NEW DELHI, Sept 17: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section to Kolkata, Hyderabad and Vijaywada dropped by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following restricted cargo movements against sufficent trucks position.
Transporters said rstricted cargo movements against easy availability of trucks, largely pulled down some of freight rates.
National Capital to Hyderabad, Kolkata and Vijaywada freight rates were down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 53,000, Rs 28,000 and Rs 55,000.
Rates to Patna also went down by Rs 1000 at Rs 26,000.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 14,000 Hyderabad 53,000 Chandigarh 16,000 Vijayawada 55,000 Ludhiana 17,000 Bengaluru 60,000 Kanpur 19,000 Chennai 63,000 Indore 20,000 Mysore 65,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 66,000 Baroda 25,000 Coimbatore 69,000 Patna 26,000 Kochi 71,000 Surat 26,000 Thiruvananthapuram 79,000 Mumbai 27,000 Goa 50,000 Pune 28,000 Gwalior 14,000 Kolkata 28,000 Guwahati 54,000 (PTI)