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Railways to launch first Kisan Parcel Train on Friday
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SME Times News Bureau | 06 Aug, 2020
The Indian Railways will flag off India's first Kisan Special Parcel
Train from Maharashtra's Devlali to Bihar's Danapur on Friday afternoon
to transport perishable goods, a promise made in the Union Budget
2020-21.
According to Railway Ministry officials, the train will
be flagged off through video conferencing by Union Railway Minister
Piyush Goyal and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday.
Railway
Ministry officials said that the train will depart from Devlali on
Friday at 11 a.m. and reach Danapur at 6.45 p.m. next day covering a
distance of 1,519 km in approx 32 hours.
On the reverse trip, the train will depart from Danapur on Sunday and reach Devlali on Monday.
The
official said that the Bhusawal Division in the Central Railway is
primarily an agro based division as Nasik and surrounding region produce
huge quantity of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers, onions and other
agro products which are perishable. The official said that these
perishable items are mainly transported to areas around Patna,
Allahabad, Katni, Satna etc.
The official said that the train
will have its stoppages at Nasik Road, Manmad, Jalgaon, Bhusaval,
Burhanpur, Khandwa, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Satna, Katni, Manikpur, Prayagraj
Chheoki, Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar and Buxar.
The official
further said that aggressive marketing is being done with local farmers,
loaders, APMC and individuals to use the Kisan Rail to transport
perishable goods.
The official added that freight tarrif from Devlali to Danapur per tonne is Rs 4,001, while from Manmad to Danapur is Rs 3,849.
Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to start 'Kisan Rail' through the
public-private-partnership (PPP) mode for a cold supply chain to
transport perishable goods in her budget speech.
The Kisan Rail will comprise refrigerated coaches in Express and Freight trains.
The
Railways has developed a new design of refrigerated parcel vans with
the carrying capacity of 17 tonnes for the transportation of highly
perishable parcel traffic. It was procured through Rail Coach Factory
Kapurthala. The Indian Railways currently has a fleet of nine such
refrigerated vans and they can be booked on a round-trip basis.
The
Kisan Rail train with frozen containers is expected to build a seamless
national cold supply chain for perishables, inclusive of fish, meat and
milk, the official added.
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