Select centres freight rate drop on excess position of trucks

NEW DELHI, Sept 17:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section to Kolkata, Hyderabad and Vijaywada dropped by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following restricted cargo movements against sufficent trucks position.
Transporters said rstricted cargo movements against easy availability of trucks, largely pulled down some of freight rates.
National Capital to Hyderabad, Kolkata and Vijaywada freight rates were down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 53,000, Rs 28,000 and Rs 55,000.
Rates to Patna also went down by Rs 1000 at Rs 26,000.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur      14,000  Hyderabad           53,000 Chandigarh  16,000  Vijayawada          55,000 Ludhiana    17,000  Bengaluru           60,000 Kanpur      19,000  Chennai             63,000 Indore      20,000  Mysore              65,000 Ahmedabad   22,000  Puducherry          66,000 Baroda      25,000  Coimbatore          69,000 Patna       26,000  Kochi               71,000 Surat       26,000  Thiruvananthapuram  79,000 Mumbai      27,000  Goa                 50,000 Pune        28,000  Gwalior             14,000 Kolkata     28,000  Guwahati            54,000 (PTI)