Lockdown: SpiceJet transports 685 tonne of shrimps from Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: SpiceJet transported 685 tonne of shrimps and 89 tonne of fresh farm produce from Chennai and Coimbatore -- using its fleet of freighters and passenger aircraft -- to various domestic and international destinations during the lockdown period.
Of the 685 tonne of shrimps, 318 tonne was moved to Kolkata and 366.6 tonne to Surat.
Under Marine Krishi Udaan scheme, SpiceJet launched dedicated freighter flights on February 25 this year to ferry shrimps and has transported close to 1,115 tonne of shrimps from Chennai till May 8.
Shrimp farmers used to face a lot of problems in undertaking timely transportation of seeds in the absence of dedicated freighter flights thereby leading to heavy losses, said a press release.