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The second Oxygen Express train carrying four oxygen-filled tankers from Bokaro steel Plant in Jharkhand, chugged into Lucknow on Monday to ensure supply of around 75 metric tonnes of the life-saving fluid to the needy patients and hospitals in the state capital. The first such train reached Lucknow on Saturday.
Another rack carrying oxygen will reach Varanasi by late evening and Lucknow till midnight. It will offload 1 tanker in Varanasi and 4 tankers in Lucknow.
An official said that the efforts of the Indian Railways would help in easing the prevailing oxygen crisis in the city. He further said that these special trains covered 705 km through a Green Corridor so that they could traverse at a uniform speed and reach the destination in the shortest optimum time. After departing from Bokaro railway station, these Oxygen Express trains pass via Deen Dayal Upadhaya Nagar (Mughal Sarai), Varanasi, Sultanpur stations to reach Lucknow in just 16 hours.