NEW DELHI, Dec 5: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations turned weak by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following huge position of trucks in the markets.
Transporters said easy availability of trucks against cargo movements, mainly led fall in some of centres freight rates.
Delhi to Mysore, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram freight rates dropped by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 62,000, Rs 68,000 and Rs 77,000.
Rates to Indore, Patna and Pune rates also moved down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 19,000, Rs 23,000 and Rs 28,000.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 12,000 Hyderabad 49,000 Chandigarh 13,000 Vijayawada 52,000 Ludhiana 16,000 Bengaluru 58,000 Kanpur 18,000 Chennai 60,000 Indore 19,000 Mysore 62,000 Ahmedabad 20,000 Puducherry 63,000 Baroda 22,000 Coimbatore 65,000 Patna 23,000 Kochi 68,000 Surat 24,000 Thiruvananthapuram 77,000 Mumbai 27,000 Goa 48,000 Pune 28,000 Gwalior 11,000 Kolkata 29,000 Guwahati 53,000 (PTI)