Bengaluru: Karnataka's first Kisan train will start its journey from September 19.
As announced in the central government budget of 2020-21, a chain of continuous supply of milk, meat, fish, and other degradable ingredients will be dispatched. Indian Railways has started Kisan Rail with Public and Private Partnership (PPP).
Each of these trains will ferry various produce of the farmers to different places across the country. The first such train, the Kisan Express will be running from the KSR Bengaluru H. Nizamuddin. The train will pass through Mysuru, Hubballi, and Pune helping farmers along the route to load up their products for consignees in other parts of the country at a cheaper price.
Kisan trains are multi-mode freighters, multi-carriers, and multi-mode customers. There are many stops between the station and the terminal station, which allow loading and unloading of goods at all stops.