Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has asked officials to increase production of LHB Parcel vans and introduce digital payments to facilitate growth in parcel services.
The minister was speaking on the occasion of a review of Railways’ Parcel business which was attended by the Members of Board and other officials of Railway Board and CRIS.
He also directed that adequate steps must to taken to facilitate movement of traffic from North-eastern region and hill states, and also to attract export traffic going towards ports. Goyal has asked that Parcel Special trains must be run punctually, so that customers gain confidence for using these services.
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Appreciating the efforts, especially for running Kisan Rail trains Minister Goyal stated that growth of the parcel business is very important. He added that making Parcel services more customer-friendly will directly benefit small businesses and traders.
Making it clear that Indian Railways will aim for higher parcel traffic growth, he also asked for new and innovative ideas to achieve this goal.
Indian Railways has taken several steps over the past few months to attract more parcel traffic.
- Running of Kisan Rail trains to facilitate the movement of farm and agri-produce
- Grant of discounts on sectors where Parcel Vans and Parcel trains are returning empty
- Grant of discount on the loading of 24 Parcel Vans in a single train
- Opening of all goods-sheds
- Private Freight Terminals and Private Sidings for Parcel traffic
- Starting Parcel train for export traffic to Bangladesh.
In addition to these initiatives, Indian Railways is also planning to develop dedicated Parcel Terminals to make handling of Parcel consignments easier for the parties, and Sangola (Central Railway), Kacheguda (South Central Railway), Coimbatore (Southern Railway), and Kankariya (Western Railway) have already been identified for development as a pilot project.
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