Railways beats its earlier file, carries 119.79 mn tonnes freight in January

Indian Railways has carried 119.79 million tonnes of freight in January, its highest ever in a month, beating its earlier file of 119.74 million tonnes in March 2019.
Freight loading figures for the previous few months have been crossing final 12 months’s figures for corresponding months and the cumulative freight loading determine this 12 months is anticipated to surpass final 12 months’s determine, an announcement by the ministry mentioned.
According to statistics until February 8, Indian Railways loading was 30.54 million tonnes — together with 13.61 MT of coal, 4.15 MT of iron ore, 1.04 MT of foodgrains, 1.03 MT of fertilizers, 0.96 MT of mineral oil and 1.97 MT of cement (excluding clinker).

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A variety of concessions and reductions are additionally being provided by Indian Railways to make freight motion very enticing.
“Also, to attract new business and incentivise other existing clients, the Ministry of Railways has held meetings with the top leadership of iron and steel, cement, power, coal, automobiles and logistics service providers,” the ministry mentioned.

It added that the enterprise improvement models at zonal and divisional ranges and a close to doubling of the freight velocity are contributing to sustainable development momentum.
The achievement in freight loading phase comes at a time when the Railways’ passenger phase remains to be recovering from the Covid-19 blow as a consequence of which its providers had been utterly suspended.