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Licensed porters are available on all the important stations on Indian Railways. Number of licensed porters working zone-wise are Central – 2500, Eastern – 5397, East Central – 3956, East Coast – 1457, Northern – 6726, North Central – 1833, North Eastern – 1274, Northeast Frontier – 2688, North Western – 999, Southern – 2431, South Central – 2458, South Eastern – 1123, South East Central – 963, South Western – 550, Western – 2431 and West Central – 894.
The above information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri R. Velu in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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