Srinagar, May 25 -- The Railways has initiated the dispatch of the season's first special parcel van carrying fresh cherries from Jammu to Mumbai, ensuring faster transportation of the highly perishable fruit to one of the country's largest markets.

Railway officials said around 12 tonnes of premium-quality cherries, packed in nearly 966 boxes, were loaded into the first parcel van on Sunday.

The van will be attached to the Jammu Tawi-Bandra Terminus Vivek Express train, scheduled to leave Jammu at 5.45 am on Monday.

Senior divisional commercial manager, Jammu, Uchit Singhal, said that the Railways is committed to ensuring that the hard work of J&K's orchardists gets the right price and a nationwide market.

"Cherry is an extremely del...