Freight rates for 10-tonne pay load section to select destinations rose up to Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today, following tight position of trucks amid better cargo movements.
Transporters said less availability of trucks coupled with busy cargo movements, mainly led to rise in freight rates for select destinations.
New Delhi to Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi rates moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 66,000, Rs 68,000 and Rs 77,000.
Rates to Mysore also rose by a similar margin of Rs 1,000 to Rs 71,000, while Indore and Jaipur freight rates were up by Rs 500 each to Rs 24,000 and Rs 22,000.
Following are today's freights per 10-tonne load: Jaipur 22,000 Hyderabad 61,000
Chandigarh 22,000 Vijayawada 63,000
Ludhiana 22,500 Bangalore 66,000
Kanpur 23,000 Chennai 68,000
Indore 24,000 Mysore 71,000
Ahmedabad 25,000 Pondicherry 70,000
Baroda 26,000 Coimbatore 74,000
Patna 28,000 Kochi 77,000
Surat 29,000 Thiruvananthapuram 81,000 Mumbai 30,000 Goa 57,000
Pune 32,000 Gwalior 15,000
Kolkata 33,000 Guwahati 55,000.
