New Delhi: The country’s first Kisan Special Parcel Train or Kisan Rail will start from tomorrow. The train will start at 11 AM and it will transport material between Maharashtra’s Devlali and Bihar’s Danapur Railway station. The Kisan Rail will carry fruits and vegetables and will make stoppages at several stations and pickup and deliver them. The train will halt at Nasik Road, Manmad, Jalgaon, Bhusaval, Burhanpur, Khandwa, ltarsi, Jabalpur, Satna, Katni, Manikpur, Prayagraj Chheoki, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar and Buxar.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Rail Minister Piyush Goyal will flag off this train through video link. The train is scheduled to reach its destination Danapur on 8th August at 6:45 PM, covering a distance of one thousand 519 kilometres in around 32 hours.
Railway Ministry said, Railways aims to help double farmers’ income with the launch of Kisan Rail. This will help in bringing perishable agricultural products like vegetables, fruits to the market in a short period of time.
The Kisan Rail train with frozen containers is expected to build a seamless national cold supply chain for perishables, inclusive of fish, meat and milk. AIR correspondent reports that, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced to start ‘Kisan Rail’ in the current year’s Budget, for providing a seamless supply chain of perishable produce.
