BHUBANESWAR: East Coast Railway (ECoR) has achieved the 200 million tonne milestone in freight loading to top the zones in the country posting an incremental growth of 15 per cent (pc) compared to the same period in the last fiscal.
ECoR loaded 200.5 MT of freight in 320 days from April 1 to February 14 against 173.82 MT transported in the corresponding period of 2020-21. The railway zone loaded 113.35 MT of coal, 7.06 MT of raw material for steel plants, 18.46 MT of iron and steel, 27.22 MT of iron ore, 1.13 MT of cement, 2.56 MT of food grain, 5 MT of fertiliser and 2.34 MT of petroleum, oil and lubricant (POL) besides 23.37 MT of freight was loaded in containers and other cargo during the period.
