China News Service, Yancheng, April 3 (Wang Yezhou Gu Ming Si) At about 4 am on the 3rd, a train full of fresh agricultural and sideline products drove out from the Yancheng North Freight Yard, the Nanjing Railway Freight Center, and galloped all the way to Shanghai.
A few hours later, this batch of supplies for the anti-epidemic residents in Shanghai arrived at Yangpu Station and entered thousands of households through procedures such as transshipment.
A group of containers assembled with fresh agricultural and sideline products are loaded onto the train.
Photo by Zhou Chenyang
As the only city in the central area of the Yangtze River Delta with a gross agricultural output value exceeding 100 billion yuan, Yancheng coordinated the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. We will work hard to meet the needs of the people in Shanghai, and we will organize the supply of goods in many ways.
The severe and complex epidemic situation has put forward higher requirements for road network transportation.
Yancheng gave full play to the advantages of "river-sea intermodal transport", innovated the role of "transit railway" to ensure supply, and opened up a safer and more convenient channel for anti-epidemic civilian materials to enter Shanghai.
A group of containers assembled with fresh agricultural and sideline products are loaded onto the train.
Photo by Zhou Chenyang
Trucks loaded with refrigerated containers filed in, and huge gantry cranes stretched out their "iron arms" to start quickly, accurately hoisting groups of containers onto the train deck... In the middle of the night on the 2nd, the Yancheng North freight yard was brightly lit and busy.
"The agricultural and sideline products urgently issued this time came from Dongtai and Dafeng, mainly including edible oil, eggs and vegetables." The person in charge of the relevant department in Yancheng City said that these vegetables were still in the field to be picked on the afternoon of the 2nd, and were delivered to the package late at night. After loading in the freight yard, it will be presented on the dining table of Shanghai people at the fastest speed after being transported by rail.
A group of containers assembled with fresh agricultural and sideline products are loaded onto the train.
Photo by Zhou Chenyang
"This is the first batch of civilian materials sent by Jiangsu to help Shanghai to fight the epidemic through the railway, which fully reflects the temperature and speed of the railway system and Yancheng." The relevant person in charge of the railway Nanjing Freight Center said that after the company received the order, it quickly formulated transportation. Plans, dispatching forces will be implemented first.
Yancheng assisted Shencheng and delivered food to the door.
It is understood that in order to help Shanghai win the battle of epidemic prevention and control, all sectors and departments in Yancheng have already begun to take action: on March 27, Dongtai City organized 7 trucks full of agricultural and sideline products to be sent to Shanghai; Dafeng District cooperated with Shanghai The farm raised 850 tons of vegetables within 48 hours; on March 30, the Yancheng City Supply and Marketing System organized 40,000 vegetable packs to arrive in Shanghai, and quickly prepared the follow-up supply; on March 31, Yandu District donated 25 tons of leafy vegetables to Minhang District. tons and 5 tons of eggs; from March 27 to 31, Sheyang County delivered 1,140 tons of agricultural and sideline products to Shanghai on 28 trips... According to statistics, on March 31 alone, nearly 400 tons of vegetables were shipped from Yancheng to Shanghai.
The relevant person in charge of Yancheng City said that Yancheng will continue to organize the shipment of agricultural and sideline products by railway in batches according to the market demand in Shanghai, and earnestly shoulder the due responsibilities of the agricultural market.
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