NEW DELHI, Feb 13: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section improved by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market today following the shortage of trucks against cargo movements.
Transporters said besides fresh cargo movements, paucity of trucks in the market pushed up freight rates of some of the centres.
Delhi to Goa, Coimbatore, Surat and Kanpur freights went up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 59,000, Rs 69,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 21,000, respectively.
Rates to Baroda, Patna, Pune and Kolkata also went up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 24,000, Rs 27,000, Rs 29,000 and Rs 32,000, respectively.
Following are today’s freight rates per nine-tonne load (in Rs):
Jaipur 17,000 Hyderabad 56,000 Chandigarh 19,000 Vijayawada 57,000 Ludhiana 20,000 Bengaluru 60,000 Kanpur 21,000 Chennai 62,000 Indore 22,000 Mysore 64,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 66,000 Baroda 24,000 Coimbatore 69,000 Patna 27,000 Kochi 72,000 Surat 25,000 Thiruvananthapuram 81,000 Mumbai 26,000 Goa 59,000 Pune 29,000 Gwalior 14,000 Kolkata 32,000 Guwahati 60,000 (PTI)
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