.
The “Oxygen Express,” which runs from stainless steel plants to various parts of the world, is being operated by the railways.
Also after last year’s lockdown, railways shipped basic goods and maintained the supply chain intact, serving the country in emergencies. The railways added General Manager Vidya Bhusan congratulating the team from Waltair headed by Divisional Railway Manager Chetan Srivastava on performing this mission,” adding that this moves ‘Oxygen Express’ to various parts of the country would benefit patients and different hospitals.
In the last 24 hours, Maharashtra had recorded 773 deaths caused by COVID-19 – the largest death in one day. During the same 24-hour time, it recorded 66,836 new incidents.
In recent weeks, the rise in Covid cases has contributed to what now is known as the second deadly outbreak of this pandemic. Social media is filled with a history of distraught people struggling to find their friends and families oxygen or a hospital bed.
During this period more and more people are complaining about a respiratory condition, which requires treatment for oxygen. However, because of the sudden demand growth through cities and towns, the availability of oil has been heavily limited.
People went to social media to organize assistance, while the state governments and the center collaborate with the private sector to arrange oxygen quickly.
