Mumbai: The second special train carrying around five lakh litres of water has reached Latur district in Marathwada region which is battling its worst drought ever.
The 10-wagon ‘water train’ left from Miraj on Wednesday morning and took 10 hours to traverse a distance of around 350km.
“The ten wagons, each with a capacity of around 50,000 litres, were filled with water at Miraj railway station in Sangli district,” said chief spokesperson of Central Railway Narendra Patil. The first such train reached Latur on Tuesday.
The district administration has acquired a huge well located near the Latur railway station to store the water.
On April 8, the train had left from Kota workshop for Miraj in Pune division. The second train consisting of 50 wagons is expected to be ready for water loading around April 15, a railway official had earlier said.
“As per instructions from the ministry of railways, Kota workshop received two goods trains consisting of 50 tank wagons each for deployment in drought-affected areas of Latur during the summer season and the trips of the trains will be arranged as per the requirement,” he said.
The carrying capacity of these wagons is 54,000 litres of water per wagon.
