Ludhiana: In a good news for city residents, especially businessmen, more than 10 trains that remained cancelled for a long time will start operations from this week. The list includes some of the most popular trains on New Delhi-Ludhiana-Amritsar route: 02013 Shatabdi Express will start from Thursday and 02029 Shatabdi Express from Friday.
Besides these, on New Delhi-Ludhiana-Jammu route, 02461 Shri Shakti Express and 02265 Duronto Express will resume operations as well. Several special unreserved trains will also start from Thursday. Majority of the trains were cancelled from May 1 owing to low occupancy and surge in Covid-19 cases.
Rajesh Aggarwal, divisional railway manager (DRM), Ferozepur Division, said, “On demand of passengers and local administration of areas under our jurisdiction, we will start the operations of 10 pairs of special unreserved trains from July 1. Decision has been taken to resume several mail express trains as well, mainly on routes of New Delhi to Amr
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3516 Wheat procurement is to start in Punjab from Saturday, smuggling of grain from states where no MSP is paid has already begun
Sukhmeet Bhasin
Bathinda, April 9
Even as wheat procurement is to start in Punjab from Saturday, smuggling of grain from states where no MSP is paid has already begun. At least 24 wheat trucks from other states reportedly arrived here last night.
Traders make Rs 2L per truck
Traders buy wheat at Rs1,100 per quintal from states which don’t pay MSP to farmers and sell it in Punjab at MSP (Rs1,925 per quintal)
They earn over Rs2 lakh per consignment of 400 quintals in one truck after paying Rs225 per quintal for transportation
1465 Wheat procurement is to start in Punjab from Saturday, smuggling of grain from states where no MSP is paid has already begun
Sukhmeet Bhasin
Bathinda, April 9
Even as wheat procurement is to start in Punjab from Saturday, smuggling of grain from states where no MSP is paid has already begun. At least 24 wheat trucks from other states reportedly arrived here last night.
Traders make Rs 2L per truck
Traders buy wheat at Rs1,100 per quintal from states which don’t pay MSP to farmers and sell it in Punjab at MSP (Rs1,925 per quintal)
They earn over Rs2 lakh per consignment of 400 quintals in one truck after paying Rs225 per quintal for transportation
Bathinda, April 9
The wheat procurement is set to start from April 10, but on Thursday night around two dozen trucks laden with illegal wheat reached Bathinda from other states.
BJP leader Sukhpal Sra got input about this, after which he reached Bathinda’s grain market and claimed that about 25 trucks loaded with wheat parked in Dana Mandi had come from Bihar and other states.
He alleged that wheat procured from there at cheaper rates would now be sold in Punjab as per MSP.
As per the information, wheat is purchased at the rate of Rs 1,100 per quintal in Bihar and other states and sold in Punjab at around Rs 1,925 per quintal as MSP.