Till April 5, 27 routes were notified, out of which 17 routes were regular scheduled services, while the remaining were for single trip only.
The Indian Railways has scaled up the operations of its special parcel trains (SPTs), to boost the nationwide transportation of various essential items and boost their supply chain across the country.
It has introduced 40 new SPT routes, extending the services to 109 time-tabled parcel trains over a total 58 routes, carrying vital commodities and items in small parcel sizes during the lockdown.
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The Railways have also approached e-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon to bring them on board to avail the parcel train services while India Post too have loaded their parcels on the time-tabled trains.
The move follows the efficient use of special parcel trains during the lockdown in ensuring uninterrupted supply chains of goods and essential commodities, including medicines, medical equipment, masks, dairy products, fruits and sanitisers required for ordinary citizens, industry, e-commerce companies and even agriculture.
Source: Financial Express
