Indian Railways is also going to try its hand in the field of parcels with India Post. Railways will now also provide door-to-door parcel delivery facility across the country.
Indian Railways will now also provide door-to-door parcel delivery facility across the country. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw 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.
Will start service in association with India Post
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. 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 sender’s premises, booking to the recipient and door-step delivery is now the responsibility of the Railways. Will be.
Pilot project service has started
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.
Many services will be included
The Railway Minister said that there will be connectivity between one station to another through railways. Vaishnav said that the objective of JPP is to establish business to business and business to customer contact by providing complete parcel service.
The minister said that under this, the service of picking up the parcel from the parcel sender’s premises, booking and then delivering it to the destination will be included.
