Jamshedpur, Aug 4: In yet another move to meet shortage of oxygen, the South Eastern Railway on Wednesday flagged off the fifth Oxygen Express train to Benapole in Bangladesh from Rourkela railway station under Chakradharpur division .
The train left Rourkela carrying 183 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in 10 containers.
The train will cover a journey of around 700 Km for reaching its destination in Bangladesh from Rourkela.
Notably, the first Oxygen Express train was sent to Benapole in Bangladesh, originating from Tatanagar on July 24 for the treatment of Covid affected patients in that neighbouring country.
Till today, four Oxygen Express trains have been sent to Bangladesh from Tatanagar each carrying 200 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO).
With the despatch of today’s train from Rourkela, altogether five Oxygen Express Trains have been sent to Bangladesh from SER jurisdiction with total 983 tonnes of LMO.
In order to meet the growing demand of Oxygen for treatment of Covid affected patients, South Eastern Railway has been running Oxygen Express trains since April 23 to different parts of the country to ensure easy supply of Oxygen.
