M&M transports tractors to Bangladesh
   Date :14-Oct-2020

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Staff Reporter :
 
Mahindra&Mahindra transported its first export consignment of 101 tractors to Bangladesh ex-Ajni Goods Shed of Central Railway’s Nagpur Division. For CR today’s consignment put its Nagpur Division in league with major loading stations of country as significance of the traffic captured by field officials got registered in transport sector. The excellent infrastructure at erstwhile CONCOR siding provided the launching pad to push Ajni Shed for bulk transport across country as envisaged by Railway Board. A small ceremony was held on Tuesday evening to flag off maiden run of NMG rake for Benapole, the border outpost of Bangladesh, the only country with whom India has rail connectivity.
 

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A K Satpathy, Additional Divisional Railway Manager (Operations), Central Railway, Nagpur Division, represented Railways while senior officials from M&M local plant including Shrikant Dube, Plant Head; Sachin Tare, General Manager, and other senior officials were present in full strength. Nripendra Sinha, DGM, Mahindra Logistics, co-ordinated with railway officials and arranged loading and transport of machines. M&M loaded tractor models 575 YUVO :- 27, 275 NST :- 2, 585 NST :- 21; 605 ARJUN:-27, NOVO :-24; and the officials told newspersons at Ajni that two more rakes would be dispatched to Bangladesh in next fortnight. As per agreement inked with CR, M&M has agreed to loaded three rakes per month from Ajni and dispatch the tractors throughout the country.
 
The company officials said the transport facility through railways provided many advantages over conventional road transport, the main being faster dispatch of products across the border. With railway within a week the entire consignment is dispatched and handed over to distributor, whereas with road sector same period would stretch to one month. So the partnership with Railways ensured faster turn around for the Tractor Division of M&M and also its plants at Hingna MIDC, Nagpur, where it assembles over 200 types of tractors.
 
Another major factor for switching over to rail is assured protection, no wear and tear and almost nil damage during the transport of tractors across the border. The faster custom clearance is major plus point in railway transport as trailers remain in long queue and takes almost a fortnight to get permission for crossing Indian side and travel further 50 kms till Benapole.