2nd May, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


NO EXPORT OF COW MEAT BY RAILWAYS


RAJYA SABHA

Meat is not transported by Railway trains. However, refrigerated containers owned by Shipping Lines are delivered to Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR) for transport on Tughlakabad-Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JMPT) route. As per the details to ONCOR through shipping bills filed by the consignors, frozen buffalo meat has been carried in these containers.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in a written reply to a question from Shri B.P. Singhal in the Rajya Sabha today.