NEW DELHI, Aug 13: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section declined by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport today following excess positions of trucks amid restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said heavy availability of trucks in the market as compared to cargo movements mainly pulled down freight rates.
Delhi to Vijayawada, Bengaluru, Chennai and Mysore rates dropped by Rs 1000 each to Rs 59,000, Rs 65,000, Rs 68,000 and Rs 69,000.
Similarly, rates to Coimbatore, Goa, Kolkata and Surat also went down by Rs 74,000, Rs 55,000, Rs 33,000 and Rs 26,000.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 16,000 Hyderabad 58,000 Chandigarh 17,000 Vijayawada 59,000 Ludhiana 19,000 Bengaluru 65,000 Kanpur 22,000 Chennai 68,000 Indore 23,000 Mysore 69,000 Ahmedabad 24,000 Puducherry 72,000 Baroda 26,000 Coimbatore 74,000 Patna 27,000 Kochi 81,000 Surat 26,000 Thiruvananthapuram 85,000 Mumbai 30,000 Goa 55,000 Pune 32,000 Gwalior 15,000 Kolkata 33,000 Guwahati 59,000 (PTI)