To simplify the process of sending litchi shipments, the Indian Railways has set up a special booking counter near the Sadar Hospital turn in Muzaffarpur. This counter will be operational from 8 AM to 10 PM daily, starting Tuesday, May 23rd. Farmers and traders can now book their litchi shipments directly...
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at this counter, eliminating the need to visit the parcel office. The booked shipments will be transported directly to the designated parcel van. Additionally, a high-capacity parcel van has been added to the 11062 Pawan Express train running between Jaynagar and Lokmanya Tilak Terminal, starting May 21st, to facilitate litchi transportation to Mumbai.

Muzaffarpur's famous Shahi litchi will be available in Mumbai's Kurla market starting Friday. On Thursday, 60 boxes of litchi were sent to Mumbai via the 11062 Pawan Express from Lokmanya Tilak Terminal. Additionally, around 50 boxes were sent to Delhi via the Bihar Sampark Kranti. The railway will provide a parcel...
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van on the 20th for transporting litchi to Mumbai. Last year, litchi shipments started on May 9th and lasted until June 16th. This year, the shipment is delayed by a week.

On Wednesday, the first shipment of litchi was sent from Muzaffarpur to Mumbai, following the first shipment to Delhi. Mo. Reyaz, a farmer from Damodarpur, sent 17 boxes of Shahi litchi via the SLR bogie of the Jaynagar-Lokmanya Tilak Terminal (LTT) 11062 Pawan Express. The shipment will arrive in...
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Kurla Mandi, Mumbai, on the morning of May 17th. The railway will provide a parcel van on the 20th for sending litchi to Mumbai. Also on Wednesday, another shipment of litchi was sent from Darbhanga to Delhi via the 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast. Amarish Kumar, the railway's leaseholder, reported that 111 boxes of litchi were sent. The harvesting of litchi in the Bari Eidgah Bagh on the city's Goshala Road has also begun. Litchi from the Bari Eidgah Bagh was purchased by Mo. Nizam, a resident of Bada Sumera, Kudhani, and sent to Delhi. The price of litchi in Delhi's Azad Mandi is currently 125 rupees per kilogram. Litchi is also being sent from Muzaffarpur to various other destinations using the following trains: Mumbai: 19038 Avadh Express, 15267 Raxaul-LTT Express, 15547 Raxaul-LTT Antyodaya Express; Delhi: 12557 Saptakranti Superfast Express and 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast (leased); Haryana-Punjab: 14673 Shaheed Express and 14649 Saryu Yamuna Express; Howrah: 13020 Mithila Express; Ranchi and Sambalpur (Odisha): 15028 Maury Express; Uttar Pradesh: 11124 Barauni-Gwalior Express and 15203 Barauni Lucknow Express; Gujarat: 19484 Barauni Ahmedabad Express and 19270 Muzaffarpur-Porbandar Express (leased).

On Saturday, the RPF Muzaffarpur located and returned a mobile phone belonging to Rita Singh, a passenger on the 20504 Rajdhani Express. Rita, who is from Pune, lost her phone during her journey. The RPF verified the phone and handed it over to her brother, Abhinav Anand, who resides in Vaishali...
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Raghopur. Separately, a purse belonging to Dilip Sahni, a passenger on the 11062 Pawan Express, was found at Muzaffarpur Junction. The purse, containing INR 1200, ATM card, voter ID, PAN card, and Aadhaar card, was recovered by Daroga Gokulesh Pathak and returned to Rajbali Mukhia, the complainant's father-in-law, who lives in Budhwaliya, West Champaran.

All trains from Prayagraj to Mumbai are fully booked for the next two months. Confirmed berths on major trains are available only in July. This poses a challenge for people needing to travel to Mumbai after school and college closures. Currently, there are over two dozen trains operating between Prayagraj...
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Junction and Chheoki to Mumbai, with some running regularly and others operating two or three days a week. However, no confirmed seats are available in any class on these trains for the next two months. This situation prevails despite the fact that schools and colleges in Prayagraj are still open and most will commence summer vacations only between 15th and 20th May. Even before the holidays, all trains to Mumbai and Pune are fully booked. The Prayagraj-Mumbai Duronto Express has no berths available in any class until 15th June.