Railways to ship Amul butter across country

New Delhi: Nearly a month after dairy giant Amul approached Indian Railways on its Twitter handle with a business proposition to use refrigerated parcel vans to transport butter across India, the first shipment is on its way. “First refrigerator van with 17 MT #Amul butter being flagged off from Palanpur to Delhi with our milk train. Thanks @RailMinIndia for the prompt action,” Amul tweeted on Saturday.

On September 23, Amul had reached out to the railway ministry on its Twitter handle for advice on the proposition, saying the dairy major was “interested in using refrigerated parcel vans to transport Amul butter across India.”