date:Jun 28, 2021
Since June 19, the South Western Railway has run three Kisan Rail services to transport mangoes from Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts to Delhi. This was a welcome relief to farmers and traders who were struggling to send their stocks to markets because of limited or slow transport options.
Two trains ferried 250 tonnes of mangoes each, mostly Benisha and Bengaloora Thotapuri varieties, and the third 240 tons from Chintamani in Chikkaballapur to Adarsh Nagar in Delhi.
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