According to a statement issued by the Southern Railway, seven wagons carrying 2.8 lakh litres of water left Erode junction to Tiruvananthapuram on Friday evening. Apart from these seven wagons, Southern Railway officials said that another 15 wagons were getting fitted with water tanks at Tondiarpet, which will also be moved to Erode for filling of water and subsequent movement to Tiruvananthapuram. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation is also moving thousands of cartons of water bottles from its bottling plant in Palur in Kancheepuram district with the help of Southern Railway. A senior official said that Southern Railway was sending the wagons following specific requests from the Kerala government owing to shortage in drinking water supply in many parts of the State. MADURAIAs part of the efforts to lend a helping hand to flood-ravaged Kerala, Southern Railway is sending freight trains carrying water from its Chennai and Salem divisions to Tiruvananthapuram.
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