NEW DELHI, Nov 28: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section to select destinations eased by Rs 500 in the local truck transport market today following easy availability of trucks against restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said besides restricted cargo movements, easy availability of trucks in the markets mainly led to a fall in freight rates for select destinations.
Delhi to Coimbatore, Hyderabad and Goa freight rates were down by Rs 500 each to Rs 66,500, Rs 49,500 and Rs 49,500.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 12,500 Hyderabad 49,500 Chandigarh 13,500 Vijayawada 53,000 Ludhiana 16,500 Bengaluru 59,000 Kanpur 18,000 Chennai 61,000 Indore 20,000 Mysore 64,000 Ahmedabad 20,000 Puducherry 63,000 Baroda 22,000 Coimbatore 66,500 Patna 24,000 Kochi 69,000 Surat 25,000 Thiruvananthapuram 78,000 Mumbai 27,000 Goa 49,500 Pune 29,000 Gwalior 11,000 Kolkata 30,000 Guwahati 53,000 (PTI)