Freight rates for select destinations up

Freight rates for the nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations rose by Rs 500 in the local truck transport market on Saturday on increased cargo movements against tight availability of strucks.

Transporters said increased cargo movements against tight availability of trucks mainly helped select destinations freight rates higher.

Freight rates from Delhi to Kanpur, Indore and Baroda were enquired higher by Rs 500 each to Rs 20,000, Rs 22,000 and Rs 25,500 respectively.

Following are on Saturday's freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 14,000 Hyderabad 54,000 Chandigarh 16,000 Vijayawada 56,000 Ludhiana 17,000 Bangalore 62,000 Kanpur 20,000 Chennai 63,000 Indore 22,000 Mysore 67,000 Ahmedabad 23,000 Pondicherry 67,000 Baroda 25,500 Coimbatore 70,000 Patna 27,000 Kochi 74,000 Surat 26,000 Thiruvananthapuram 77,000 Mumbai 27,000 Goa 49,000 Pune 28,000 Gwalior 15,000 Kolkata 31,000 Guwahati 50,000 .