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PM Narendra Modi flags off 100th Kisan Rail from Maharashtra to West Bengal

Speaking at the event, PM Narendra Modi said the Kisan Rail service has been able to help small farmers send their produce across the nation.

PM Modi to flag off 100th Kisan Rail today

The multi-commodity train service will carry vegetables such as cauliflower, capsicum, cabbage, drumstick, chilli and onion as well as fruits like grape, orange, pomegranate, banana and custard apple, it added.

How Kisan Rail has become a crucial service for Indian Railways

An indication of its popularity can be gauged from the fact that Jeur, a small station under Solapur Division and a centre for loading fruits, witnessed more than 400 tonnes of fruits being loaded in November through Kisan Rail.

Fourth Kisan Rail train to ply between Nagpur and Delhi

The Railways is yet to take any decision related to user charges at railway stations.

Kisan Rail: Farmers set to benefit as India's first train to transport perishable commodities begins journey

The train, which will run between Devlali in Maharashtra to Danapur in Bihar, will cover the journey of 1,519 kilometres in 32 hours.

Announced in Budget 2020, Kisan Rail to begin services from August 7

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced this initiative in her Budget speech earlier this year envisaging setting up of a 'Kisan Rail' through the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode for a cold supply chain to transport perishable goods.