Indian Railways has registered highest ever loading figures i.e. 119.79 MT in January 2021. The last best was in March 2019 as 119.74 MT.
On mission mode, Indian Railways’ Freight loading for the last few months have crossed last year’s loading and earnings for the same period. It is expected that cumulative freight loading will surpass last year’s freight loading figures.
- As per the statistics till yesterday for February, 2021, Indian Railways loading was 30.54 million tonnes which includes 13.61 million tonnes of coal, 4.15 million tonnes of iron ore, 1.04 million tonnes of foodgrains, 1.03 million tonnes of fertilizers, 0.96 million tonnes of mineral oil and 1.97 million tonnes of cement (excluding clinker).
- It is worth mentioning that a number of concessions/ discounts are also being given in Indian Railways to make the Railways Freight movement very attractive.
- Covid-19 has been used by Indian Railways as an opportunity to improve all round efficiencies and performances.
- Also, to attract new business and incentivise other existing clients, Ministry of Railways has held meetings with top leadership of iron & steel, cement, power, coal, automobiles and logistics service providers.
- Also, Business Development units at Zonal & Divisional levels and near doubling of freight speed is contributing to sustainable growth momentum.
Recent Achievements:
Meanwhile, freight figures continue to maintain the high momentum in terms of earnings and loading also in the month of December 2020 for Indian Railways.
- In the month of December 2020, Indian Railways loading was 118.13 million tonnes which is 8.54% higher compared to last year’s loading for the same period (108.84 million tonnes).
- In this period Indian Railways earned Rs. 11788.11 crores from freight loading which is also Rs. 757.74 crores (6.87%) higher compared to last year’s earnings for the same period (Rs. 11030.37 crores).
- In the month of December 2020, Indian Railways loading was 118.13 million tonnes which includes:
- 50.67 million tonnes of coal
- 15.31 million tonnes of iron ore
- 6.13 million tonnes of foodgrains
- 5.23 million tonnes of fertilizers
- 4.3 million tonnes of mineral oil
- 7.46 million tonnes of cement (excluding clinker)
- It is worth mentioning that a number of concessions/ discounts are also being given in Indian Railways to make the 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.
Source: PIB-Press Release | Image Credit (representational): MoR
