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Indian Railways have initiated computerization of parcel management system covering booking, loading, tracking, tracing, delivery and Internet-based inquiry. It will improve management of parcel traffic.
Annual earnings from parcel traffic are about Rs.500 crores.
A pilot project covering the high density New Delhi-Howrah-Guwahati section covering about 10 locations is under implementation at an estimated cost of Rs. 2 crores.
The Railways have planned to cover 50 parcel booking locations in the next five years at an estimated cost of Rs.7 crores.
In addition, use of technologies like Bar-Coding and Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) has also been planned to track the parcels.
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