Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the 100th farmer train running from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal on Monday 28 December through video conferencing. Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Narendra Singh Tomar will also be present on this occasion. With this, PM Modi will also flag off the driverless metro train of Delhi Metro.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, this train will take vegetables like cabbage, capsicum, cabbage, chilli and onion and fruits like grapes, oranges, pomegranates, bananas and sitaphal. He said that perishable goods will be allowed to be unloaded and offered at all stops on the route and there will be no limit to the quantity of shipment.
The Prime Minister’s Office said that Kisan Rail has proved to be revolutionary for making agricultural products faster in the whole country. It provides a seamless supply chain for perishable products. Modi will give the green signal to the train against the three new agricultural laws of the Center by a section of farmers on the borders of Delhi. Unloading will be allowed on the stoppage of fruits and vegetables in the multi-commodity train en route. There will be no one on the size of the shipment.
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