Railways carry 247.05 million tonnes of freight during April-July 2007
14 Aug 2007
Indian Railways have carried 247.05 million tonnes of revenue earning freight traffic during the first four months (i.e. April July 2007) of the current financial year 2007-08.
The
freight carried shows an increase of 13.84 million tonnes
over the freight traffic of 233.21 million tonnes actually
carried during the corresponding period last year, reflecting
an increase of 5.93 per cent.
During the month of July 2007, the revenue earning freight traffic carried by Indian Railways was 61.80 million tonnes.
There
is an increase of 4.43 million tonnes over the freight
traffic of 57.37 million tonnes actually carried by the
Indian Railways during the same period last year, reflecting
an increase of 7.72 per cent.