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Railways to transport commodities

10 Oct 2020

By Sarah Hannan The Ministry of Agriculture has decided that it would reconsider using the railway system to transport goods between cities from January 2021 onwards.
Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage on Thursday (8) called on State Ministers Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva and Jayantha Samaraweera, Agriculture Ministry Secretary, Ceylon Fertiliser Company Chairman, Railways General Manager, Ports Authority Chairman, and other officials to discuss the feasibility of using train services to transport agrarian products, fisheries crops, export crops, fuel, and fertiliser once again.
“Fifty years ago, the country’s train service was widely used to transport goods from sea ports to the areas across the country. With the increasing costs of transporting goods via the road and highway network, mounting waste, increasing traffic congestion, and pollution, we have decided to once again switch to using trains to transport goods across the country,” Aluthgamage revealed.
In order to facilitate the transportation of fisheries crops, the Ministry is discussing the possibility of setting up freezer facilities in rail carriages. The idea to use trains for transporting commodity items came about when ministry officials were deliberating over the proposal to commence the transportation of fertiliser from the Ports of Trincomalee and Colombo to the rest of the country. Government fertiliser companies spend Rs. 650 million a year to transport fertilisers. Once the mode of transportation switches to railways, the cost can be brought down by at least 50%, it is believed. Meanwhile, arrangements are to be made in January 2021 to transport vegetable and fruit products as well as commodities such as tea from the northern, southern, and central regions of the country to urban areas. Photo: https://medium.com/@grandespinale

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