Railways To Run 'Oxygen Express' Via Green Corridor To Supply Oxygen

To ramp up oxygen supply in hospitals, Indian Railways will start 'Oxygen Express' to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders in the country. To be started from April 19, the national carrier will create ‘Green corridor’ to transport medical oxygen supplies from Vizag, Rourkela, Jamshedpur and Bokaro. Earlier, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh government had requested the railways to transport oxygen through its roll-on-roll-off (RORO) service.