Nagpur: The Central Railway (CR) has set the highest ever freight loading record during April-October 2021, by loading over 41 MT in the last seven months. This is over 30% more than last year (2019-20), when it had loaded 31.46 MT.
Officials said, “Central Railway’s freight loading in October 2021 is also the best ever in any October, with loading of 6.17 MT of freight as against 5.75 MT in October 2020, registering an increase of 7.5%.”
Anil Kumar Lahoti, general manager, Central Railway, said, “We have surpassed the loading target of over 6 MT this month. This higher freight loading is mainly attributed to initiatives taken by business development units (BDUs) set up at zonal and divisional level.”
Lahoti also said that freight transportation by rail is the safest, quickest, and most environment friendly option available for customers and Central Railway is exploring all possible ways to boost freight loading performance.
Loading of coal from Rajur under Nagpur has resumed after a gap of nine years, molasses have been loaded from Belapur under Solapur for the first time in six years. Export traffic of cotton for Bangladesh from Nagpur and galvanized steel from Vasind has also begun.
Coal loading from Nagpur has increased from 758 rakes in October 2020 to 864 rakes in 2021. Besides, 3 rakes of fly ash and 2 rakes of dolomite have also been loaded from Nagpur.
Pune division has topped in automobile loading on NMG rakes, having loaded 33 rakes out of the total loading of 45 rakes on Central Railway.
This has increased freight revenue to Rs584 crores in October 2021 from Rs483 crores in the corresponding month last year, registering an increase of Rs100 crores.
Source:thetimesofindia.com