Oxygen Express to leave Vizag for Mumbai today

VISAKHAPATNAM: Nearly 100 tonnes of

liquid medical oxygen

for the emergency use of Covid-19 patients will be transported to Mumbai from the Port City in seven tankers aboard the

Oxygen Express

. The oxygen will be filled at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant here on Wednesday. The operation is undertaken by the Union government.

The

Railways

has arranged a green corridor to ensure free movement of the Express under its roll-on-roll-off (Ro-Ro) service. All station managers along the route have been instructed to ensure the train does not have halts. The Express will move via Vasai Road, Jalgaon, Nagpur and Raipur Junction between Mumbai and Vizag.

Speaking to TOI, a senior RINL-VSP official said each tank has a capacity of 15 tonnes. The plant has its own railway platform for the train. “The train left Mumbai on Monday night. We expected its arrival here Tuesday night, but it has been delayed to Wednesday morning. We will send the train with the loaded tankers back to Mumbai on Wednesday,” the

VSP

official added.

A team of Mumbai Railway Division has built a ramp overnight at Kalamboli goods yard to facilitate loading and unloading of the tankers from flat wagons.