Dimapur: Freight unloading over Northeast Frontier Railway is registering a continuous steady growth and during the month of April, 1206 freight carrying rakes were unloaded.
During financial year 2022-23, 14680 freight carrying rakes were unloaded. This is an increase of 6.71% in comparison to the financial year 2021-22, NFR stated in a press release.
NFR has transported goods like FCI rice, sugar, salt, edible oil, food grains, fertilizer, cement, coal, vegetables, auto, tank, container and other items during the month and unloaded them in different goods sheds within its jurisdiction.
During April, 2023, 640 rakes of freight carrying trains were unloaded in Assam out of which 294 were loaded with essential commodities. 91 rakes in Tripura, 23 rakes in Nagaland, four rakes in Manipur, nine rakes in Arunachal Pradesh and three rakes in Mizoram were unloaded during the month.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]Moreover, 216 freight rakes in West Bengal and 220 freight rakes in Bihar were also unloaded during the month within the jurisdiction of NFR.
“Essential and other commodities are being transported regularly to not only meet the essential requirement of common people but also to keep the local economic activity of all the regions going. Speedy execution of doubling works at important sections over N.F. Railway has led to increased inward and outward movement of freight traffic,” NFR stated.