Northeast Frontier Railway maintains decent growth in freight loading

DIMAPUR — The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has updated that it has registered a consistent growth in freight loading, with 10.24 million tonnes (MT) being loaded during the last fiscal year.

An update from NFR informed that the zone loaded 0.844 MT in the month of April with some commodities registering a significant growth, compared to the corresponding period last year.

“During the month, food grain loading has increased by 19.9%, fertilizer loading increased by 300%.POL loading has increased by 42.9% while container loading increased by 33.3% as compared to corresponding period of the previous year,” read the update.

“During the last fiscal year, loading of food grain has increased by 19.7% in comparison to previous fiscal year i.e, 2022-23. Also, container loading has increased by 8% during last year,” it added.