Srinagar: For the first time in the country’s history, the Army has used a freight train to stock-up on supplies for its units and formations in Jammu and Kashmir to last the harsh winter ahead. Trucks had to be used for this movement till 2024 as the rail link between Katra and Baramulla was yet to be commissioned.

The Army has called this a major breakthrough in the movement of Advance Winter Stocking (AWS) and civil-military fusion. Movement of goods by train is cheaper and faster. It also does away with problems of movement faced by heavily-laden road vehicles through difficult terrain. ADVERTISEMENT

“The:running of the first exclusive freight train of the Indian Army, from B D Bari to Anantnag along the Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) was a historic milestone. On Sept

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