NEW DELHI, Jan 20: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section declined by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following huge availability of trucks amid restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said heavy position of trucks and thin cargo movements mainly led to a fall in some of the centres’ freight rates.
Delhi to Guwahati, Hyderabad and Vijayawada freight rates dropped by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 59,000, Rs 54,000 and Rs 58,000, respectively.
Freight rates to Kochi, Puducherry and Bengaluru also slipped by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 70,000, Rs 65,000 and Rs 61,000, respectively.
Elsewhere, freight rates managed to move around overnight levels on some support.
Following are today’s freights per nine-tonne load (in Rs):
Jaipur 18,000 Hyderabad 54,000 Chandigarh 20,000 Vijayawada 58,000 Ludhiana 20,000 Bengaluru 61,000 Kanpur 21,000 Chennai 64,000 Indore 22,000 Mysore 66,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 65,000 Baroda 23,000 Coimbatore 68,000 Patna 25,000 Kochi 70,000 Surat 24,000 Thiruvananthapuram 82,000 Mumbai 27,000 Goa 56,000 Pune 28,000 Gwalior 14,000 Kolkata 32,000 Guwahati 59,000 (PTI)
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