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States » WestPosted at: Jan 5 2021 7:38PM


South Central Railway starts its first Kisan Rail from Nanded Division

Nanded, Jan 5 (UNI) In its endeavour to assist the farm sector in marketing its agricultural produce for better price realisation, the South Central Railway (SCR) on Tuesday started its first Kisan Rail in Maharashtra from Nagarsol in Nanded Division to Guwahati in Assam, officials said here.
The Kisan Rail left Nagarsol station this evening at 1730 hours with 22 parcel vans each with the capacity of 23 tonnes. It will reach New Guwahati Goods complex at 2100 hrs of Jan 7 with a load of around 522 tonnes of onions,covering the distance of 2,500 Km in a short span of 50 hours.
The central government has started the concept of running Kisan Rails for boosting the income of the farm sector, while providing a hassle-free, safe and fast transport services for the marketing of the Agriculture sector. To further encourage the farmers, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries had announced extension of 50 per cent tariff concession on the transportation of notified fruits and vegetables through Kisan Rail trains, under “Operation Greens - to Total”.
SCR general manager Gajanan Mallya expressed his pleasure on the efforts of Nanded Division officials for starting this train and appealed the farmers and traders to utilise this opportunity, chief Public Relations officer Ch Rakesh and PRO Rajesh Shinde added.
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