NEW DELHI, May 2: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section improved by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today as truck operators were asking higher rates due to hike in diesel.
Transporters said a hike of Rs 2.37 per litre in diesel prices, mainly weighed on freight rates and prices of diesel in Delhi will be Rs 49.57 from Rs 47.20 a litre.
Delhi to Ahmedabad, Surat and Pune freight rates moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 20,000, Rs 24,000 and Rs 27,000.
Rates to Kolkata, Hyderabad, Goa and Chennai went up by Rs 1,000 each at Rs 28,000, Rs 52,000, Rs 48,000 and Rs 63,000.
Kanpur and Jaipur freight rates also enquired higher by Rs 500 each to Rs 13,500 and Rs 16,500.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 13,000 Hyderabad 52,000 Chandigarh 15,000 Vijayawada 55,000 Ludhiana 16,000 Bangalore 60,000 Kanpur 16,500 Chennai 63,000 Indore 19,000 Mysore 65,000 Ahmedabad 20,000 Pondicherry 65,000 Baroda 22,000 Coimbatore 68,000 Patna 23,000 Kochi 73,000 Surat 24,000 Thiruvananthapuram 77,000 Mumbai 25,000 Goa 48,000 Pune 27,000 Gwalior 14,000 Kolkata 28,000 Guwahati 50,000 (PTI)
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