SCR supplied 7,347 MT of medical oxygen to TS, AP
The Hindu
Odisha highest contributor at over 3,500 MT
South Central Railway (SCR) has delivered 7,347.37 MT of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) through Oxygen Express trains to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh till date. Telangana received the first consignment of 63.06 MT of the resource on May 1 and since then, 3719.05 MT through 40 trains. Andhra, on the other hand, received the first consignment on May 15 with delivery of 40 MT of LMO and 3628.32 MT thereafter through 56 trains. About 80 MT was transported from West Bengal, 5 MT from Chhattisgarh,1,288 MT from Jharkhand, 1,793.10 MT from Gujarat and 3,501.77 MT from Odisha. Indian Railways have been operating these trains along the green corridors to ensure minimum transport time. Multi-disciplinary teams have also been formed to ensure that these trains reach the destination in the least possible time, averaging at 60 kmph speeds.About 7 km before reaching Mysuru’s Outer Ring Road junction on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, a structure resembling the silhouette of a giant tyre attracts the attention of passing-by motorists. This landmark spread across 10 acres of land in Naguvinahalli in Srirangapatna taluk, features a vintage car museum that has become the latest attraction for visitors to Mysuru.
“Spider wasp,” says ecologist and nature educator Vena Kapoor, narrating the fascinating but macabre tale of the spider wasp and its victims. While adult spider wasps mostly feed on flower nectar, making them excellent pollinators, they are also what are known as “parasitoids.” Unlike parasites, they kill their host. In the case of spider wasps, females hunt down spiders, inject them with venom and lay eggs on them. Once they hatch, the larvae eat these spiders alive, inevitably killing them, she tells the huddle of women cloistered around this tree.