NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section to select destinations declined by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following easy availability of trucks against cargo movements.
Transporters said besides restricted cargo movements, comfortable position of trucks in the markets mainly weighted on freight rates.
Delhi to Coimbatore, Hyderabad and Goa freight rates dropped by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 69,000, Rs.55,000 and Rs 57,000.
Rates to Surat, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Pune also moved down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 24,000, Rs 22,000, Rs 71,000 and Rs 28,000.
Following are today’s freights per nine-tonne load (in Rs):
Jaipur 18,000 Hyderabad 55,000 Chandigarh 20,000 Vijayawada 59,000 Ludhiana 20,000 Bengaluru 62,000 Kanpur 21,000 Chennai 65,000 Indore 22,000 Mysore 66,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 67,000 Baroda 23,000 Coimbatore 69,000 Patna 25,000 Kochi 71,000 Surat 24,000 Thiruvananthapuram 83,000 Mumbai 27,000 Goa 57,000 Pune 28,000 Gwalior 14,000 Kolkata 32,000 Guwahati 60,000 (PTI)