Maligaon, July 27 (MExN): Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has been relentlessly operating freight train services following the restoration of Lumding-Badarpur hill section. NFR resumed its freight services from midnight of July 12.
NFR prioritized to fill up the shortage of essential and construction commodities at the hill states with utmost urgency. A total of 52 freight rake were unloaded at different points of the affected states from July 13 to 24, stated a press release issued by Chief Public Relations Officer, NFR.
Transportation of freight trains with essential commodities were given preference to avoid shortage in the affected regions. 21 rakes of food grains, 06 rakes of POL products like petrol, diesel etc., 02 rakes with sugar and 01 rake each with maize and edible oil were unloaded at various locations of Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and South Assam.
Freight trains with other commodities were also unloaded. 15 rakes of stone chips & ballast, 01 rake each of cement, fly ash and bleaching powder were unloaded at various locations of Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and South Assam. Moreover, two container rakes and one rake loaded with automobile were unloaded at Jirania in Tripura.
NFR also brought back the empty freight rakes that were stuck in different stations of the devastated hill section since last two months. This has helped in smooth operations of both freight and passenger trains.
