East Coast Railway has registered a 3.9 percent increase in freight loading in August 2023, says the zone in a press note.
According to ECoR, from 1st April to 31st August 2023, the zone loaded 100.90 MT freight against 97.13 MT for the same period last year. This is an increase of 3.77 MT or 3.9% over the earlier period.
The zone loaded 61.30 MT of coal, 3.33 MT of raw material for steel plants, 8.21 MT of iron and steel, 11.68 MT of iron ore, 0.76MT of cement, 1.29 MT of food grains, 2.57MT of fertilizer, 1.24 MT of POL, 1.76MT of freight loaded in containers and 8.76MT of other cargo.
The freight loading primarily originated from Talcher, Paradeep, Dhamara, Visakhapatnam, Gangavaram, Keonjhar, KK Line, steel plants, aluminum plants, and other places of ECoR jurisdiction.
During the period, 63.59MT of freight was carried from Khurda Road Division, 29.75MT of freight from Waltair Division, and 7.54MT of freight carried from Sambalpur Division. In August 2023 only, East Coast Railway carried 20.43MT of freight as against 19.90MT carried in the same time of 2022 registering an increase of 2.7% more freight.