Coronavirus! SWR transports essential commodities through goods train
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Mysuru: Following the directives of the Ministry of Railways (MoR) to maintain back-end supply chain, all essential commodities like food grains, vegetables, petroleum products, etc., are being transported by freight trains across Indian Railways during the lockdown period.
Mysuru Division is fully geared up for achieving this objective at important freight handling points like Mysuru New Goods Terminal, Hassan, Shivamogga, Nanjangud, Chitradurga, Amaravati Colony and others.
In the period from March 24, Petroleum products (60 Bogie Tank Wagons) at Mysuru, rice (42 wagons/ over 2400 Metric Tonnes) at Chitradurga, rice at Amaravati Colony (42 wagons/over 2400 Metric Tonnes, potato (84 wagons) at Hassan, rice (42 wagons over 2400 Metric Tonnes) have been unloaded for onward movement/distribution.
Labour engaged in unloading operations have been taught of social distancing duly making soap and sanitisers available to them. Every care is being taken to ensure the safety of contractual labour while at work in railway premises.
Two round-the-clock *Railway Helplines- 138, 139 & 182 are functional for the rail customers, according to Priya Shetty,
Divisional Commercial Manager & PRO, SWR, Mysuru.
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