SWR Starts More Goods Traffic, Dispatches TAFE Tractors to Gujarat from Karnataka

In spite of challenges due to lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus, the wheels of freight and parcel trains on SWR move on for transportation of essential commodities and materials to all parts of the country.

Railways continue to play a significant part in making sure that essentials are transported to all places during the lockdown.  The life line of the nation has by its network reached every nook and corner of the country during the lockdown and provided essentials and medicines during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

From transporting raw materials and essential commodities, Bengaluru Division of SWR is now achieved a milestone by loading Automobiles from Bengaluru (Kanakpura) to Phulera in Rajasthan.  Railway is the preferred mode of transport and after persistent follow-up, Bengaluru Division of SWR has on 29.04.2020  loaded one rake of NMG (expand) wagons  carrying 175 tractors for M/s. TAFE (M/s Tractors and Farm Equipments Ltd.) from Dodballapur Railway station for a distance of approx 2158 Km to Phulera. The wagons were loaded by M/s TCI Logistics.

With the success of the first load of tractors consignment which is a win for both Automobile manufacturers, their customers, today SWR has loaded another load of NMG rakes i.e. second lot of 175 tractors were loaded from Dodballapur Railway station to Kankaria near Ahmedabad in Gujarat. These tractors will help the farmers, especially both in Rajasthan and Gujarat in plowing their fields in the coming Kharif sowing season with minimum labour. 

SWR is running freight and time-tabled parcel trains even on those routes where demand is less so that essentials and emergency medicines reach the entire network of the country. Coordination is being done between state government and Railways to ensure that all essential goods are loaded/unloaded without delay.

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