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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off 100th Kisan Rail from Sangola to Shalimar

Kisan Rail has become a game changer in ensuring a fast transportation of agriculture produce across the nation. It provides seamless supply chain of perishable produce. Indian Railways introduced first “Kisan Rail” from Devlali to Danapur on August 7.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off 100th Kisan Rail from Sangola to Shalimar
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the 100th run of Kisan Rail from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal on December 28, through video link. 

Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal were also present on the virtual event. Ranjitsinh Naik-Nimbalkar, Prashant Paricharak, Shri Vijay Kumar Deshmukh, Shri Ranjit Singh Mohite Patil, and Shailesh Gupta were present at Sangola. While, Sanjeev Mittal, General Manager, Central Railway from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus was present at Mumbai on the occasion.

The first Kisan Rail which started in August 2020 as a weekly train, gained popularity and is now running as three days in a week.

Kisan Rail has become a game changer in ensuring a fast transportation of agriculture produce across the nation. It provides seamless supply chain of perishable produce. Indian Railways introduced first “Kisan Rail” from Devlali to Danapur on August 7, 2020. This train further extended upto Muzaffarpur and also increased frequency from weekly to three days in a week as a result of good response from the farmers taking advantage to send their produce to the distant places of Northern India.

A Link Kisan Rail from Sangola in Maharashtra followed soon.  There was a huge traffic of capsicum, pomegranate, grapes grown in Sangola, Pandharpur, Modlimb, Kavathe-Mahankal, Salgare in Solapur and Sangli districts; lemons from Ahmednagar area, tomato and raw-plantain in the areas of Jeur and Karmala which were being transported by road are now being transported by Kisan Rail. 

Orange Kisan Rail for transporting oranges from Nagpur and surrounding areas was started from October 14, 2020. This area is famous for other agro products for which there is a huge demand. The introduction of Santra Kisan Rail on Railways has proved to be another master stroke which will not only increase orange production but also pave the way for distribution of the famous oranges of Maharashtra all over the country. This is no less than a boon to the Orange Producers.

Sangola-Shalimar Kisan Rail was started on November 21. The multi-commodity train service, carries vegetables such as cauliflower, capsicum, cabbage, drumsticks, chillies, onion, etc., as well as fruits like grapes, oranges, pomegranate, banana, custard apple. etc.

The loading and unloading of perishable commodities will be permitted at all enroute stoppages and no minimum or maximum size of consignment.

A farmer can book a few kilograms to several tonnes as per his requirement. The Central government has extended a subsidy of 50 per cent on transportation of fruits and vegetables.

Kisan Rail will continue to cater to the requirements of small farmers and small traders for carrying their perishables to distant places.

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