After emergency transportation of life saving medical oxygen by road on the Eid day, India is now sending oxygen by train.
An Indian Railways' Oxygen Express carrying 200 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in 10 containers left Tatanagar railway junction of Indian state Jharkhand for Bangladesh on Saturday morning, said the Indian Press Information Bureau.
This is the first time ever that the “Oxygen Express” is put into operation to a neighbouring country, after these special train services were started in India on April 24, 2021, it said.
“The consignment will be decanted in Bangladesh and supplied to hospitals in the country to support our partners in the fight against the current Covid wave,” according to the statement.
“This consignment would significantly augment necessary reserves of Liquid medical Oxygen in Bangladesh,” said the release, adding that the Indian Railways continue to provide respite through Oxygen Expresses.
“India is committed to further sharing medical supplies, in tandem with the improvement in its own pandemic situation with its closest partners in the neighborhood.”
So far, the release said, 480 such Oxygen Expresses were operationalized within India.
Earlier on July 21, the Eid holiday, India sent 11 tankers carrying around 180 Metric Tonnes of Liquefied Medical Oxygen to Bangladesh by road on an emergency basis.
