In a relentless battle against COVID19, Central Railway transported 283 Tonnes of medical items during lockdown across the country. Central Railway ensures seamless transportation of medical items on priority during the nationwide lock down.
180 time-tabled parcel trains have already run and 40 trains are scheduled. From these parcel trains more than 2029 tonnes of essential goods transported from Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Solapur and Bhusaval divisions of Central Railway including 283.5 tonnes of essential medicines and other medical equipment during the lockdown. It also includes 970 tonnes of perishable items like fruits, vegetables, etc.
Coordinating with other railways to deliver medicines
Central Railway also coordinates with other railways in sending urgent medicines, camel milk to patients. Recently, a child from Secunderabad under special treatment needed the camel milk from Falna which was handed over via Bandra Terminus, CSMT to Secunderabad in 28 hours.
In another incident of quick thinking, the parcel office collected the medicine parcel from Vikhroli in Mumbai to Chiplun for a heart patient and booked it on Okha-Ernakulam parcel train. Though the train does not halt at Chiplun, the staff coordinated with Konkan Railway and requested a halt to drop the parcel which was then handed over the Chiplun Station Master.
