South Central Railway operates 150th Kisan Rail within 126 days

The South Central Railway has so far operated a hundred and fifty Kisan Rail trains with the a hundred and fiftieth from Nagarsol in Maharashtra beginning its journey on Monday carrying 246 tonnes of onions. It is set to connect Malda City in West Bengal.

From the time the very first Kisan Rail was started from Nagarsol on January 5, 2021, it took only 126 days to function a hundred and fifty Kisan Rail. Drastically, this has been realized from a single place in South Central Railway.

The accomplishment of the Kisan Rail initiative can be gauged from the truth that from the time it was released there has been a steady demand from customers for the trains. In general, 47,957 tonnes of agricultural develop has been transported by these Kisan Rails from Nagarsol. The commodities transported contain onions, watermelons and grapes. These have been transported to different areas like Adarsh Nagar in New Delhi, New Guwahati, Malda City, Agartala, Fatuha and New Jalpaiguri between other people.

The Kisan Rail initiative has been started by Railways to deliver risk-free, secure, quickly and economical mode of transportation for the agricultural farmers and traders. One particular of the critical things for the accomplishment of the initiative is the 50 per cent concession obtained by the agricultural farmers/traders for transporting their develop by Kisan Rails. The Union Ministry of Food items processing Industries has been presenting this concession beneath the “Operation Greens – Best to Total” scheme for transporting agricultural develop by Kisan Rails.

Gajanan Mallya, Basic Manager of South Central Railway complimented the Nanded Division in transporting a hundred and fifty Kisan rails in these kinds of a small span. Advising all the Divisions to acquire all Covid linked safeguards, he called on them to continue aiding the agricultural sector to accomplish improved worth for their develop.

Transportation by Railways makes certain quickly motion of merchandise with minimum enroute damages to the modest farmers and traders, thus serving to in realising improved worth for their develop. Even throughout these pandemic periods, Railways carries on to function Kisan Rails using all safeguards, for aiding the agricultural farmers and traders.