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'Doodh Duronto Specials' transported three crore litres of milk from Andhra Pradesh to Delhi

<span style="color: #222222;">Doodh Duronto Specials transported three crore litres of milk from Renigunta in Andhra Pradesh to New Delhi. Doodh Duronto Special introduced during lock down period from Renigunta to Hazrat Nizamuddin to supply milk to the people of national capital is being operated  on regular basis and the total milk transportation crossed 3 crore liters mark today. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Transportation of milk from Renigunta to New Delhi plays an important role in balancing the milk supply across the nation. Considering its importance, the South Central Railway has come up with this unique initiative of running Doodh Duronto as a special milk train. The train, which was introduced on 26th March, 2020 to operate on every alternate day has been enhanced to run on daily basis from 15th July, 2020.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Doodh Duronto specials, normally run with 6 milk tankers, with each milk tanker having a capacity of 40,000 liters. So far, around 126 trips of Doodh Duronto special trains have been operated totaling to 751 milk tankers duly transporting 3 crore liters milk.  Milk transported through this special train is sourced by a unit of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) from more than 3000 pooling points spread across 13,000 villages in and around the Chittoor district.</span>

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