Freight rates for Jaipur, Gwalior up on busy cargo movements

NEW DELHI, Apr 12:  Freight rates for ten-tonne load for Jaipur and Gwalior rose by Rs 500 in the local truck transport market today on increased cargo movements against tight availability of trucks.

Transporters said increased cargo movements against tight availability of trucks mainly led to rise in Jaipur and Gwalior freight rates.

Freight rates from Delhi to Jaipur and Gwalior rose by Rs 500 each to Rs 21,500 and Rs 15,000 respectively.

The following were today’s freights per 10-tonne load: Jaipur      21,500  Hyderabad   60,000

Chandigarh  22,000  Vijayawada  63,000

Ludhiana    22,500  Bangalore   68,000

Kanpur      23,000  Chennai     70,000

Indore      23,500  Mysore      71,000

Ahmedabad   25,000  Pondicherry 71,000

Baroda      26,000  Coimbatore  74,000

Patna       28,000  Kochi       76,000

Surat       30,000  Thiruvananthapuram 80,000 Mumbai      31,000  Goa         57,000

Pune        33,000  Gwalior     15,000

Kolkata     34,000  Guwahati    55,000. (PTI)