Kisan Rail carrying mangoes from Kolar flagged off
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The State’s first Kisan Rail prepare carrying 250 tonnes of mangoes grown in Kolar district was flagged off from Doddanatha Halt , Kolar district, on Saturday. The prepare is certain for Adarsh Nagar station, Delhi.
At the flagging-off occasion, which was attended by S. Muniswamy, MP for Kolar, and MLA M. Krishna Reddy, Divisional Railway Manager (Bengaluru Division) Ashok Kumar Verma mentioned the transport of farm produce by prepare by Kisan Rail was cheaper and quicker than by highway. “The highway transport value is about ₹7-₹8 per kg whereas (with subsidy utilized) the transport value per kg by Kisan Rail is ₹2.82 a kg, he mentioned.
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