nagpur the love for dogs has prompted their owners to spend around rs250 lakh in less than three years between january 2020 and november this year to carry 477 pets in the ac first class compartment or coupe with two or four berthsthose who cannot afford the first class coupe tickets transport their pet dogs in the dog boxes in the brake vans or the guard compartment around 305 pet dogs travelled in the brake vans for which their owners paid around rs54000 between january 2020 and november this yearthe owners of these dogs have helped nagpur division of central railway earn revenue of more than rs3 lakh in less than three yearsassistant commercial manager acm coach and also public relations officer vc thool said the statistics reflect a rising trend of dog lovers preferring to travel with their pets in comparison to other modes of transport railway is cheaper faster and safer for pets like dogs said thoolthe response from pet lovers shows that they are willing to spend a lot of money and take great effort to travel with pets the only option to travel with pets is the ac first class which is the costliest tickets in any train as for the brake vans the owners can only meet the pets and feed them during long stoppages said thool adding the booking is done on firstcomefirstserve basis as the options are limiteddomestic animals birds and fish have been a source of steady revenue for the railways in less than three years till november this year from january 2020 nagpur division of central railways earned more than rs146 crore by ferrying pet dogs cats birds poultry goat and fish as per the records fish was the most substantial contributor of the revenue to the railwayshuman hair parcels earned over rs8 lakhtransporting human hair in parcels is one of the profit generating revenues for the railways the nagpur division of the central railways earned more than rs8 lakh between january 2018 and november this yearhuman hair is learnt to be crucial raw material for wig making hair transplantation treatments artificial beards and so onrailway authorities from the commercial department said there is steady booking of human hair parcel which had increased remarkably from rs140 lakh in 2020 to rs431 lakh in 2021 till november this year the revenue earned through transporting human hair had crossed rs240 lakh