For the first time, winter supplies for soldiers stationed in remote and high-altitude areas of Kashmir have reached the Valley via a special freight train.

The train, carrying advance winter stocking for the Army, arrived in Anantnag on September 13. The goods were then loaded onto Army trucks and transported to units stationed along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and other forward areas.

Jammu-based Defence spokesperson Lt Col Suneel Bartwal stated, “The Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) witnessed a historic milestone with the successful run of the first exclusive Army freight train from Bari Brahmana in Jammu to Anantnag on September 12–13.”

The freight train carried 753 metric tonnes of advance winter supplies for Army units and formations in Kashmir, marking a

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