{"id":322310,"date":"2020-04-15T12:25:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=322310"},"modified":"2020-04-15T12:26:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:26:45","slug":"parcel-trains-earn-rs-7-54-crores-revenue-for-railways-during-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/parcel-trains-earn-rs-7-54-crores-revenue-for-railways-during-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Parcel trains earn Rs 7.54 crores revenue for railways during lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/parcel-trains-earn-rs-7-54-crores-revenue-for-railways-during-lockdown\/goods-train\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-322311\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-322311 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/goods-train-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/goods-train-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/goods-train-696x378.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/goods-train.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a>Transportation of essential items like medical supplies, medical equipment, food, etc in small parcel sizes is going to be very important during the lockdown in the wake of COVID-19. On 14.04.2020 till 18:00 hours, seventy seven (77) trains were run, out of which seventy five (75 ) were time-tabled Parcel Special trains. 1835 Tonnes of material was loaded, giving an earning of Rs 63 lacs to Railways in one day. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The total number of trains run till 18:00 hrs on 14.04.2020 is 522, out of which 458 have been time-tabled trains. 20, 474 Tonnes of consignments have been loaded, and the earnings have been around Rs 7.54 crores. To fill this vital need of supply, the Indian Railways has made railway parcel vans available for quick mass transportation by E-Commerce entities and other customers including State governments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Railways have decided to run time-tabled Parcel Special trains on select routes, to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential items.\u00a0 Zonal Railways are regularly identifying and notifying routes for these Parcel Special trains. Presently these trains are being operated on sixty-five (65) routes. These routes have been identified to include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">i) Regular connectivity between major cities of the country, viz Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru &amp; Hyderabad<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">ii) Connectivity from state-capitals\/important cities to all parts of the state<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">iii) Ensuring connectivity to the North-eastern part of the country<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">iv) Supply of milk and dairy products from surplus regions (Gujarat, AP) to high demand regions<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">v) Supply of other essential items (agricultural inputs, medicines, medical equipment, etc) from producing regions to other parts of the country<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation of essential items like medical supplies, medical equipment, food, etc in small parcel sizes is going to be very important during the lockdown in the wake of COVID-19. On 14.04.2020 till 18:00 hours, seventy seven (77) trains were run, out of which seventy five (75 ) were time-tabled Parcel Special trains. 1835 Tonnes of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":322311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[167,36],"tags":[12927,9549],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322310"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322313,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322310\/revisions\/322313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/322311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}