GUWAHATI: The Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway is continuously registering a steady growth in freight unloading. During April to December of the current financial year, 10,879 freight-carrying rakes were unloaded. This is an increase of 9.43 per cent in comparison with the corresponding period of last year.
As many as 1,332 freight carrying rakes were unloaded during the month of December, 2022. This is an increase of about 3.90 per cent in comparison with the corresponding period of last year, stated a press release.
NF Railway has transported goods like FCI rice, sugar, salt, edible oil, food grains, fertilizer, cement, coal, vegetables, tank, container and other items during the month and unloaded them in different goods sheds within its jurisdiction.
During December, 2022, 694 rakes of freight-carrying trains were unloaded in Assam, out of which 354 were loaded with essential commodities. Moreover, 124 rakes in Tripura, 18 rakes in Nagaland, 9 rakes in Manipur, 7 rakes in Arunachal Pradesh and 4 rakes in Mizoram were unloaded during the month. Further, 243 freight rakes in West Bengal and 233 freight rakes in Bihar were also unloaded during the month within the jurisdiction of NF Railway.
Essential and other commodities are being transported regularly to not only meet the essential requirement of common people but also to keep the local economic activity of all the regions going.
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