Indian Railways registers more than 10% jump in freight loading compared to last year for same corresponding period

On mission mode, Indian Railways Freight loading for the month of September 2020 till 6 September 2020 crossed last year’s loading and earnings for the same period.
In the month of September 2020 till 6 September 2020 Indian Railways loading was 19.19 million tonnes which is 10.41% (1.81 million tonnes) higher compare to last year’s loading for the same period (17.38 million tonnes). In this period Indian Railways earned Rs. 1836.15 crores from freight loading which is also Rs. 129.68 crores higher compare to last year’s earnings for the same period (Rs.1706.47 crores) In the month of September 2020 till 6 September 2020 Indian Railways loading was 19.19 million tonnes which includes 8.11 million tonnes of coal, 2.59 million tonnes of iron ore, 1.2 million tonnes of foodgrains, 1.03 million tonnes of fertilizers and 1.05 million tonnes of cement (excluding clinker).
In NFR also loading of few commodities increased by a good margin. Cement loading during the month of August, 20 increased by 1800% in comparison to the same period of last year. Food grain loading increased by more than 28.1%, Container loading increased by 25% and Petroleum Products loading increased by 12.4 % in comparison to the corresponding month of 2019.
It is worth mentioning that a number of concessions/ discounts are also being given in Indian Railways to make Railways Freight movement very attractive.
It may be noted that improvements in freight movements will be institutionalized and incorporated in the upcoming zero based time table.
COVID-19 has been used by Indian Railways as an opportunity to improve all round efficiencies and performances.