Indian Railways freight loading surpasses FY20 despite COVID-19
Railway Board Chairman Suneet Sharma said, It is a big day for Indian Railways as well as the Indian economy. Recovery during the Covid period is astounding
Ashutosh Kumar | March 13, 2021 | Updated 00:37 IST
Rail freight chugs ahead in full steam
Despite taking a major hit on freight traffic in the first four months of the current financial year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indian Railways has surpassed the cumulative freight loading till date this fiscal against 2019-20.
According to the Ministry of Railways, 1,145.68 million tonnes of freight loading has been achieved till date in the current financial year against 1,145.61 million tonnes in 2019-20. It may be noted that the incremental loading in the first four months of the fiscal witnessed a deficit of 70 million tonne over the same period of the previous year.