Railways keep LMO flowing into Karnataka; two more O2 Express reach ICD

-

Indian Railways endeavor to keep precious liquid medical oxygen (LMO) flowing to states, including Karnataka continued when the 17th Oxygen Express reached ICD Whitefield at 1.10am on May 29. This special train had departed from Kanalus, Jamnagar in Gujarat at 6.15pm on May 27 with a load of 111.98 tonnes of LMO in six cryogenic containers. A green corridor created by the respective zonal railways at the direction of the ministry of railways helped the movement of this train.

The 17th Oxygen Express That Reached ICD, Whitefield
Thus far, Karnataka has received 2006.69 tonnes of LMO by rail. Indian Railways has so far run 289 oxygen expresses and transported more than 19,408 tonnes of LMO in 1162 tankers all over the country to assist state governments in their fight against Covid-19. Indian Railways in dispatching life-saving LMO to various states based on their requirement after sourcing it from states that produce it. The states demanding LMO arrange for the special cryogenic containers for transportation.

18th O2 EXPRESS AT ICD
The 18th Oxygen Express too reached ICD at 4.35pm on May 29. It started from Jamnagar, Gujarat at 10.40am on May 28 carrying 109.84 tonnes LMO by 6 cryogenic containers. With this, the total quantity of LMO that Karnataka received has gone up to 2116.53 tonnes by Rail. Indian Railways has so far run 305 Oxygen Expresses and transported more than 20,000 tonnes of LMO in 1237 tankers and brought relief to 15 states to help in their fight against Covid19.
The 18th O2 Express That Reached ICD, Whitefield


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dr Prabhu Set To Score A 'Perfect 10' As Dean Of KMC, Mangaluru

-
Image
He was the first-ever alumnus to become the Dean of Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Mangaluru on December 1, 2011. A little less than a decade to that date and come June 1, Dr  M Venkataraya Prabhu will set a record of sorts to excel all his predecessors – most of whom were his own teachers – to become the longest-serving Dean in the history of KMC, Mangaluru. In 2011, little did Dr Prabhu know that he would emulate his illustrious teachers. June 1 will Dr Prabhu exceed the previous record of late Prof KP Ganesan (9-1/2-years). In reaching here, Dr Prabhu has crossed the  6-year stint by Prof M V Chari,  7-years of Prof M P Pai, 7-1/2-years of Prof  B M Hegde, and 8-1/2 years of Prof GD Veliath, all of whom he reveres. Dr M Venkataraya Prabhu, Dean, KMC, Mangaluru Attributing the greatness and reputation that the college enjoys today to these illustrious teachers, Dr Prabhu also a ttributes his present stature to the founder of KMC Late Dr TMA Pai from whom he received a baptism by fir
Read more

MAHE student team wins MHRD's National Innovation Contest (NIC) 2020

-
Image
Dr Mahima Mishra and her team have bagged the prestigious National Innovation Contest (NIC) 2020 conducted by the ministry of education.  Dr Mahima Mishra from Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS) and her team secured the finalist position and won the contest. After this phenomenal achievement, Dr Mahima is now the Innovation Ambassador and received recognition at the regional and national levels by MHRD’s Innovation Cell.  MHRD’s innovation cell on May 19 declared 127 teams as winners/finalists of the National Innovation Contest 2020. MHRD's NIC 2020 aims to provide a 360-degree cycle of learning and helps the student to understand the process of innovation in a start-up and helps to identify real-time problem along with ideation to building a business model and finally entering the phase of enterprise development in a time of one year.  Dr Mahima Mishra This contest was announced in July 2020 and 9000+ participants from 900+ IIC Institutes in India participated in the event
Read more

Skymet Predicts Onset Date Of Southwest Monsoon 2021

-
Image
Skymet, India’s leading weather forecasting and agriculture risk solutions company has released its monsoon forecast for 2021. Skymet expects the upcoming monsoon to be ‘healthy normal’ to the tune of 103% (with an error margin of +/- 5%) of the long period average (LPA) of 880.6mm for the 4-month period from June to September. This would make it 3rd consecutive year of normal or above-normal monsoon. Now, Skymet has released its monsoon onset date for 2021. Skymet expects the onset to be around the normal date. Based on the data from 1961-2019, the normal date of onset over the Indian mainland is june 1 with a standard deviation of one week.  The onset of Southwest Monsoon over Kerala is largely influenced by the oceanic conditions, both in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. Likely cyclone formation in the Arabian Sea will be consequential for the advance of monsoon stream over Indian waters.  However, tropical storm 'Tauktae' will vacate the Indian region by May 22 Following
Read more