SCR launches Rail Parcel App in seven locations
The Hindu
SCR launched the Rail Parcel app at seven locations across the zone, providing end-to-end seamless service from doorstep pickup to doorstep delivery, real-time parcel tracking and digital payments.
SCR General Manager Sanjay Kumar Srivastava launched the Rail Parcel app at seven locations across the zone, providing end-to-end seamless service from doorstep pickup to doorstep delivery, real-time parcel tracking, automated push notifications and digital payments on Wednesday.
In the pilot phase, the app is being launched in seven locations — Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntur, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam, Bengaluru and Chennai. The GM said the parcel booking should be as easy as booking a taxi, and the rail parcel app makes this possible.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was also signed with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, for undertaking a study on the Freight Logistics Market on SCR. Under this prestigious partnership, IIM Bangalore, through its Centre of Excellence in Supply Chain Management (SCMC), will spearhead structured demand forecasting, in-depth modal competitiveness analysis, extensive industry consultations, field survey and infrastructure gap assessments.
The management institute will also prepare a strategic roadmap to unlock freight growth potential and strengthen rail-led logistics towards achieving ‘Mission 3000 Million Tonnes of Freight Loading by 2030’, he said. SCMC chairperson Rajeev Tripati and top railway officials were present, said a press release.
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