RAILWAYS EARNINGS FROM FREIGHT DURING APRIL-JULY, 2003

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The Railways earned Rs. 8780.45 crores from 178.63 million tones of freight traffic during the first four months of the current financial year 2003-2004 as compared to Rs. 8654.76 crores during the corresponding period of the previous year. This recorded an increase of 1.45 per cent.

Of the total earnings from the freight traffic during the period, Rs. 3802.92 crores came from transportation of coal from pit heads to the user industry, Rs. 381.52 crores from raw material to steel plants, Rs. 420.76 crores from finished iron and steel, Rs. 237.13 crores from iron ore for exports, Rs. 750.47 crores from cement, Rs. 1034.19 crores from foodgrains, Rs. 329.33 crores from fertilizers, Rs. 789.20 crores from Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant (POL) and Rs. 1034.93 crores from other goods.