Oxygen container on prepare leaks at Odisha’s Kesinga station en path to Chennai

By Express News Service
BHAWANIPATNA/BHUBANESWAR: An oxygen container leaked at Kesinga railway station whereas being transported by prepare to Chennai within the wee hours of Wednesday.

Sources mentioned the loco pilot of the products prepare that was carrying 10 containers from Rourkela noticed the leak when it arrived at Kesinga in Kalahandi district at about 2 am.

He raised an alarm and knowledgeable the station grasp. A workforce of railway engineers and technicians from Rourkela rushed to the railway station to plug the leakage.

A seven-member workforce of the Odisha Fire Service led by Deputy Fire Officer (DFO) Sarat Chandra Mallick additionally reached Kesinga railway station.

Preliminary investigations revealed the leakage was reported within the sixth container probably as a result of some technical points with the container’s valve.

“As the information on oxygen leakage reached, fire personnel and district officials rushed to Kesinga railway station to take stock of the situation. Technicians rectified the snags in the container,” mentioned Kalahandi SP Saravana Vivek M.

The prepare left Kesinga railway station between 11.30 am and 12 midday after the container was repaired, mentioned Mallick.

So far, no less than 1541 tankers/containers carrying 28594.68 metric tonnes of medical oxygen have been dispatched below escort/supervision of Odisha Police from Rourkela, Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Angul districts to 17 states and Union territories within the nation.