For Apple Growers, Kashmir-Delhi Daily Parcel Train To Begin From September 13

Last Updated:September 11, 2025, 10:18 IST

For past over a month, the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway at Qazigund remained shut due to landslides triggered by heavy rainfall at various places from Banihal to Udhampur.

Railways will introduce a daily time-tabled parcel train from Badgam in Kashmir Valley to Adarsh Nagar station in Delhi from September 13

As Kashmir’s apple industry faces loses due to the closure of Srinagar-Jammu National Highway at Qazigund, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday announced that a daily parcel train would be launched from September 13 from Kashmir to Delhi.

In a post on X, Vaishnaw said: “With the Jammu-Srinagar line operational, the Kashmir valley has better connectivity. Railways is introducing a daily time-tabled parcel train from Badgam in Kashmir Valley to Adarsh Nagar station in Delhi starting 13th September 2025. Loading of 2 parcel vans carrying apples from Badgam to Delhi is beginning today.”

According to a report by Hindustan Times, the closed Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was partially opened on Wednesday but hundreds of vehicles, including 1,500 apple laden trucks, right from Anantnag outskirts upto Qazigund tunnel are lined up waiting for a green signal.

For past over a month, the highway remained shut due to landslides triggered by heavy rainfall at various places from Banihal to Udhampur.

HT quoted the growers as saying that they have already faced suffered losses worth ₹500 to 700 crore as their produce is rotting in these trucks.

September is the peak season for apple as harvesting is at going across Kashmir.

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