On 22nd April 2020, Indian Railways did record food-grain loading of 112 rakes equivalent to 3.13 Lakh Tonnes

By OEM Update Editorial April 30, 2020 12:42 pm IST

Indian Railways continues to make all efforts to ensure availability of essential commodities like food-grains through its freight services during the nationwide lock down due to COVID-19.

In order to ensure that kitchens of all Indian homes continue to run normally, on a single day on 22nd April 2020, Indian Railways did record food-grain loading of 112 rakes equivalent to 3.13 Lakh Tonnes beating previous best food-grain loading of 92 rakes (2.57 lakh tonnes) on 9th April 2020 and 89 rakes (2.49 lakh tonnes ) on 14th April 2020 and again on 18th April 2020.