NEW DELHI, Aug 6: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations rose by Rs 500 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today on pick up in cargo movements amid less availability of trucks.
Transporters said increased cargo movements agaisnt tight position of trucks largely pushed up freight rates for select destinations.
Freight rates from Delhi to Kanpur, Ahmedabad and Baroda were higher by Rs 500 each to Rs 22,000, Rs 24,000 and Rs 26,000, respectively.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 16,000 Hyderabad 58,000 Chandigarh 17,000 Vijayawada 60,000 Ludhiana 19,000 Bengaluru 66,000 Kanpur 22,000 Chennai 69,000 Indore 23,000 Mysore 70,000 Ahmedabad 24,000 Puducherry 72,000 Baroda 26,000 Coimbatore 75,000 Patna 27,000 Kochi 81,000 Surat 27,000 Thiruvananthapuram 85,000 Mumbai 30,000 Goa 56,000 Pune 32,000 Gwalior 15,000 Kolkata 34,000 Guwahati 59,000 (PTI)