On Sunday, Indian Railways will be delivering a consignment of 200 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen on an Oxygen Express train to neighboring Bangladesh. This is the first time India is delivering oxygen overseas.
The train with 10 containers has departed from Tatanagar in Jharkhand on Saturday and is expected to reach Benapol in Bangladesh tomorrow. “First liquid oxygen tanker on rails 200 metric tonnes to Bangladesh loaded from Tatanagar, should reach tomorrow morning,” the Railways said.