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On a cumulative basis from April 2023 - Jan 2024, a freight loading of 1,297.38 MT was achieved against last year’s loading of 1,243.46 MT, an improvement of approximately 53.92 MT over last year’s loading for the same period. Railways has earned ₹1,40,623.4 crore against ₹1,35,388.1 crore over the last year which is an improvement of approx ₹5,235.30 crore, as compared to the same period of the last year.
During January 2024, originating freight loading of 142.70 MT has been achieved against loading of 134.07 MT in January 23, which is an improvement of approx 6.43% over the last year. Freight revenue of ₹15,514.82 crores has been achieved in January 2024 against ₹14,908.82 crore freight earnings in January 2023, thereby showing an improvement of about 4.06 % over the last year.
IR achieved loading of 71.45 MT in Coal, 17.01 MT in Iron Ore, 6.07 MT in Pig Iron and Finished Steel, 7.89 MT in Cement (Excl. Clinker), 5.52 MT in Clinker, 4.53 MT in Foodgrains, 5.27 MT in Fertilizers, 4.31 MT in Mineral Oil, 6.98MT in Containers and 10.20MT in Balance Other Goods during January, 2024.
Following the Mantra, “Hungry For Cargo”, IR has made sustained efforts to improve the ease of doing business as well as improve the service delivery at competitive prices. The customer-centric approach and work of Business Development Units backed up by agile policy making helped Railways towards this significant achievement.
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