The Ambala Railway Division, for the first time in its history, sent a special parcel train beyond India’s border to Benapole in Bangladesh with cotton yarn on Sunday, reports Hindustan Times. This earned the division ₹25.69 lakh for carrying 468 tonnes of freight in collaboration with mgX.com, a subsidiary of MGH
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8 special parcel trains to operate during lockdown
Bangladesh Railway to operate eight special parcel trains on different routes to transport agricultural goods and other products during the countrywide lockdown. Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon in a press briefing today said that the parcel trains will operate alongside other freight trains amid lockdown to keep people’s life uninterrupted