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Lok Sabha Question No. 2514 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: 5G Trials in India
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2514 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2022

## 5G TRIALS IN INDIA

## 2514. DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of 5G trials in India and the present status thereof;
- (b) the name of the companies authorised to provide 5G services in the country as of now;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any study into the effects of 5G on aeronautical interference; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

- (a) & (b) Based on the applications submitted by the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has granted permission to M/s Bharti Airtel Ltd., M/s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., M/s Vodafone Idea Ltd. and M/s Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited for conducting 5G Technology trials.
- (c) & (d) The frequency band opened for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT),including  5G  Technology,  in  India  have  enough  guard  band  to  ensure  that  there  is  no aeronautical interference. Therefore, the question of conducting study does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2513 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Job to the Displaced Persons
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Arun Sao

## 2513. SHRI ARUN SAO :

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Coal India Ltd. has any provision for providing job to the persons displaced because of the acquisition of land for mining work;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  process  followed  to  dispose  off  the  claims  of  such displaced persons;
- (c ) whether a large number of cases for providing jobs to such displaced persons are pending in the South Eastern Coal Fields Ltd. in Chhattisgarh;
- (d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the efforts being made by the Government to dispose off the pending claims of the displaced persons; and
- (e) the time by which these claims are likely to be disposed off?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI )

(a) & (b): Subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (CIL) except Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), follow R&R Policy of CIL which had been formulated / amended from time to time and employment against land had been provided accordingly. MCL follows Government of Odisha R&R Policy.

Apropos  enactment  of  Right  to  Fair  Compensation  and  Transparency  in  Land Acquisition,  Rehabilitation  and  Resettlement  (Removal  of  Difficulties)  Order  2015,  land compensation,  R&R  benefits  and  infrastructure  facilities  against  land  acquired  under  Coal Bearing  Areas  (Acquisition  and  Development)  Act  1957  are  to  be  provided  as  per  First, Second and Third schedule of RFCTLARR Act 2013 respectively. Under Second Schedule of the  said  Act  employment  would  be  provided  to  at  least  one  member  of  Project  Affected Family subject to creation of Job by the project or onetime monetary compensation of Rs 5 lakhs  per  affected  family  or  annuity  of  Rs  2000/-  per  month  per  family  for  20  years  with Consumer Price Index for agricultural labourers.

However, as per practice subsidiaries are providing job against land even though there is no creation of job by the project subject to approval of the concerned subsidiary Board over & above the benefit of the said Act.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2513 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## Job to the Displaced Persons

(c): In regard to the employment of project displaced persons in South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL),  the proposals are considered on submission of requisite complete documents by the landowners.

(d) & (e): In SECL, no case is pending. However, efforts are made to settle the genuine cases without any delay. This is a continuous process and cases are being settled on receipt of genuine claims.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2511 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Pending Joint Venture Projects in Telangana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2511 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## PENDING JOINT VENTURE PROJECTS IN TELANGANA

## 2511.  SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to State :

- (a) whether the Union Government has written to the Government of Telangana to provide free land or bear half of the cost of joint venture projects pending since 2008-09 in the State;
- (b)
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof;
- if not, the reasons therefor ;
- (d) whether the Government  of Telangana has requested Railways  to  start  work  on  these  pending  joint  -  venture projects; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS &  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House .

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2511 BY SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2022  REGARDING PENDING JOINT VENTURE PROJECTS IN TELANGANA (a)  to  (e)  There  is  no  Joint  Venture  Company  with  Government  of Telangana. However, Railway has taken up 4 projects namely Bhadrachalam Road-Sattupalli New Line, Hyderabad-Secunderabad Multi Modal Transport System(Phase-II), Akanapet-Medak New Line and Manoharabad -Kothapalli  New Line projects of total cost approximately ₹ 4200  crore  on  cost  sharing  basis  with  Government  of  Telangana.  An amount of approximately ₹ 699 crore is outstanding from Government of Telangana  towards  their  share  in  these  projects,  Railway  is  regularly following  up  with  State  Government  of  Telangana  for  sharing  cost  of these projects. Budget outlay Since 2014 there has been considerable increase in fund allocation and commensurate  commissioning  of  infrastructure projects and safety works across Indian Railways including Telangana. Average  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  &  safety  works, falling fully/ partly in State of Telangana, during 2014-19 was ₹ 1110 crore per  year.  Total  allocation  of  Budget  for  these  projects  in  2019-20  has been ₹ 2,056 crore, which has been increased to ₹ 2,602 crore in financial year 2020-21. The highest ever budget allocation of ₹ 2486 crore has been provided for these projects for financial year 2021-22. Commissioning During 2014-21, 321 Km sections (177 km New line and 144 km Doubling) falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana have been commissioned at an  average  rate  45.86  km  per  year,  which  is  164%  more  than  average commissioning during 2009-14( 17.4 Km/Yr.)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2509 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Generation of Atomic Energy
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Ramesh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2509

