India's first 'Kisan Rail', to transport perishable commodities begins service

Indian Railways’ first Kisan Rail, exclusively meant to transport farm produce, was flagged off by Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal via videoconferencing on 7 August 2020..
The train will run on weekly basis, between Deolali in Maharashtra to Danapur in Bihar, covering a distance of 1,519 kilometres in 32 hours.
This train will help in bringing perishable agricultural products like vegetables, fruits to the market in a short period of time.
The train will have frozen containers, which is expected to build a seamless national cold supply chain for perishable goods, like fish, meat and milk.
Kisan Rail is a step towards realizing the goal of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022.