Railways transports 1,150 tonnes of vital medical items amid lockdown

April 20, 2020: As on April 18, Indian Railways has transported 1150 tonnes of crucial medical supplies in various parts of the country to fight Covid-19 pandemic.

Indian Railways delivers medicines, masks, hospital items and other medical commodities through its timetabled parcel services to help the Indian government’s efforts in managing the challenges and adverse impact of the pandemic.

“Indian Railways is touching human lives during the hour of crisis. Recently, for an autistic child, skimmed camel milk was transported by a parcel train from Ajmer to Mumbai when the parents resorted for help on a social media platform. Similarly, another autistic child in Ajmer suffering from serious ailments, had his stock of medicines run out, his relatives approached Railway officials and medicines were transported by a parcel train from Ahmedabad to Ajmer,” says the Ministry of Railways release.

Serving the Nation: With an empathetic approach, Railways is taking care of people during the COVID-19 lockdown.

By delivering camel milk & medicines for autistic children, Railways is helping fulfil emergency needs of fellow citizens. pic.twitter.com/340zFSSidp

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) April 19, 2020

The zone-wise details of the transportation of medical goods are as under:

S. No.	Zone	Weight (Tonnes)
1	Southern Railway	83.13
2	South East Central Railway	15.10
3	East Central Railway	1.28
4	North Eastern Railway	2.88
5	East Coast Railway	1.06
6	South Central Railway	47.22
7	Central Railway	135.64
8	North Central Railway	74.32
9	West Central Railway	27.17
10	South Eastern Railway	2.82
11	South Western Railway	12.10
12	Eastern Railway	8.52
13	North East Frontier Railway	2.16
14	North Western Railway	8.22
15	Western Railway	328.84
16	Northern Railway	399.71
Total		1150.17  T