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Oxygen Expresses delivered 26,281 tonnes of LMO across 15 states

The railway's Oxygen Express trains have delivered 26,281 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen across 15 states, the national transporter said on Sunday.

27 lakh caught without ticket on trains in 2020-21; cases down to 25 pc

Despite restrictions on entry at railway stations without confirmed tickets in view of Covid, over 27 lakh people were caught travelling on trains ticketless, an RTI query has revealed.

Working to become world's largest green railways says Indian Railways

The railways is working in mission mode to become the largest Green Railways in the world and is moving towards becoming a 'net zero carbon emitter' before 2030,national transporter said on Friday.

Railways maintains steady momentum with higher freight loading in May 2021

Indian Railways reported 114.8 million tonnes of freight loading in May 2021 which is 9.7 per cent higher than the previous best of 104.6 MT reported in May 2019.

Railways loads highest ever freight of 114.8 MT in May, earn Rs 11,604 cr

Indian Railways' Freight made the highest ever loading of 114.8 Metric Tonne (MT) for the month of May and earned Rs 11604.94 crores from freight loading, said Ministry of Railways on Tuesday.

RDSO becomes first standards body to join 'One Nation, One Standard' scheme

Lucknow-based RDSO, which sets standards for the railway sector, has become the first standards body in the country to join the central government's 'One Nation, One Standard' scheme that aims to ensure quality products to Indian consumers. The Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) has now been recognised as a 'Standard Developing Organisation' by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which is implementing the scheme. The partnership will help RDSO, the sole R&D wing of the railways ministry, to realign its standard formulation procedures as per the code of good practices mentioned under the WTO-Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO-TBT). The recognition will be valid for three years. At a virtual press meet on Tuesday, Railway Board Chairman and CEO Suneet Sharma and Consumer Affairs Secretary Leena Nandan said that RSDO's partnership with BIS will help harmonise standards for the ease of doing business in the future. The objective of the government's 'One Nation, One ...

RDSO and BIS to jointly set norms for goods and services used by Railways

Alliance is under One-Nation-One-Standard mission of BIS

Recovery tracker: Signs of increased activity as Covid-19 cases decline

Some indicators have begun to reverse earlier decline

Mann ki Baat: PM Modi hails Karnataka woman for piloting Oxygen Express

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed woman loco pilot Sireesha Gajini of the South Western Railway (SWR) for also steering the Oxygen Express

Railways delivered 19,408 tonnes of oxygen to 39 cities over last month

So far, 289 Oxygen Express trains have completed their journey while 11 more are on their way carrying more than 865 tonnes of the life-saving gas in 50 tankers.

Railways transports 1,195 tonnes of oxygen, highest in a day so far

This surpasses the previous high of 1,142 tonnes transported three days earlier

Railways will be remembered for contribution to fight against Covid: Goyal

Goyal also said 'Oxygen Express' trains have served the nation in an extraordinary manner

Recovery tracker: Power generation lower than during May 2020 lockdown

This week power generation fell below the last year level indicating continued deceleration in economic activity from the lock­down

Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar's job with Northern Railway at stake

Sushil Kumar, who was on deputation with Delhi government since 2015 had already got extension for 2020 and was trying to get it for 2021 too

Railways has delivered 13,319 MT liquid medical oxygen to states so far

The Railways has so far delivered 13,319 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in more than 814 tankers to states across the country since it started operating the Oxygen Express service last month.

Delivered 12,630 tonnes of O2 in over 775 tankers to 13 states: Railways

The railways has delivered nearly 12,630 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen in more than 775 tankers to 13 states across the country, the national transporter said on Thursday.

Railways delivers nearly 11,800 tonnes of medical oxygen across India

Indian Railways has delivered nearly 11,800 metric tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen in more than 727 tankers to various states across the country as India battling the second wave of Covid-19

11,800 tonnes of O2 delivered across country on Oxygen Express trains

Indian Railways has delivered nearly 11,800 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in more than 727 tankers to various states across the country, the ministry said on Wednesday. A total of 196 'Oxygen Express' trains have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various states. Till Wednesday afternoon, 11 loaded Oxygen Expresses are on the run with more than 717 tonnes of LMO in 43 tankers, it said. Oxygen Expresses have been delivering nearly 800 tonnes of LMO across the nation daily for last few days, the ministry said. "Oxygen relief by Oxygen Expresses reached out to 13 states namely Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi & Uttar Pradesh," it said. So far, 521 tonnes of oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 2,979 tonnes in Uttar Pradesh, 498 tonnes in Madhya Pradesh, 1,507 tonnes in Haryana, 653 tonnes in Telangana, 97 tonnes in Rajasthan, 481 tonnes in ...

Railways cancels some trains in view of 'Tauktae' cyclone warning

Indian Railways has cancelled or short terminated some trains in view of warning concerning cyclonic storm 'Tauktae'.

Maharashtra govt approves Rs 1 cr advance to Rlys for oxygen trains

The Maharashtra government issued a resolution approving the payment of Rs 1 crore as advance to the Railways for ferrying oxygen-laden tankers to the state from other parts of the country