दक्षिण पूर्व रेलवे
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
प्रेसविज्ञप्ति
PRESS RELEASE
SER STARTS SENDING OXYGEN EXPRESS TRAINS TO PUNJAB ALONG WITH 8 OTHER STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES
Kolkata, 17th May, 2021.
Along with other 8 States and Union Territories, South Eastern Railway started to despatch Oxygen Express Train to Punjab also.The first Oxygen Express Train towards Jalandhar (Punjab) left Bokaro Steel City yesterday evening carrying 41.07 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO).
Today early morning, one more Oxygen Express train has originated from Tatanagar towards Bengaluru carrying 120 tonnes of LMO in containers.
South Eastern Railway has been relentlessly moving Oxygen Express Trains to different states in this pandemic situation. So far 74 Oxygen Express Trains have originated from Bokaro Steel City, Rourkela and Tatanagar in SER jurisdiction carrying total 4695 tonnes of LMO. The LMO has been sent for the Covid affected people in the States and Union Territories of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Punjab.
