NEW DELHI, Juyl 12: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations eased by Rs 500 in the local truck transport market today following excess enquiries by truck operators against restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said easy availability of trucks in the markets along with rsetricted cargo movements, mainly weighed on freight rates for select destinations.
Delhi to Jaipur, Ludhiana, Indore and Chandigarh freight rates were down by Rs 500 each to Rs 20,000, Rs 22,000, Rs 23,000 and Rs 21,000.
Freight rates for Vijaywada, Banglore, Gwaalior and Mysore also eased by Rs 500 each to Rs 62,000, Rs 65,000, Rs 16,000 and Rs 71,000.
Following are today’s freights per 10-tonne load: Jaipur 20,000 Hyderabad 60,000 Chandigarh 21,000 Vijayawada 62,000 Ludhiana 22,000 Bangalore 65,000 Kanpur 23,000 Chennai 67,000 Indore 23,000 Mysore 71,000 Ahmedabad 24,000 Pondicherry 70,000 Baroda 26,000 Coimbatore 73,000 Patna 28,000 Kochi 76,000 Surat 28,000 Thiruvananthapuram 79,000 Mumbai 30,000 Goa 57,000 Pune 31,000 Gwalior 16,000 Kolkata 33,000 Guwahati 55,000. (PTI)