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38th Oxygen Express reaches Bengaluru
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38th Oxygen Express reaches Bengaluru

June 18, 2021

Bengaluru: The 38th Oxygen Express carrying 77.39 tonnes Liquid Medical Oxygen reached the Inland Container Depot, Whitefield, Bengaluru from Rourkela, Odisha. This train has carried Liquid Medical Oxygen using 4 Cryogenic Containers. Indian Railways has so far run 443 Oxygen Expresses and transported more than 32,000 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen in 1,830 tankers all…

Modi compliments Sireesha Gajini, woman driver of Oxygen Express
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Modi compliments Sireesha Gajini, woman driver of Oxygen Express

May 31, 2021

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his ‘Mann Ki Baat,’ interacted with Loco Pilot Sireesha Gajini who drove the Oxygen Express. He complimented her as an embodiment of woman power. The PM stated that mothers and sisters would be proud to hear that one Oxygen Express is being run fully by women. Every woman in…

Women Loco Pilots steer Oxygen Express to Bengaluru
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Women Loco Pilots steer Oxygen Express to Bengaluru

May 23, 2021

They cover 120 km in one-and-a-half hours; clock an average speed of 80 kmph Bengaluru: An Oxygen Express train carrying 120 metric tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) from Jharkhand and piloted by an ”All Female Crew” from Jolarpettai in neighbouring Tamil Nadu arrived in Bengaluru yesterday. The pilots covered the last 120 km stretch…

Covid-19: All women Oxygen Express arrives in Bengaluru
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Covid-19: All women Oxygen Express arrives in Bengaluru

May 22, 2021

Bengaluru: The seventh special train carrying Oxygen arrived here today from Jamshedpur. In a tweet, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that the speciality of the train was that it was manned by all-women crew. The State Government has sought 1200 metric tons of oxygen in view of rising Covid second wave cases in the State.

State to get two more Oxygen Express
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State to get two more Oxygen Express

May 15, 2021

Hubballi: Two more Oxygen Express trains carrying a total of another 240 Metric Tonnes of Medical Oxygen to Karnataka are on their way from Kalinganagar, Odisha and Tatanagar in Jharkhand and are expected to reach the Inland Container Depot at Whitefield near Bengaluru today, according to an official press release issued by the Headquarters of…

First ‘Oxygen Express’ arrives in Bengaluru
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First ‘Oxygen Express’ arrives in Bengaluru

May 11, 2021

1,833 km — from Jamshedpur to State Capital — traversed in a record time of 29 hours through green corridor Bengaluru: The first ‘Oxygen Express’ to Karnataka, with six cryogenic containers carrying Liquid Medical Oxygen arrived at Inland Container Depot, Whitefield in Bengaluru this morning at 9.35. The train had started from Tatanagar in Jamshedpur,…

State requests Railway Board to run Oxygen Express trains
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State requests Railway Board to run Oxygen Express trains

May 6, 2021

Bengaluru: To mitigate severe shortage of  medical oxygen in Hospitals and Covid Care Centres, Chief Secretary P. Ravikumar has written to the Railway Board to run oxygen express trains to Karnataka on priority. In a letter to Railway Board Chairman Suneeth Sharma, the Chief Secretary has requested Railways to operate oxygen special trains that would…

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