NEW DELHI, Nov 19: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations weakened by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today owing to excess enquiries by truck operators amid less cargo movement.
Transporters said fall in arrivals of cargo and increased enquiries by truckers mainly pulled down some of centres freight rates.
Delhi to Puducherry and Coimbatore freight rates dropped by Rs 1000 each to Rs 72,000 and Rs 76,000.
Rates to Pune and Indore also fell by Rs 1000 each to Rs 32,000 and Rs 23,000.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 17,000 Hyderabad 59,000 Chandigarh 18,000 Vijayawada 61,000 Ludhiana 19,000 Bengaluru 64,000 Kanpur 21,000 Chennai 66,000 Indore 23,000 Mysore 69,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 72,000 Baroda 25,000 Coimbatore 76,000 Patna 27,000 Kochi 80,000 Surat 28,000 Thiruvananthapuram 86,000 Mumbai 30,000 Goa 57,000 Pune 32,000 Gwalior 14,000 Kolkata 33,000 Guwahati 59,000 (PTI)