(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): As announced in the current year’s Union Budget by Finance Minister, Indian Railways is introducing the first Kisan Rail from Devlali to Danapur tomorrow i.e. August 7th at 11:00 hrs from Devlali. The train will run on a weekly basis. It will reach Danapur at 18:45 hrs. on the next day covering the journey of 1519 km. at 31:45 hrs.
This train is a step towards realizing the goal of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022. This train will help in bringing perishable agricultural products like vegetables, fruits to the market in a short period of time. The train with frozen containers is expected to build a seamless national cold supply chain for perishables, inclusive of fish, meat, and milk.
Over Central Railway, Bhusawal Division is primarily an Agro-based division. Nasik and the surrounding region produce a huge quantity of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers, other perishables, onions, and other agro products. These perishables are mainly transported to areas around Patna, Prayagraj, Katni, Satna, etc.
This train has been provided scheduled halts at Nasik Road, Manmad, Jalgaon, Bhusaval, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Satna, Katni, Manikpur, Prayagraj Chheoki, Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar and Buxar.
This will be the first-ever multi-commodity trains and will carry fruits like Pomegranate, Banana, Grapes etc and vegetables like Capsicum, Cauliflower, Drumsticks, Cabbage, Onion, Chillies etc. It is expected that the train will be patronized well and will be a great help to the farmers, as the freight of this train will be charged as per parcel tariff of the normal train (P Scale).
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