The SCR launched yet another similar long-haul freight train named Garuda on 8 October from Raichur of Guntakal division to Manuguru of Secunderabad division. In both cases, the long haul trains consisted of empty open wagons for loading of coal meant for predominantly thermal power stations.
The acquisition of AD OPT will add more than 20 airline customers to IBS.
The Homa bird, of Vedic times, lives and breeds in the air, lays eggs in the air, and, before the eggs reach the earth, they hatch and the baby bird flies upward to join its mother. Persian, Turkish and Sufi poets praise them as divine birds, and birds of paradise
The new route is expected to provide more options for travellers going to and from Mumbai and ease access for Indian tourists to Indonesia.
