NEW DELHI, Oct 10: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section to Guwhati and Goa dropped by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following excess position of trucks against restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said easy availability of trucks as compared to restricted cargo movements mainly led to decline in Goa and Guwahati freight rates.
Delhi to Goa and Guwahati freight rates moved down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 49,000 and Rs 52,000.
Elsewhere, other centres freight rates ruled flat on small support.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 13,000 Hyderabad 52,000 Chandigarh 14,000 Vijayawada 54,000 Ludhiana 17,000 Bengaluru 59,000 Kanpur 19,000 Chennai 61,000 Indore 20,000 Mysore 63,000 Ahmedabad 21,000 Puducherry 65,000 Baroda 24,000 Coimbatore 68,000 Patna 26,000 Kochi 70,000 Surat 26,000 Thiruvananthapuram 78,000 Mumbai 28,000 Goa 49,000 Pune 28,000 Gwalior 12,000 Kolkata 30,000 Guwahati 52,000 (PTI)