DIMAPUR — Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is constantly progressing in freight loading to ensure essential commodities reach end users in time.
During the month of July 2024, 0.913 million tones loading of various commodities was registered. This is an increase of 23.2% in comparison with the same period of the last year, NFR stated in an update.
Loading of few commodities have registered significant growth in comparison to corresponding period of the previous year.
“During the month, food grain loading has increased by 30.5%, cement loading increased by 666.7%. POL loading has increased by 26.1% while container loading increased by 20% as compared to corresponding period of the previous year,” it stated.
Loading of miscellaneous commodities like timber and ballast also registered an increased by 600% and 27.2%, respectively as compared to the corresponding period of last financial year.
“Eventually, the increase in freight loading year after year signifies the growing economic activities of the region. Progress in freight loading has generated a remarkable amount of goods revenue,” the update stated.
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