Indian Railways Transports 25,588 Tonnes Of Manure For Moradabad Farmers
Mumbai: To ensure that farmers continue to get all the necessary inputs for farming amidst coronovirus lockdown, Indian Railways transported 25,588 tonnes of manure to Moradabad via 12 goods trains.
An Indian Railways official, Manohar told ANI, “To ensure that no farmer faces any issue here, we have transported all the essential items for agriculture including urea via goods trains. These goods will be delivered to farmers with the help of the traders.”
The official further said that they are also ensuring that the workers who are taking manure from the trains are following the norms of social distance.
He said, “The workers who have been asked to unload the goods have been made aware of the social disturbances. Lockdown passes have been issued to all the workers so that they do not have any problem of commuting.”
In addition, the Indian Railways has recently identified 63 routes for parcel special trains since the start of the lockdown to transport pears, including fruits, vegetables, milk and dairy products and seeds for agricultural operations.
The Parcel Specials have been planned to connect all the major cities of the country, viz Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru. In addition, proper connectivity has also been ensured to Guwahati, to ensure supplies in the North-Eastern region of the country.
Other important cities connected via these trains are Bhopal, Allahabad, Dehradun, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Ranchi, Gorakhpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Salem, Warangal, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Rourkela, Bilaspur, Bhusawal, Tatanagar, Jaipur, Jhansi, Agra, Nasik, Nagpur, Akola, Jalgaon, Surat, Pune, Raipur, Patna, Asansol, Kanpur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Ajmer, Gwalior, Mathura, Nellore, Jabalpur, etc.
Trains are also being run on routes where demand is low so that no part of the country remains unaffiliated.
Trains have been stopped en route at all possible locations to allow maximum possible clearance of parcels.
(With ANI Inputs)
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