NEW DELHI, July 14: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations improved by Rs 1000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following shortage of trucks in the market amid better cargo movements.
Transporters said, besides, tight availability of trucks in the market, increased cargo movements along with blockage and diversion of roads due to water-logging because of monsoon rains, mainly pushed up some of centres freight rates.
Delhi to Patna, Guwahati and Kolkata freight rates moved up by Rs 1000 each to Rs 29,000, Rs 62,000 and Rs 33,000.
Rates to Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Bengaluru also went up by Rs 1000 each to Rs 58,000, Rs 60,000 and Rs 64,000.
Following are today’s freight rates per nine-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 18,000 Hyderabad 58,000 Chandigarh 19,000 Vijayawada 60,000 Ludhiana 20,000 Bengaluru 64,000 Kanpur 22,000 Chennai 64,000
Indore 24,000 Mysore 66,000
Ahmedabad 23,000 Puducherry 68,000 Baroda 25,000 Coimbatore 72,000 Patna 29,000 Kochi 78,000 Surat 28,000 Thiruvananthapuram 82,000 Mumbai 30,000 Goa 60,000 Pune 31,000 Gwalior 16,000 Kolkata 33,000 Guwahati 62,000 (PTI)