Select freight rates up on tight position of trucks

NEW DELHI, Apr 22:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section advanced by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today on tight position of trucks against pick up in cargo movements.
Transporters said, paucity of trucks in the market as compared to increased cargo movements, led to rise in freight rates for select destinations.
Delhi to  Surat, Baroda and Mysore freight rates moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 27,000, Rs 24,000 and Rs 68,000, respectively.
Rates to Guwahati, Kochi and Vijayawada also went up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 59,000, Rs  79,000 and Rs 59,000, respectively.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur          15,000      Hyderabad               56,000 Chandigarh      16,000      Vijayawada              59,000 Ludhiana        17,000      Bengaluru               63,000 Kanpur          18,000      Chennai                 65,000 Indore          21,000      Mysore                  68,000 Ahmedabad       22,000      Puducherry              70,000 Baroda          24,000      Coimbatore              74,000 Patna           25,000      Kochi                   79,000 Surat           27,000      Thiruvananthapuram  84,000 Mumbai          29,000      Goa                     56,000 Pune            30,000      Gwalior                 15,000 Kolkata         31,000      Guwahati                59,000 (PTI)