Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for Goa, Guwahati and Mumbai declined by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today due to restricted movements of cargo against ample position of trucks.
Transporters said in addition to easy availability of trucks, restricted cargo movements pulled down some centres' freight rates.
Delhi to Goa, Guwahati and Mumbai rates dropped by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 49,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 26,000, respectively.
Elsewhere, other centres' freight rates managed to hold overnight levels on some support.
Following are today's freights per nine-tonne load (in Rs):
Jaipur 14,000 Hyderabad 55,000 Chandigarh 16,500 Vijayawada 57,000 Ludhiana 17,500 Bangalore 64,000 Kanpur 18,000 Chennai 63,000 Indore 19,000 Mysore 69,000 Ahmedabad 21,000 Pondicherry 65,000 Baroda 23,000 Coimbatore 69,000 Patna 25,000 Kochi 74,000 Surat 25,000 Thiruvananthapuram 77,000 Mumbai 26,000 Goa 49,000 Pune 28,000 Gwalior 15,000 Kolkata 30,000 Guwahati 50,000.
