First-ever Kashmir-Delhi rapid cargo train to boost J&K exports

JAMMU: The Railway Board on Wednesday approved a Joint Parcel Product Rapid Cargo train from central Kashmir’s Budgam to Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar, in a bid to boost the export of J&K’s indigenous products. Jammu Division of Northern Railways will operate this train daily. This is the first such service in the Union Territory.

“The main objective is to benefit the traders of J&K, and to deliver Kashmiri goods — apples, saffron, dry fruits and walnuts, pashmina shawls, carpets, and other handicrafts — to every corner of the country and to encourage their marketing internationally,” senior commerce divisional manager (Jammu Division) Uchit Singhal said.