Railways records best ever August freight loading of 119.32 MT this month
Indian Railways on Monday claimed to have recorded the best ever August Monthly freight loading of 119.32 MT in the month.
The incremental loading in the month of August has been 8.69 MT and witnessed a growth of 7.86 per cent over the previous best August figures achieved in 2021, the Railways said in a statement.
With this, Indian Railways has had 24 straight months of best ever monthly freight loading and it has achieved an incremental loading of 9.2 MT in coal, followed by 0.71 MT in fertilizer, 0.68 MT in balance other goods and 0.62 MT containers. Increase in automobile loading has been another highlight of freight business in FY 2022-23 and 2206 rakes
