Eastern Railway is continuing running of freight trains as well as Parcel Express trains on round the clock basis to maintain supply of essential commodities at different corners of the country since initiation of Nation-wide lock down. Freight trains carrying food grains, sugar, edible oil, fertilizer, steel, cement, stone, petroleum products, coal etc are reaching at different areas to cater to the demand of consumables and other inputs.
Eastern Railway has run a total of 272 freight trains on 10.06.2020, the break up of which is as follows:
Ash – 2 Rakes
Automobile- 1 Rake
Railway Material Consignment & Ballast – 5 Rakes
Cement – 27 Rakes
Clinker- 5 Rakes
Container – 14 Rakes
Coal and mineral – 60 Rakes
De-oiled Cake- 1 Rake
Edible Oil- 2 Rakes
Fertiliser- 5 rakes
Jute- 1 rake
POL product- 4 Rakes
Food Grains & Rice – 3 Rakes
Onion- 1 Rake
Slag- 2 Rakes
Sugar – 2 Rakes
Steel -11 Rakes
Stone – 18 Rakes
Tar – 1 Rake
Wheat – 5 Rakes
Besides, 102 Empty Rakes were dispatched to different freight operating points to facilitate loading of essential commodities.
Everywhere health & hygiene of field staff are well taken care of keeping in view the basic guidelines of social distancing. Proper sanitization is also being done wherever