AMN /
Railways will transport water to the drought-affected Latur district in Maharashtra in the summer and is keeping two goods trains ready for the purpose. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has directed the concerned officials to make necessary arrangements for it. The carrying capacity of water is around 55 thousand liters per wagon.
Railways has made arrangement for two goods trains consisting of 50 tanker like wagons each for the purpose of loading and transporting water in the drought-affected areas of Latur district on the request from Maharashtra government.
Earlier, on a demand from Rajasthan government, many goods trains were deployed to transport water from Nasirabad to Bhilwada in Ajmer Division from January this year onwards which will continue up to the summer season.