Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section dropped by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport today following excess positions of trucks amid restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said easy availability of trucks in the market as compared to restricted cargo movements mainly pulled down freight rates.
Delhi to Chandigarh, Kanpur and Ludhiana freight rates fell by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 14,000, Rs 16,000 and Rs 15,000.
Rates to Jaipur, Kolkata and Hyderabad moved down by Rs 1,000 each at Rs 13,000, Rs 28,000 and Rs 52,000.
Vijaywada, Bengaluru, Goa and Chennai also went down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 57,000, Rs 62,000, Rs 49,000 and Rs 63,000.
Following are today's freights per nine-tonne load (in Rs):
Jaipur 13,000 Hyderabad 52,000 Chandigarh 14,000 Vijayawada 57,000 Ludhiana 15,000 Bangalore 62,000 Kanpur 16,000 Chennai 63,000 Indore 18,000 Mysore 65,000 Ahmedabad 19,000 Puducherry 65,000 Baroda 21,000 Coimbatore 69,000 Patna 22,000 Kochi 73,000 Surat 24,000 Thiruvananthapuram 77,000 Mumbai 25,000 Goa 49,000 Pune 26,000 Gwalior 14,000 Kolkata 28,000 Guwahati 51,000.
