Amid reports that Maharashtra is set to receive liquid medicaloxygen(LMO) through newly-launched Oxygen Express, a roll-on roll-off service with road tankers placed on flat military wagons, the Uttar Pradesh government has also sought help from therailwaysto bring oxygen fromJharkhandand Odisha.
According to RAILWAY officials, three stations Lucknow, Faizabad and Varanasi have been chosen where LMO tankers will be alighted. Railway authorities confirmed that 400 empty oxygen cylinders would be moved from Kandla (Gujarat) to Varanasi in new modified goods (NMG) wagons.