Ludhiana: In new initiatives by Indian Railways, transportation of raw materials such as threads, fabrics and goods from Ludhiana textile and garment companies will be exported directly by train to Bangladesh.
Railway’s Ambala Division works with the MGH Group has started this facility and on that Sunday for the first time the train contains a special package train full of cotton threads outside the national borders to Bangladesh from Ambala Cantt station.
This train, consisting of 20 Parcel Vans (VPU), was marked on Monday in the presence of senior train officials at Ambala.
According to the train, customers choose this facility will get a final transportation solution that ends like exporting threads, fabrics & FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) from each factory throughout Ludhiana and Baddi to their buyer’s factory including customs including cleaning in the second Border side.
Some potential customers form Ludhiana including Aarti International, Cedaar Textiles, Garg Acrylic, Nahar Spinning & Vardhman Textiles.
Speaking on that occasion, DCM Senior, Vivek Sharma said, “Previously, entrepreneurs in and around Punjab & Haryana transport commodities such as threads, fabrics & goods through the road to Bangladesh in small quantities and with very high shipping costs.
During their locking costs.
Cannot transport this through roads and then train staff and officials approach the sender and explain it about facilities for transportation by train.
Therefore, they have moved cotton threads by train in the water train, but to move the consignment by train goods, It is mandatory for farmers and traders to mobilize large quantities.
“Sharma also added,” to mitigate this problem and to facilitate train users to move their number in small amounts such as up to a maximum of 500 tons on each trip, the Ambala division of the North Railway takes initiative and start the KHUS package train US to Bangladesh.
It has helped traders marketing their products outside the national borders by transporting cotton yarn in small amounts through special package trains.
Thus, a special package train consisting of 20 parsel van moved to Benapole in Bangladesh.
Each VPU is loaded with 430 cartons, weighing around 23 tons and the total weight carried out by the Express specific package is around 468 tons.
The cost per ton to carry by train packages is Rs 5,491 and are very cheap and economical compared to road transportation that is much higher.
This will be the first of the taste of traffic from North Railway which serves the industrial industrial of the North India & gets goods Rs 25,69,630.
“According to Sunil Tangri, Head of Commercial Textile Vardhman, Ludhiana,” the train service to Benapole will help the entire textile industry in this region to commit to a rigorous delivery schedule and in turn will increase Indian exports and increase economic trade between two neighboring countries between two neighboring countries.
, “Other officials present at the sluggish ceremony of the train include Dr.
Ritika Vashisht, DCM-I Ambala, Dr.
Kanishka, DCM-II Ambala, Pant Himanshu, Director & CEO of MGH India.