Stall opens at Mysuru Rly station to sell sandalwood products

NT Correspondent

Mysuru Division of South Western Railway implemented the “One Station One Product” concept at Mysuru Railway station for the promotion of sandalwood products here on Friday.

The concept is a novel initiative that was announced in the Union Budget 2022-23 with the objective of assisting local artisans / products / industries. The initiative aims to promote local products by making each railway station a promotional and sales hub for a particular product that will be unique in the area.

The stall has been provided to Karnataka Soaps and Detergent Limited, an enterprise of the Government of Karnataka for a period of 15 days from April 8 to 22, 2022 to promote and sell their products at the railway station premises and on the platform. Apart from soaps and sandalwood oil, KSDL produces detergents, fragrances, talcum powder, hand wash, face wash, coconut oil and Agarbathis.

Speaking on the occasion, Rahul Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, Mysuru Division, said that Mysuru station witnesses footfalls of 35,000 passengers on weekdays and upto 40,000 during weekends.

The division is running various trains connecting different destinations across India and it would be a wonderful opportunity to promote and sell these unique products and make India self-reliant, he said.

Agarwal also said that more stations in other district headquarters would be identified to implement the “One Station One Product” concept in the coming days.

Budati Srinivasulu, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Manjunath Kanamadi,Senior Divisional Commercial Manager and other senior officials of the division were present.