Railways will now also provide door-to-door parcel delivery facility across the country. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said in response to a question in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that the Railways is now going to try its hand in the field of parcels as well.
Railways will now also provide door-to-door parcel delivery facility across the country. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said in response to a question in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that the Railways is now going to try its hand in the field of parcels as well. This will also accelerate the parcel sector. Although the pilot project has been started.
Railway took a big step
In fact, a ‘Joint Parcel Product’ (JPP) of India Post and Indian Railways is being developed, in which first-mile and last-mile connectivity will be provided by the Department of Posts, and intermediate connectivity from station to station will be done through railways. Will go
Railway will do doorstep delivery
JPP aims to target the business-to-business and business-to-customer market by providing a complete parcel handling solution, which means that the responsibility of picking up from the consignor’s premises, booking to the recipient and door-step delivery is now the responsibility of Railways. Will be.
JPP has been started on pilot project basis by Indian Railways and India Post. The first service of the pilot project has started from Surat to Varanasi on March 31, 2022.
