Trains to transport perishable farm items to markets quickly
Indian Railways has started the ’Kisan Rail’ initiative under which the first train from Devlali to Danapur has been flagged off by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development and Panchyati Raj, Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal.
The trains will provide seamless supply chain of perishable produce and will be a step towards realizing the goal of doubling farmers’ income by 2022. They will help in bringing agricultural products like vegetables, fruits to the market in a short period of time and will also have frozen containers to build a seamless national cold supply chain for perishable items such as fish, meat and milk as envisioned in Union Budget 2020-21.
The train will run on weekly basis with initial composition of 10 +1 VPs. Parcel tariff of normal train (P Scale) will be charged on freight transported.
