DIMAPUR — The
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has unloaded 1,184 freight-carrying rakes in
December 2024, the highest in a single month during the FY 2024-25, bringing
the total count of unloaded rakes to 9,404 by the end of December2024.
According to an update on Wednesday, the NFR has transported
goods, including essential ones like FCI rice, sugar, salt, edible oil, food
grains, fertiliser, tank, coal and other items during the month and unloaded
them in different goods sheds within its jurisdiction.
During the month of December, 2024, a total of 638 rakes of
freight carrying trains were unloaded in Assam out of which 314 were loaded
with essential commodities. 98 rakes in Tripura, 15 rakes in Nagaland, 13 rakes
in Arunachal Pradesh, four rakes in Manipur and ten rakes in Mizoram were
unloaded during the month, it said. Another 211 freight rakes in West Bengal
and 195 freight rakes in Bihar were also unloaded during the month of December,
2024 within the NFR zone.
The NFR attributed this high rate and increased movement of
freight transportation to speedy execution of doubling works at important
sections, and advanced terminal handling facilities. Continuous monitoring at
all levels has also resulted in reduction of turnaround time and has increased
unloading efficiency, it added.
