South Gujarat chamber demands for additional coaches in trains to transport textile goods

Ahmedabad, Dec 27 (KNN) The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) on Monday urged Railways to run special trains to major cities across the country and add more coaches to ensure cost-effective transport of textile goods from Surat to other destinations in the country.

The demand was raised in a meeting held to discuss transportation of goods through railway and postal department. It was chaired by SGCCI president Himanshu Bodawala and attended by the Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTTA) president Manoj Agrawal, executive director of Railway Board (strategic planning and implementation) GVL Satya Kumar, Surat railway station director Mukesh Kumar and regional director of South Gujarat Post services Shivram among others.

Addressing the meeting, Bodawala pointed out that more bogies should be added to existing long distance trains, so that textile parcels can be delivered easily and safely to major markets.

Raising the demand for additional coaches, he said that there will be no shortage of parcels of textile goods and a collection point should be set up at the market area by railway and postal department.

The Railway started textile parcel goods services from Surat to Varanasi in October 2022 for which train number 9011 runs regularly from Udhna railway station in Surat to Varanasi.

“We have got good response for the service from Surat to Varanasi, The Railways and postal department are working together to regularise the transportation of textile goods by January 2023,” Railway Board official pointed out.

In their efforts to support traders, the Railway authorities have made a mobile application for textile traders to make bookings.  (KNN Bureau)