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South Central Railway ships bananas in containers to JNPT
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SME Times News Bureau | 23 Jan, 2021
For the first time, bananas have been transported by train in freezer
containers from Tadipatri station in Guntakal division of the South
Central Railway (SCR) zone to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in
Mumbai for onward export to Middle Eastern countries.
"For the
first time, bananas' loading has commenced from Tadipatri station as a
total of 43 reefer containers were loaded from the nearby cold storage
units and warehouses for transporting by rail," said a railway zone
official.
Shipping bananas via railways comes as a major relief
for horticultural hubs in Anantapur and Kadapa districts, where farmers
generally prefer road transportation and suffer losses en route,
considering their shipments go as far as the Middle Eastern countries.
Likewise,
places such as Pulivendula, Tadipatri and their surrounding areas are
famous for cultivation of good quality bananas and internationally
renowned.
"To mitigate this problem and to assist the farmers
with hassle-free transport facility, SCR in coordination with the
Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) has come up with the solution of
reefer container transportation," said the official.
She said
that transportation of bananas through refrigerated containers through
the railways provides faster freight transportation facility to
customers.
"Further, it drastically reduces en route damage and
the quality of the product will be maintained till it reaches its
destination. In addition, the same containers can be shipped further for
exporting to other countries," the official observed.
To handle
freight at Tadipatri, CONCOR has set up full fledged facilities such as
reach stacker for container handling, reefer plug points, genset mounted
trailers, diesel generator sets and other equipment.
Each train is also equipped with two power packs to provide uninterrupted power supply to the reefer containers during transit.
The
first reefer container rake with 43 refrigerated containers has been
loaded with 977 tonnes of bananas and dispatched from Tadipatri to JNPT
on Friday for onward export to Middle Eastern countries.
Incidentally,
freight customers evinced good interest in the new initiative and
facilities while CONCOR and the business development unit established at
Guntakal division played a key role in conducting extensive meetings
with the local merchants, traders and cargo operators to capture
traffic.
SCR railway zone general manager Gajanan Mallya appealed
to all the traders, merchants and rail users to utilise the reefer
container facility to transport perishable consignments by rail.
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