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Indian Railways have earned Rs. 53.67 crores from 52.59 million tonnes (MTs) of revenue freight during the month of April, as compared to Rs. 50.48 crore from 45.54 million tonnes of such traffic during the corresponding period of the previous year i.e April, 2004, thereby registering an increase of 6.32% in rupee terms and 15.48% in terms of million tonnes.
Of the total earnings, Rs. 50.05 crore came from transportation of 23.80 million tonnes of coal, followed by Rs. 34.38 crore from 3.95 million tonnes of raw material to steel plants, Rs. 103.79 crore from 1.15 million tonne finished iron & steel, Rs. 53.31 crore from 3.02 million tonnes iron ore for exports, Rs. 47.03 crore from 5.05 million tonnes of cement, Rs. 75.02 crore from 3.79 million tonne of food grains, Rs. 51.05 crore from 1.78 million tonnes of fertilizers, Rs. 80.77 crore from 2.66 million tonnes of petroleum oil and lubricant (POL), and Rs. 52.44 crore from 7.39 million tonnes of other goods.
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