Railways freight loading up by 7.15%

New Delhi : During the month of October 2010, the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways was 78.71 million tonnes.

There is an increase of 5.25 million tonnes over the actual freight traffic of 73.46 million tonnes carried by the Indian Railways in October 2009, registering an increase of 7.15 per cent.

Compared to the previous month i.e. September 2010, the increase is 7.24 million tonnes i.e. a growth of 10.01 per cent.

Significant growth in October 2010 was recorded in loading of Coal (approximately 9.88 per cent), Foodgrains (approximately 14.96 per cent), Steel (approximately 9.91 per cent) and Cement (approximately 15.28 per cent).

Negative growth, however, continued in the loading of Iron-ore which has been affected by sanctions imposed in Orissa and Karnataka.