Transport of vegetables by train from Nuwara Eliya to Colombo started yesterday (27) after 23 years.
This started according to an interim budget proposal presented by the President to Parliament.
Here, the first consignment of vegetables started transportation from Nanuoya to Colombo Fort and reached Colombo Fort railway station at around 12 midnight.
This train, run by the Railway Department as an express train, transports the vegetables it brings to the market in Colombo.