TRANSPORTATION OF CEMENT TO NER
The Railways are meeting
requirements of essential commodities including cement in North-Eastern
Region and their input by Railways in the region is regularly
monitored.
During 2001-2002,
Railways have transported 1061 thousand tonnes of cement to North-Eastern
Region. While in the year 2002-2003, 1277 thousand tonnes of cement
have been transported to North-Eastern Region. There is an increase
of 21.4 per cent. During October-March 2002, transportation of
cement to North-East was 495 thousand tonnes while in the corresponding
period of the current financial year 648 thousand tonnes of cement
have been transported to North East region thus showing an incremental
transportation of 30.9 per cent. This trend of substantially increased
transportation of essential commodities including cement to North-East
region is continuing in the month of April, 2003.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya
in a written reply to a question from Shri Dwijendra Nath Sharmah
in the Rajya Sabha today.
