A parcel train containing 24 tonnes of cherry left Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra station for Mumbai, marking the first such initiative which was described by the Jammu division of the Northern Railway.
The parcel train, which will reach Mumbai’s Bandra station within 30 hours, was earlier scheduled for June 3 but was advanced to facilitate two more indents for loading of cherries, one from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra station and another from Jammu station, in the coming days.
The fruit growers in Kashmir welcomed the initiative and hoped that the much-awaited Kashmir rail link will be connected to the railway network soon to facilitate transportation of the perishable fruits directly from the valley to various destinations across the country. It has been possible after a lot of discussion among the Railway authorities, fruit growers associations and horticulture department of Jammu Kashmir.
