Several cartons of medicine have been received at Palasa, Brahmapur, Balangir, Bargarh, Sambalpur and Rayagada railway stations in Odisha on Saturday. Besides these, medical equipments were been received at Kesinga.
The medicines and medical equipments were dispatched from Visakhapatnam station by Special Parcel Express in the morning.
Other essential items like milk powder was received at Brahmapur station
Green coconut was received at Titilagarh and Balangir, while grocery items arrived at Rayagada from Vizianagram.
A consignment of 3364 tonnes of wheat, in 65898 bags and carried in 58 wagons, was received at Cuttack station from Garha in Madhya Pradesh.
Even as the country remains locked down due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Indian Railways continues to work round the clock to ensure availability of essential commodities through its uninterrupted freight and parcel services.