Guwahati: The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)  is working dedicatedly round the clock to serve its customer and ensure essential commodities reach end users in time. For that NFR, is constantly progressing in freight loading.

NFR through a press statement said that during the month of July 2024, 0.913million tones of loading were registered of various commodities. This is an increase of 23.2% in comparison with the same period of the last year.

During the month of July, 2024 loading of few commodities have registered significant growth in comparison to corresponding period of the previous year. During the month, food grain loading has increased by 30.5%, cement loading increased by 666.7%. POL loading has increased by 26.1% while container loading increased by 20% as compared to corresponding period of the previous year. Loading of miscellaneous commodities like timber & ballast also registered an increased by 600% and 27.2% respectively when compared to the corresponding period of last financial year.

Eventually, the increase in freight loading year after year signifies the growing economic activities of the region. Progress in freight loading has generated a remarkable amount of goods revenue.