The Railways have generated Rs. 14378.80 crore of revenue earnings from freight traffic during the first four months (i.e. April-July 2007) of the current financial year 2007-08 as compared to Rs. 13222.09 crore during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 8.75 per cent. Railways carried 247.05 million tonnes of freight traffic during April-July 2007 as compared to 233.21 million tonnes carried during the corresponding period last year, reflecting an increase of 5.93 per cent. The Net Tonne Kilo Metres (NTKM) went up from 154082 million during the months of April-July 2006 to 158662 million during April-July 2007, with an increase of 2.97 per cent.
The earnings from freight traffic during the month of July 2007 was Rs. 3482.16 crore, compared to Rs. 3262.25 crore during the corresponding period last year showing an increase of 6.74 per cent. Railways carried 61.80 million tonnes of freight traffic during the month of July 2007 as compared to 57.37 million tonnes of freight traffic during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 7.72 per cent. The Net Tonne Kilo Metres (NTKM) went up from 37202 million during the month of July 2006 to 38790 million during July 2007, showing an increase of 4.27 per cent.
Of the total earnings during the month of July 2007, Rs. 1255.35 crore came from transportation of 25.72 million tonnes of coal, followed by Rs. 310.80 crore from 4.58 million tonnes of iron ore for exports, Rs. 308.03 crore from 6.29 million tonnes of cement, Rs. 264.19 crore from 3.07 million tonnes of petroleum oil and lubricant (POL), Rs. 222.96 crore from 2.67 million tonnes of foodgrains, Rs. 196.52 crore from 3.35 million tonnes of fertilizers, Rs. 182.21 crore from 1.70 million tonnes of iron & steel for steel plants, Rs. 144.59 crore from 4.17 million tonnes of raw material for steel plants and Rs. 597.51 crore from 10.25 million tonnes of other goods.
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