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## GENERATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY

2509.  SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken/propose  to  take  any  steps in  the  field  of generation  of  atomic  energy  in  the  country  to  keep  pace  with  its  growing demand for nuclear energy in recent times;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last five years;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any target/ timeline in this direction; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  PERSONNEL,  PUBLIC  GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR.JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) In  the  last  five  years,  the  Government  has  accorded  administrative  approval and financial sanction of 12 nuclear power plants totaling to a capacity of 9000 MW (KKNPP 5&6  andFleet Mode) to increase the nuclear power capacity.
- (c)&(d) On progressive completion of the projects under construction (8700 MW) and accorded sanction (7000 MW), nuclear power capacity is expected to increase from the present 6780 MW to 22480 MW by 2031.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2507 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Broadband Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2507 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2022

## BROADBAND SERVICES

## †2507. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  quality  of  broadband  services  being  provided  by  the  Government  across  the country is not satisfactory;
- (b) if so, the remedial steps taken by the Government, State, Union-territory-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has set any time limit or prepared any blueprint for connecting villages with broadband through 4G/5G/Wi-Fi under Digital India; and
- (d) the remedial steps taken by the Government to solve the signal problem being faced in the border areas of the country including Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

(a) to  (d) The  quality  of  broadband  services  across  the  country  is  satisfactory  in  general. However, due to geographical/ associated technical factors, there may be some quality issues at times.  Also,  quality  of  services  is  being  monitored  by  Telecom  Regulatory  Authority  of  India (TRAI) periodically.

Broadband services are provided in the country by the Government and Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) through mobile wireless 3G/ 4G technologies and fixed wireline connections in a phased manner. As per data provided by TSPs and field units of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) as on December 2020, it is estimated that out of 5,97,618 inhabited census villages (as per Census - 2011) in the country, a total number of 5,58,537 villages have been connected with mobile broadband through 3G/4G technologies.

Further,  BhartNet  project  is  implemented  in  a  phase  manner  to  provide  broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country. The scope of BhartNet has now been extended upto all inhabited villages beyond GPs.

Moreover,  the  Government  through  various  schemes/projects  under  Universal  Service Obligation Fund (USOF) is providing telecommunication services in uncovered villages in the country in a phased manner including uncovered villages of Rajasthan and border areas of the country.

The various schemes/projects under USOF are namely (i) Left Wing Extremism (Phase-I & II) projects; (ii) Aspirational Districts scheme; (iii) Commissioning of Submarine Optical Fibre Cable connectivity from Chennai to Andaman & Nicobar Islands; (iv) Scheme for connecting submarine Optical Fibre Cable from Kochi to Lakshadweep Islands; (v) Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan (CTDP) for mobile connectivity in the North Eastern Region; (vi) Provision of 4G mobile coverage in uncovered villages and seamless 4G mobile coverage of National Highway4 (earlier NH-223) in Andaman & Nicobar Islands; and (vii) Scheme for Provisioning of mobile connectivity in 354 uncovered villages, etc..

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2505 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Free 4G Mobile Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: R.K. Singh Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2505 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2022

## FREE 4G MOBILE SERVICES

†2505. SHRI R.K. SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  provide  free  4G  mobile  services  in  some States/UTs for better connectivity;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the date by which such services are likely to be started; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide free 4G mobile services in the aspirational districts  of  Chitrakoot  and  Banda  in  Bundelkhand  area  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

- (a) There is no such proposal under consideration to provide Free 4G mobile services by the Government.
- (b) & (c) Question does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Production Linked Incentive Scheme
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Ram Kripal Yadav

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2504 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE SCHEME

## 2504. SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

- (a) the amount of investments made by national or international agencies under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme; specific to Bihar;
- (b) whether the Government believes that employment has been created after the implementation of the scheme; and
- (c) if so, the number of men and women employed separately under the scheme; State-wise?

उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

- (a) to (c): The last date for submission of  applications under the PLI Scheme for Textiles was  28.02.2022.  In  accordance  with  the  scheme  guidelines,  selection  of  applicants  will  be finalized within 60 days from the date of closure of application window. Amount of investments to be made and employment to be created shall be assessed thereafter.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2501 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Pilgrim Special Train
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Rameshbhai Lavjibhai Dhaduk

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2501 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## PILGRIM SPECIAL TRAIN

## †2501. SHRI RAMESHBHAI LAVJIBHAI DHADUK:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  daily trains have  been  provided  for the pilgrim of Saurashtra area of Gujarat to travel to Haridwar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government is taking steps to provide new trains from various parts of the country to Porbandar; and (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- a) and (b)   At present, 19565/66 Okha-Dehradun Express(Weekly)  is
2. ( available between Okha & Haridwar.
3. (c) and (d) Presently, Porbandar is  served by 06 pairs of trains which connect it inter-alia to stations like Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Secunderabad, Madgaon, Thiruvananthapuram etc.  At present, there is no proposal  for introduction of new train service(s) from Porbandar. However,  introduction  of  train  services  is  an  on-going  process  on Indian Railways, subject to operational feasibility, commercial justification, competing  demands  etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2500 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Water Logging at Underpasses
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2500 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## WATER LOGGING AT UNDERPASSES

2500. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  level  crossings  that  have  been  closed  on  Central Railway line in Nagpur Division during the last seven financial years;
- (b) whether there is any system in place to conduct annual survey and audit of the problem  of water logging at newly  constructed Underpasses near Level crossings during the monsoon season;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if  not,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  set  up  grievance redressal mechanism for public?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a): 116 level crossings (LCs) have been closed during last seven years
- i.e.  from  the  year  2014-15  to  2020-21  in  Nagpur  Division,  Central Railway.
- (b) to (d): There is a well laid down system in place to conduct annual survey/  annual  inspection  by  Railway  officials  twice  a  year  i.e.  before and after monsoon at the underpasses in lieu of LCs. In addition to it, the  problem  of  water  logging  is  also  monitored    on  daily  basis  during patrolling of track.   In case of any public grievance, railway authority can be approached round the clock for redressal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2499 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Filling up of Vacant Posts
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

- (a):
- (b):
- (c):

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2499 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## FILLING UP OF VACANT POSTS

## 2499. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- a) whether since the last seven years (2014-2021) regular employment  in  railways  has  been  slashed  by  40  per  cent  and over 50 per cent jobs are lying vacant in different departments of the Ministry;
- b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to fill up these posts in a time bound manner;
- c) whether  after  the  post-COVID  situation  the  Government  is unable to maintain the railway tracks and rakes on regular basis due to shortage of manpower; and
- d) if so, the action taken/likely to be taken by the Government for improving  railway  security,  safety  and  providing  amenities  to passengers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- No Sir.
- Does Not arise.
- No Sir.
- (d): Does Not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: New Board Gauge Line in Kevadia
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2497 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## NEW BROAD GAUGE LINE IN KEVADIA

†2497.      SHRI  MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  lay  new  broad  gauge  line from Rajpipla to Statue of Unity Kevadia, Gujarat; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which this project is likely to be started?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) and  (b):    At  present,  there  is  no  such  proposal  to  extend Ankleshwar-Rajpipla  line  upto  Statue  of  unity,  Kevadia.  However, Broad Gauge rail connectivity to Statue of unity, Kevadia has already been provided by Chandod-Kevadia new line.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2495 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Parcel Service in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Prathap Simha, L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2495

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## PARCEL SERVICE IN RAILWAYS

2495. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA: SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government is aware of the tedious process involved in sending and receiving parcels through the Railways and if so, the steps taken to modernise the same;
- (b)  whether the Government is considering to introduce QR-code or OTP-based  authentication  for  the  sender  and  receiver  of  parcels through  Railways  instead  of  relying  on  paper  slips,  along  with  a centralised  bar-code  verification  procedure  or  any  other  procedure for the same and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the measures being taken by the Railways to eliminate touts in the railway stations hoodwinking citizens looking to send parcels on Railways?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2495 BY    SHRI  PRATHAP  SIMHA  AND SHRI  L.S.  TEJASVI  SURYA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 16.03.2022 REGARDING PARCEL SERVICE IN RAILWAYS (a ) to (c):  In  order  to  modernise  the  parcel  booking  and  delivery process, the computerization of Parcel Offices is under process and Parcel  Management  System  (PMS)  is  presently  implemented  at  84 stations, 67 Division offices and 16 Zonal Headquarter offices.  The bar-coding of consignments is an integral part of PMS, and is being implemented regularly at all PMS locations.  With introduction of eParcel Way Bill (e-PWB), OTP based delivery has been enabled which obviates  the  need  for  physical  generation  of  receipt  at  the  time  of booking and also physical verification  of  the  receipt  at  the  time  of delivery.    Tracing  of  Parcel  packages  is  also  facilitated  by  sending SMS to the mobile number given by the consignor at various stages from booking to delivery. In order to check the menace of touts and other such unscrupulous elements  in  parcel  handling,  CCTVs  have  been  installed  in  parcel offices  and  in  various  places  around  stations.    Vigilance  Helpline number and Grievance redressal numbers are displayed at different places on Railway premises for information to customers in case of any irregularity. Surprise checks are also being conducted by officers as  well  as  vigilance  teams.  Further,  facility  of  online  generation  of Forwarding Note is also available in PMS using which the customer can  generate  Forwarding  Note  within  his  premises,  before  bringing the consignment to Railway station.

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