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Indian Railways Freight made the highest ever loading of 114.8 Metric Tonne (MT) for the month of May and earned Rs 11604.94 crores from freight loading, said Ministry of Railways on Tuesday. In May 2021 is 114.8 MT which is 9.7 per cent more than May 2019 (104.6 MT) for the same period, the official statement said. The important items transported during May 2021 includes 54.52 million tonnes of Coal, 15.12 million tonnes of Iron Ore, 5.61 million tonnes of Foodgrains, 3.68 million tonnes of Fertilizers, 3.18 million tonnes of Mineral Oil, 5.36 million tonnes of Cement (excluding clinker) and 4.2 million tonnes of Clinker. Wagon Turn around time has seen an improvement of 26 per cent in this month. In May, 2021, wagon turn around time is registered at 4.81 days as compared to 6.46 in May 2019, the statement said.
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. 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). A number of concessions/ discounts are also being given in Indian Railways to make Railways Freight movement very attractive. COVID 19 has been used by Indian Railways an opportunity to improve all round efficiencies and performances.