Northeast Frontier Railway initiative helping local farmers, traders

GUWAHATI: Various initiatives taken by the Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway have started yielding positive results, with sustained efforts of its Business Development Unit (BDU) helping local farmers, agro-producers and traders in carrying produces of the North-East to the bigger markets across the country, stated a press release.

As part of BDU's initiative and constant effort by Amit Singh, Senior DOM of Rangiya Division, loading of coal from Dudhnoi station has been started again after a gap of four years. This will also be beneficial for local labourers, traders and businessmen. 140 crates of fresh oranges were booked from Dibrugarh to various destinations like Hajipur in Bihar and Dimapur in Nagaland. This was as a result of intensive divisional BDU efforts.

Kisan Rails with potatoes were loaded from Dhupguri and Falakata for transportation to different destinations as a result of BDU's effort. Pepsi products were also loaded from Azara station and transported to Naharlagun. Stone chips and cement traffic were loaded from different stations of Lumding Division and transported to various destinations. Coal, raw betel nuts, black cardamom, pippali herbs, black pepper, black tea etc., loaded from different stations of Tinsukia division were transported to various destinations.

NF Railway has set up Business Development Units (BDUs) to increase the freight transportation volume. These BDUs are having frequent interactions with trade and industry players within their respective areas to find new traffic for movement by train.

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