Back, front-end support to propel Kisan Rail project, say experts

This is Centre's second attempt to run special trains for agri goods

As the central government looks to expand runs of its much-talked-about Kisan Rail — started a few months back for transporting agricultural commodities —it could draw lessons from a similar experiment in transporting farm goods launched a few years ago.

Experts say though the project looks promising on paper and the initial trips have been fairly successful, just running wagon and coaches filled with fruits and vegetables won’t be enough. 

According to them, the transportation has to be supplemented with proper back-end and front-end support. This support has to be in the form of sorting and grading facility, pack-houses, efficient