Indian Railways is going to start an innovative passenger-friendly facility. As reported by Times of India, the national transporter is conducting test runs of a door-to-door delivery service for individual and bulk customers. Indian Railways will work through an app for this facility which will provide users receipts with a QR code that will help them in tracking their consignments.
The facility through an app
Further, the app or the website will display the estimated charge and the time needed to make one delivery. As per the reports, some of the railway zones have been asked to create a module. The railways have also roped in the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC), which will roll out the first service by June-July in the Delhi-NCR and Gujarat’s Sanand. In addition, an in-house trial of the service has also been launched by DFCC. After Delhi-NCR and Gujarat, another pilot is planned in the financial capital of India, Mumbai.
The DFCC informed that they are targeting the white goods and small items along with the aggregators. “We are targeting white goods, small items as well as aggregators who can avail of the service,” TOI quoted a DFCC official as saying.