Government: Over 14,000 tons of Medical Liquid Oxygen transported to Covid Care Centres

Oxygen Trains - Special freight trains were run by Northern Railway through green corridors carrying over 14,403 tons of Oxygen in cryogenic tanks and roll-on-roll-off road tankers for supply to the Hospitals and Covid care centers in the states of Punjab, Haryana, UP, Uttrakhand and Delhi.

With 858 special trains run, this accounts for 50 per cent of the total LMO movement by Indian Railways, a government release said.

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In another news, Prime Minister inaugurated train services from Hazrat Nizamuddin and Varanasi to the newly constructed station at Kevadiya in Gujarat.

This is providing convenient travel for people from northern states to visit the Statue of Unity, a government release said.

“Services on the KSR & Kangra Valley hill sections have also been restored. Hop-on – Hop-off facility for tourists has been reintroduced in the Kalka-Shimla Rail section. The zone has maintained its punctuality performance of passenger train running at above 92%,” it further said.

Works on the three Himalayan projects in Northern Railway USBRL, Rishikesh-Karnaprayag Broad Gauge line and FLS of Bilaspur-Manali-Leh Line are ongoing.

On the remaining Katra-Banihal section of the USBRL project, laying of the Arch of the iconic Chenab Bridge was completed in April 2021. Construction of Pylon of Anji Bridge has been completed recently. 15 km of total Tunnel mining, breakthrough of 3 tunnels and laying of 3 bridges was completed in spite of the critical Covid situation.

Tunneling and bridge work of the Rishikesh-Karanprayag line is ongoing. A beautiful new station Yognagari Rishikesh has been constructed in the foothills.