NEW DELHI, Mar 25: Freight rates for nine-tonne payload section rose by Rs 1000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following fresh cargo movements amid less position of trucks in the market.
Transporters said tight availability of trucks and fresh arrivals of cargo pushed up some of centres freight rates.
Delhi to Mysore, Puducherry and Goa freight rates moved up by Rs 1000 each to Rs 70,000, Rs 72,000 and Rs 57,000.
Rates to Pune, Baroda and Kochi also went up by Rs 1000 each to Rs 30,000, Rs 24,000 and Rs 79,000.
Elsewhere, rest all other centres freight rates enquired around overnight levels on some support.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 16,000 Hyderabad 57,000 Chandigarh 17,000 Vijayawada 59,000 Ludhiana 18,000 Bengaluru 65,000 Kanpur 19,000 Chennai 67,000 Indore 21,000 Mysore 70,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 72,000 Baroda 24,000 Coimbatore 74,000 Patna 26,000 Kochi 79,000 Surat 27,000 Thiruvananthapuram 85,000 Mumbai 28,000 Goa 57,000 Pune 30,000 Gwalior 14,000 Kolkata 31,000 Guwahati 59,000 (PTI)