28th 'Oxygen Express' carrying 117.11 tonnes LMO reaches Bengaluru

Bengaluru: The twenty eighth “Oxygen Express” carrying 117.11 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in six cryogenic containers, has reached the city, the South Western Railway said on Sunday.

So far, Karnataka has received 3,213.99 tonnes of LMO by rail.

“The 28th Oxygen Express has reached Inland Container Depot, Whitefield, Bengaluru at 05:50 PM today (June 6). It had started from Kanalus, Jamnagar, Gujarat at 11:45 AM on June 5,” South Western Railway said in a statement.

The Indian Railways has so far run 376 Oxygen Expresses and transported more than 26,281 tonnes of LMO in 1,534 tankers to all parts of the country and has brought relief to 15 states in their fight against COVID-19, it said.