On Monday, the South Central Railway (SCR) has achieved a major milestone by loading the 100th Kisan Rail. This achievement comes in a short span of some six months, from the time the South India’s first Kisan Rail was started from Anantapur.
The 100th Kisan Rail was started from Nagarsol in Maharashtra, transporting 236 tonnes of onions to Chitpur in West Bengal.
The Ministry of Railways started the concept of running Kisan Rails in this financial year to assist the farming community. Its efforts have culminated in SCR starting South India’s first Kisan Rail from Anantapur and later by running Telangana’s first Kisan rail from Warangal. Overall, the Zone has transported 1 train from Warangal, 2 from Tadipatri, 4 from Anantapur and 93 from Nagarsol.
The main objective was to assist the farming community with speedy, safe and cost-effective transportation. This was achieved by transporting the agricultural produce to over 15 destinations spanning across six states. These include New Delhi, Maharashtra (Nagpur), Bihar (Naugachia, Fatuha), West Bengal (New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, etc), Assam (New Guwahati and Baihata) and Tripura (Agartala).
The 100 Kisan Rails have succeeded in transporting a variety of agricultural produce totalling 34,063 tonnes. The commodities include bananas, tomatoes, carrots, papaya, pomegranate, grapes, turmeric and onions, among others.
Source: uniindia.com
