- DIMAPUR — The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)
has maintained a steady upward trajectory in freight unloading operations over
recent fiscal years.
- In April 2025, NFR unloaded 1245 freight carrying rakes.
During the previous fiscal year (2024–25), the zone successfully unloaded a
total of 13,091 freight rakes, reflecting its sustained operational efficiency
and growth, the NFR stated in a press release.
- During the month of April 2025, a total of 674 rakes of
freight carrying trains were unloaded in Assam out of which 315 were loaded
with essential commodities. 117 rakes in Tripura, 16 rakes in Nagaland, 6 rakes
in Mizoram, 2 rakes in Meghalaya, 8 rakes each in Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur
were unloaded during the month.
- Moreover, 231 freight rakes in West Bengal and 183 freight
rakes in Bihar were also unloaded during the month of within the jurisdiction
of NFR.
- NFR also transported goods like FCI rice, sugar, salt,
edible oil, food grains, fertilizer, cement, coal, vegetables, auto, tank and
other items during the month and unloaded them in different goods sheds within
its jurisdiction.
- “Essential and other commodities are being transported
regularly not only to meet the essential requirements of common people but also
to keep the local economic activity of the region moving and growing.
Continuous monitoring at all levels has also resulted in reduction of
turnaround time and has increased unloading efficiency,” the release stated.
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