Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco), entrusted with the task of making market interventions and ensuring sustained supply of essentials, has decided to use rail wagons for transport of supplies even as the apex cooperative promised that there was no shortage of essentials in the State.
The corporation moved a consignment of pulses from Andhra Pradesh using rail wagons recently. The consignment was brought to the Vallarpadam hub, from where it was moved to the Supplyco depots with the help of the Container Corporation of India, said Supplyco managing director Ali Asgar Pasha.
In normal times, supplies used to be transported through roads. Lorries moved these consignments to the Supplyco depots. However, with the lockdown in force and fear of the spread of the pandemic, there was a shortage of lorries and drivers, forcing Supplyco to think of alternative transport modes.
