NEW DELHI, Sept 19: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section to select Southern destinations eased by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following easy truck positions against restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said limited cargo movements and large position of trucks in the markets, mainly pulled down some of southern centres freight rates.
Delhi to Bengaluru and Chennai freight rates dropped by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 59,000 and Rs 62,000.
Rates to Mysore and Puducherry also went down by Rs 1,000 each at Rs 64,000 and Rs 65,000.
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 59,000 Kanpur 19,000 Chennai 62,000 Indore 20,000 Mysore 64,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 65,000 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)