Mysuru Rly. Division exploring ways to shore up freight revenue

Merchants want copra to be covered under Kisan Rail

The Mysuru Division of South Western Railway, which notched up impressive performance till July 2021 in the freight segment, is seeking to attract new streams of goods traffic to shore up its revenue in the current fiscal. The Operations and Commercial Departments of the division recently conducted a meeting with the copra merchants at Tiptur to explore the possibility of generating business for mutual benefit in which the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education B.C. Nagesh and other officials were present. The thrust of the meeting was on advantages of transportation of cargo by rail and the authorities said that the meeting was conducted in Tiptur as it has the biggest copra market in Asia.