mumbai prime minister narendra modi will flag off the 100th kisan rail over video conferencing on monday the train will run from sangola railway station in maharashtra till shalimar in west bengal on monday afternoon the first kisan rail which started in august 2020 as a weekly train gained popularity and is now running as three days in a week kisan rail has become a game changer in ensuring a fast transportation of agriculture produce across the nation it provides seamless supply chain of perishable produce indian railways introduced first kisan rail from devlali to danapur on august 7 this train further extended upto muzaffarpur and also increased frequency from weekly to 3 days in a week as a result of good response from the farmers taking advantage to send their produce to the distant places of northern india a link kisan rail from sangola in maharashtra followed soon there was a huge traffic of capsicum pomegranate grapes grown in sangola pandharpur modlimb kavathemahankal salgare in solapur and sangli districts lemons from ahmednagar area tomato and rawplantain in the areas of jeur and karmala which were being transported by road are now being transported by kisan rail said central railway chief spokesperson shivaji sutar sangolashalimar kisan rail is a multicommodity train service and carries vegetables such as cauliflower capsicum cabbage drumsticks chillies onion etc as well as fruits like grapes oranges pomegranate banana custard apple etcthe loading and unloading of perishable commodities will be permitted at all enroute stoppages and no minimum or maximum size of consignmenta farmer can book a few kilograms to several tonnes as per his requirement government of india has extended a subsidy of 50 on transportation of fruits and vegetables