PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, March 6: South Eastern Railway has loaded a total of 190.50 Million Tonnes of originating freight in the first eleven months (April-February) of the current financial year (2023-24) registering a growth of 3.80% in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
During this period, the revenue generation from originating freight loading has also increased to Rs 17276.45 crore as against Rs 16473.65 crore in the same period of the previous year.
Therefore, the earnings from freight loading have enhanced by 4.87% for South Eastern Railway.
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The South Eastern Railway zone has also registered a remarkable growth in earnings from the loading of iron-ore, coal, food grains and fertilizer in the first eleven months i.e. April to February of the current financial year (2023-24).
During this period, SE Rly has loaded 97.03 million tonnes of iron ore, which is 5.46% more than the corresponding period of the previous fiscal and 48.09 Million Tonnes of coal, which is 3.02% more than the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
The main commodities of Freight loading during this period were iron-ore, coal, Pig Iron, finished steel, cement, fertilizers, food grains and petroleum products.
