NEW DELHI, Feb 20: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section dropped by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following easy availability of trucks in the markets against slowdown in cargo movements.
Transporters said apart from restricted cargo movements, comfortable position of trucks mainly pulled down freight rates for some centres.
Delhi to Mumbai, Chandigarh and Kolkata freight rates dropped by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 27,000, Rs 16,000 and Rs 29,000.
Rates to Jaipur and Ludhiana also went down by Rs 500 each to Rs 14,000 and Rs 17,000.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 14,000 Hyderabad 53,000 Chandigarh 16,000 Vijayawada 54,000 Ludhiana 17,000 Bengaluru 60,000 Kanpur 19,000 Chennai 62,000 Indore 20,000 Mysore 64,000 Ahmedabad 20,000 Puducherry 66,000 Baroda 23,000 Coimbatore 70,000 Patna 25,000 Kochi 72,000 Surat 25,000 Thiruvananthapuram 79,000 Mumbai 27,000 Goa 50,000 Pune 28,000 Gwalior 13,000 Kolkata 29,000 Guwahati 52,000 (PTI)
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