Indian Railways have earned Rs. 8569.07 crores of revenue freight during the first quarter of the current financial year ending June 2005 as compared to Rs 7160.75 crores during the corresponding period last year.
The earnings from Railways freight during the month of June, 2005 was Rs. 2796.44 crores from 52.40 million tonnes (MTs) of revenue freight as compared to Rs. 2621.27 crore from 46.97 million tonnes of such traffic during the corresponding period of the previous year i.e June, 2004, thereby registering an increase of 6.7% in rupee terms and nearly 11.6% in terms of million tonnes.
Of the total earnings, Rs. 1125.54 crore came from transportation of 22.92 million tonnes of coal, followed by Rs. 140.05 crore from 4.21 million tonnes of raw material to steel plants, Rs. 128.25 crore came from 1.23 million tonne finished iron & steel, Rs. 161.87 crore from 3.12 million tonnes iron ore for exports, Rs. 217.95 crore from 4.50 million tonnes of cement, Rs. 263.51 crore from 3.74 million tonne of foodgrains, Rs. 115.82 crore from 2.39 million tonnes of fertilizers, Rs. 243.83 crore from 2.92 million tonnes of petroleum oil and lubricant (POL), and Rs. 399.62 crore from 7.37 million tonnes of other goods.
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