Mysore/Mysuru, May 24 -- 2,200 tonnes of Dunite despatched to Odisha from Kadakola Multi-Modal Logistics Park

Mysuru's Kadakola industrial belt has scripted a new chapter in the region's domestic rail logistics sector with the successful trial run of a long-haul mineral consignment.

The Greenfield terminal of Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) at Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP), also known as Inland Container Depot (ICD), at Kadakola near Thandavapura, flagged off its maiden outbound container rake linking the mineral-rich Mysuru region with steel hubs in Odisha.

The inaugural train carried 80 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units), transporting nearly 2,200 metric tonnes of semi-processed Dunite, a valuable industrial mineral sour...