Freight of Indian Railways increases, 202.99 mln tonnes moved

New Delhi, Jul 9 (UNI) Freight traffic of the Indian Railways has increased over the last year, with 202.99 million tonnes of revenue-earning freight traffic being carried during April-June 2008.

The freight carried shows an increase of 17.48 million tonnes over the freight traffic of 185.51 million tonnes actually carried during the corresponding period last year, an increase of 9.42 per cent.

During the month of June 2008, the revenue-earning freight traffic carried by the Indian Railways was 65.26 million tonnes.

There is an increase of 4.73 million tonnes over the actual freight traffic of 60.53 million tonnes carried by the Indian Railways during the same period last year, an increase of 7.81 per cent, said an official release here today.

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