Jammu, Dec. 20 -- Marking a major boost to food security and logistics in Kashmir, the first-ever food grain freight train of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) is set to reach the Anantnag Goods Terminal on Sunday.

The moved is stated to ensure uninterrupted supplies to far-flung areas of the Valley.

Officials told that the train, dispatched from Ajitwal Railway Station in Firozpur Division, is carrying around 1,384 tonnes of food grains loaded in 21 Bogie covered wagons. The Anantnag Goods Terminal, inaugurated on August 9 this year under the Jammu Division of Northern Railway, has already handled cement rakes and other industrial and mixed goods.

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