ALLAHABAD JN

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति/ Press Release No. 110 Dt: 25.05.2020

       MAARG SUPPORTS “PUT THE SMILE BACK” INITIATIVE OF SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Bengaluru Division of South Western Railway today distributed Channapattana Toys in five Shramik Special Trains that left Bengaluru Cantonment Railway Station to Bihar.

The toys were distributed in pursuance of “Put the smile back” initiative that the division has undertaken to make the journey of children of migrant labourers who travel in shramik special happy and memorable.

The toys distributed today were sponsored by MAARG (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad Alumni Rapport and Grant Foundation).

Shri A.K. Verma, Divisional Railway Manager, Bengaluru, Shri Roashan Kumar, Divisional Commercial Manger, Bengaluru were present o­n the occasion. Shri Sandeep Kumar, S R Mahto and Ravi Garg representatives from MAARG were also present.

About 700 toys worth Rs.25000/- were distributed to the children today under this initiative.

MAARG is an NGO formed by MNNIT Alumnus with the objective of providing education, Medical care and relief to the underprivileged and poor sections of society. The NGO is supporting CORONA warriors and those in dire need at various cities across the country. It has provided protection gears, PPE kits, face shields, gloves etc to police and medical professionals. It has also provided milk and meals to thousands migrant families across the country.

MAARG thanks SW Railway for providing opportunity to serve the people through its initiative in this troubled time.

                                                                                  Chief Public Relations Officer

                                                                               South Western Railway, Hubballi

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From 1st April to 12th April 2020, Railway transport 36724 wagons of foodgrain, 861 wagons of sugar, 1753 wagons of salt, 606 wagons/tanks of edible oil and 14317 wagons of fertilizer

63 routes have been notified and 171 time tabled trains are being run o­n these routes for perishable commodities including fruits, vegetables, milk and dairy products and seeds for agriculture purpose

Indian Railways making all efforts also to ensure that farm products like foodgrains, sugar, salt and edible oil are picked up o­n time and also to ensure timely supply of adequate quantity of fertilizers to farmers

In order to ensure that Kitchens of all Indian homes continue to run normally and farmers in agriculture sector continue to get all necessary inputs for farming, during last 12 days from 1st April to 12th April 2020, Railways loaded and carried 36724 wagons of foodgrain, 861 wagons of sugar, 1753 wagons of salt, 606 wagons/tanks of edible oil and 14317 wagons of fertilizers (One wagon contains 58-60 ton consignment).

These efforts have been made to ensure that farm products like foodgrains, sugar, salt and edible oil are picked up o­n time and also to ensure timely supply of adequate quantity of fertilizers to farmers during the nationwide lock down due to COVID-19. The loading, transportation and unloading of these essential commodities has been in progress in full swing during the first 12 days of April 2020.

Close coordination is being maintained with the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers for the movement and availability of fertilizers for the upcoming Kharif season. Close association is being maintained with Ministry of agriculture for foodgrains loading.

Details are as follows:

Indian Railways has also identified 63 routes for Parcel Special Trains since the start of the lockdown for perishable commodities including fruits, vegetables, milk and dairy products and seeds for agriculture purpose. Till13th April, 63 routes have been notified and time tabled trains are being run o­n these routes.

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, Vishakhapatanam, 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 being run even o­n those routes where demand is less, so that no part of the country remains unconnected. Trains have been given en-route stoppages at all feasible locations, so that maximum possible clearance of parcels may be done.

All the State Mission Directors and Concerned Secretaries of States/UTs have been requested to mobilize all their resources to take advantage of these trains being run by Railways. Addl. Member (Commercial) Railway Board has offered that if they receive any demand from States regarding new routes or stoppage, they will immediately take necessary action to do needful.

A list of all Pr CCMs/ Chief Commercial Managers of different zones, procedure of booking, time table of these Special Trains and a freight calculator have also been shared with all the officers for sharing and wider publicity. Link for details regarding Parcel Special trains is available o­n Indian Railways website:

indianrailways.gov.inDirect link for details of Parcel Special trains is as under:

https://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/mntes/q?opt=TrainRunning&subOpt=splTrnDtl

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