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Indian Railways loaded 491.81 Million Tonnes (MTs) of revenue earning freight, a record all time high loading, during the ten months ending January, 2005 of the current fiscal year, exceeding the target of 479.38 MTs by 12.43 MTs. It also registered an incremental loading of 35.79 MTs over the corresponding period of the previous year, when 456.02 MTs freight traffic was carried.
The Railways are poised to exceed the current financial years target of 580 MTs.
The excellent performance of freight traffic is indicative of the buoyancy in the core sector of national economy.
During January, 2005, a total of 53.45 MTs of revenue freight was carried compared to 48.87 MTs during the corresponding month of the last year, registering an increase of 4.58 MTs. The target of 51.19 MTs for the month was exceeded by 2.26 MTs.
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