The Indian Railways
and the Department of Posts on Monday entered into a partnership for
facilitating parcel services utilising the space in the guard's compartment on
selected trains, said an official.
The
arrangement will help both the postal department and private players transport
their parcels, according to an official press release.
"Parcel
is the fastest moving freight business of the Indian Railways. Through this new
Business Parcel Policy, not only India Post but any private player can also
book space in trains for movement of their parcel," said Railway Minister
Suresh Prabhu while launching the scheme here.
Before
rolling out this scheme on an all India basis, a test-run of the scheme was
carried out on the Howrah-Dibrugarh Kamrup Express and Hyderabad-Nizamuddin
Deccan Express.
"After
the success of the test, today this scheme is being rolled out at all India
level," he added.
As
of now, the railways and the Department of Posts have selected five trains for
this scheme.
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