Indian Railways, on a mission mode, is going to provide more than 140 MT liquid oxygen in 24 hours. As quite a few as nine tankers are currently on the run at present, out of which 5 reached Lucknow by last evening and the remaining 4 containers of LMO which have began from Bokaro are anticipated to attain the city of Lucknow today. So far, Indian Railways’ Oxygen Express has been operated in between Mumbai to Vizag through Nagpur to Nashik as effectively as Lucknow to Bokaro and back. According to a statement issued by Railway Ministry on 25 April 2021, so far, 10 containers possessing roughly 150 tonnes of liquid Oxygen have been carried in total.
According to the ministry, one Oxygen Express train carrying 4 tankers (practically 70 Metric tonnes of LMO) will depart tonight for the national capital from Raigarh, Chattisgarh. The national transporter has also informed Delhi Government to receive the road tankers. Besides, Indian Railways are prepared for oxygen containers’ movement on container wagons from Durgapur to Delhi as effectively. Piyush Goyal-led Indian Railways is totally ready to carry oxygen on these railway routes:
For the delivery of more LMO to the state of Maharashtra, the national transporter has planned to transport Oxygen from Jamnagar to Mumbai as effectively as for Nagpur/Pune from Vizg/Angul.
To provide Liquid Medical Oxygen for the state of Telangana, Indian Railways has mapped the route from Angul to Secunderabad.
For Andhra Pradesh, Indian Railways has decided to transport LMO from vacancy Angul to Vijayawada.
For the state of Madhya Pradesh, the national transporter has mapped the route from Jamshedpur to Jabalpur for the transportation of LMO.
Being a cryogenic cargo, Liquid Oxygen has many limitations such as maximum speed at which it can be carried, maximum acceleration and deceleration as effectively as loading restrictions like availability of liquid oxygen tankers, loading ramps, and so forth. Also, due to the fact of many RUBs and FOBs, route mapping requires care of the maximum clearances readily available along the route as effectively.