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Indian Railways transports 0.43Mn tonnes of food grains in July 2021

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The transporter has achieved the highest ever incremental freight loading of 17.54 MT in July 2021 compared to 95.18 MT in July 2020

Continuing the momentum, Indian Railways has registered stupendous freight loading performance in July 2021 by achieving yet again the highest ever freight loading in the month which has continued for the last 11 months since September 2020. Indian Railways has transported food grains of 0.43 million tonnes (7.89 per cent). 

 

 Indian Railways has achieved the highest ever incremental freight loading of 17.54 million tonnes in July 2021 (an increase of 18.43 per cent over July 2020), with total freight loading of 112.72 million tonnes as against the earlier best of 99.74 million tonnes in July 2019 and as against 95.18 million tonnes in July 2020.

 

With freight loading of 451.97 million tonnes in current fiscal 2021-22 as against 336.74 up to July 2020, Indian Railways has also achieved the highest ever cumulative incremental freight loading of 115.23 million tonnes i.e 34.22 per cent over the same period last year 2020-21.

 

In cumulative performance major growth has been registered over the same period last year in Coal 55.83 MT (37.11 per cent), Iron-ore 18.07 MT (43.88 per cent), Cement 15.01 MT (52.91 per cent) and Balance other goods 10.45 MT (38.42 per cent).

 

 

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