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Ministry of Railways with Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has started operating Kisan Special Trains
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Friday, 16 December, 2022, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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To implement the budget announcement 2020-21, a Committee was constituted on Kisan Rail and Krishi Udan. The Committee constituted a sub-committee for detailed deliberation and preparation of concept note under convener ship of executive director, Railway Board.
Ministry of Railways after due deliberation with Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has started operating Kisan Special Trains for transportation of perishable horticulture / agriculture products, dairy, fisheries. These trains are multi-commodity, multi-consignor/consignee services, running in a time-tabled manner with stoppages at all major stations.
The first Kisan Rail was flagged off from Devlali (Maharashtra) to Danapur (Bihar) by Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Piyush Goyal, then Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry on August 7, 2020, for transportation of perishable agriculture/horticulture products, dairy, fisheries.
The 100th service of Kisan Rail was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the route from Sangola (Maharashtra) to Shalimar (West Bengal) on 28th December 2020.
Currently, a total of 2359 trips of Kisan Rail trains have been operated on 167 routes, wherein nearly 7.9 lakh tones of consignments have been transported.
The routes for Kisan Rail are decided on demand received from farmers and other stakeholders. Whenever a demand for Kisan Rail for a particular route is received, arrangements are made by the concerned Zonal Railway for supply for rakes and operation of Kisan Rail train, duly considering the operational feasibility of the proposed route.
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