Freight rates down for select destinations

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)