NEW DELHI, July 7: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations improved by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today on thin availability of trucks amid busy cargo movements.
Transporters said increased cargo movements and shortage of trucks in the markets caused the rise in freight rates of some of the destinations.
Delhi to Puducherry, Coimbatore and Baroda freight rates moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 69,000, Rs 72,000 and Rs 26,000, respectively.
Rates to Patna, Mumbai and Surat too went up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 28,000, Rs 31,000 and Rs 29,000, respectively.
Following are today’s freight rates per nine-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 18,000 Hyderabad 57,000 Chandigarh 19,000 Vijayawada 59,000 Ludhiana 20,000 Bengaluru 63,000 Kanpur 22,000 Chennai 65,000
Indore 24,000 Mysore 67,000
Ahmedabad 24,000 Puducherry 69,000 Baroda 26,000 Coimbatore 72,000 Patna 28,000 Kochi 79,000 Surat 29,000 Thiruvananthapuram 82,000 Mumbai 31,000 Goa 60,000 Pune 31,000 Gwalior 16,000 Kolkata 33,000 Guwahati 61,000 (PTI)
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