October 12, 2020: The Northeast Frontier Railway has transported more than 4,535 numbers of inbound freight trains from March 25 to August 30 out of which 812 freight carrying trains were unloaded during the month of September, NFR spokesperson said on Sunday.
Goods like FCI rice, sugar, salt, edible oil, pol, food grains, fodder, pulses, fertilizer, cement, coal, stone chips, iron/steel, potato, onion, sand, gypsum, maize, pulses, auto, container, etc,. were being transported regularly to not only meet the essential requirement of common people but also to keep the local economic activity of all the NE states going, NFR Chief Public Relations Officer Subhanan Chanda said.
During September, in Assam 527 rakes of freight carrying trains were unloaded of which 322 were loaded with essential commodities. 32 rakes in Nagaland, 58 rakes in Tripura, 87 rakes in West Bengal and 96 rakes in Bihar were also unloaded during last month within the jurisdiction of NFR to meet the requirement of people of these regions, Chanda said.
Improved terminal handling facility and improvement in mobility due to enhanced maintenance efforts and continuous monitoring at all levels resulted in reduction in turnaround time and increased unloading, he said. Average speed of goods carrying trains in NFR also increased.
According to Chanda, during these challenging times of COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Railways has played a significant role in providing its uninterrupted services for transportation of all essential commodities and lifesaving drugs and medical equipments.
It is evident that huge transportation of food-grains, POL and other essential and various other items by NFR was the main reason for avoiding any scarcity of such items within its service area during the lock-down period and beyond, he added.
Source: MORUNG EXPRESS
