Ministry of Railways
ER SERVES THE COMMODITY MARKET WITH CONTINUOUS SUPPLY OF ESSENTIAL GOODS THROUGH FREIGHT TRAINS
Posted On:
28 JUN 2020 6:46PM by PIB Kolkata
Kolkata, 28 June, 2020
Since the inception of the nationwide lockdown in the wake of outbreak of COVID-19, Eastern Railway (ER) took all initiatives to maintain the freight services round the clock for transporting essential items including food grains & other consumables for the utilisation of people staying at different localities, as well as raw materials and other inputs for different industries. This has helped the commodity market maintain their stock to serve the demand of the people for day to day needs and at the same time industries got relief with easy flow of the input of raw materials through these freight services.
The loading and unloading figure of ER on Saturday is as follows:
TOTAL UNLOADING: 68 Rakes
Automobile- 1 Rake
Ballast- 2 Rakes
Cement- 10 Rakes
Clinker – 5 Rakes
De-Oiled Cake- 1 Rake
Coal and mineral- 41 Rake
Fertiliser- 1 Rake
Steel- 1 Rake
Wheat- 6 Rake
TOTAL LOADING: 62.2 Rakes
Coal -22 Rakes
Steel- 5.6 Rakes
Cement- 8 Rakes
Stone- 15 Rakes
Ballast- 5 Rakes
Container- 3 Rakes
Ash- 2 Rakes
Jute & others- 0.6 Rake
Sand- 1 Rake
Everywhere health & hygiene of the field staff were taken care of keeping in view the basic guidelines of social distancing. Proper sanitization was also done wherever required.
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