CR to operate extra rake for transporting onions from Nashik

Central Railway will operate another freight train, in addition to existing three, from Nashik for transportation of onions to other parts of country, a senior official said today.

He said the orders to operate the rake from tomorrow came from Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu, given the huge production of the bulb this year.

"Railway is providing four rakes for onion farmers to dispatch onion to hinterland (three for Central Railway destinations and one for South Central Railway destination).

As per the directives of the Minister for Railways, one more rake will be made available from February 20 for onion farmers for sending their produce to the markets," the senior officer Narendra Patil told

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