Oxygen Express with 70 tonnes of life-saving gas to reach Delhi by Monday night: Railways

After receiving innumerable SOS calls from various hospitals, the first Oxygen Express train for Delhi carrying around 70 tonnes of the life-saving gas will reach the city by Monday night,

Amid shortage of oxygen to treat coronavirus patient, the railways has chalked out plans to transport medical oxygen from Angul, Kalingnagar, Rourkela and Raigarh to Delhi and NCR region, Sharma said. The AAP government in Delhi government has been advised to get road tankers ready to obtain the oxygen, he added. Development comes as Delhi hospitals struggle to treat Covid-19 patients