Indian Railways has launched an exclusive Banana Container train to boost the exports of the fruit.
This is the first “Fruit Train”was flagged off from Tadipatri Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh carrying a load of 980 metric tonnes of locally grown bananas to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai.
The bananas are being exported under the brand name ‘Happy Bananas’.
Indian Railways has recently launched a high capacity parcel van at Delhi Safdarjung Railway Station.
The new parcel van was designed and manufactured in Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory.
It is the first of its kind in Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches.