25 lakh litres water to reach drought-affected Latur today

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Around 25 lakh litres of water will reach in drought affected area at Latur of the Maharashtra state from today. The Central Railway has begun the operation of a 50-wagon water train to the drought affected area. Latur is one of the worst-hit cities in the drought-affected Marathwada area. The train, called Jal doot, has departed from Miraj junction to reach Latur on Wednesday morning. The railways have two 50-wagon trains for supplying water to Latur. Before reaching Miraj, the trains were sent to Kota in Rajasthan for cleaning.
In the absence of infrastructure to load water in 50 wagons at Miraj and offload it at Latur, the authorities were operating 10-wagon trains between the two cities. This is the first time, the railway operated 50-wagon water train. According to report, the authorities had made a plan to flag off the 50- wagon train from Miraj at 4.30pm, but later decided to delay its departure till 8pm. It takes approximately 10 hours to load the 50 wagons with water. Insufficient space to park a 50-coach train has forced the authorities to load only 25 wagons at a time. A senior railway officer said so far the railway has operated nine 10-wagon water trains supplying 45 lakh litres of water since April 12.
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