BENGALURU:
An oxygen express train from Jamshedpur carrying 120 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) chugged into Bengaluru on Tuesday, Railway officials said.
The state has so far received 480 tonnes of oxygen from Odisha and Jharkhand by rail, Chief Public Relation Officer of South Western Railway, Aneesh Hegde told PTI.
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಆಕ್ಸಿಜನ್ ಎಕ್ಸ್ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ಟಾಟಾ ನಗರದಿಂದ 120 ಟನ್ ಆಕ್ಸಿಜನ್ ಹೊತ್ತು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗೆ 8:45ಕ್ಕೆ ತಲುಪಿದೆ.
— South Western Railway (@SWRRLY) May 18, 2021
Fourth #OxygenExpress to Karnataka with 120 MT LMO from Tatanagar
reached Bengaluru at 8:45 AM.@PIBBengaluru pic.twitter.com/qRi3IYkwWF
According to Hegde, the fourth train had departed from Jamshedpur in the wee hours of Monday and reached Bengaluru this morning carrying LMO in six containers.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has said the state required about 1,200 tonnes of oxygen to meet the demand as the COVID cases surged. The Navy too has chipped in to supply LMO and medical supplies to the state, which are essential in treating coronavirus infections.
