NEW DELHI, June 20 (UNI): Indian Railways earned Rs 2935.65 crores from 55.26 million tonnes (MTs) of revenue freight during the month of May, as compared to Rs 2505.88 crore from 48.79 million tonnes of such traffic during the same month last year.
This amounts to an increase of 17.2 per cent in rupee terms and 13.3 per cent in terms of million tonnes.
Of the total earnings, Rs 1191.11 crore came from transportation of 24 million tonnes of coal, followed by Rs 135.61 crore from 4.24 million tonnes of raw material to steel plants, and Rs 129.7 crore came from 1.24 million tonnes finished iron and steel.
In addition, Rs 172.35 crore were from 3.39 million tonnes iron ore for exports, Rs 249.06 crore from 5.11 million tonnes of cement, Rs 290.24 crore from 3.97 million tonnes of food grains, Rs 116.19 crore from 2.50 million tonnes of fertilizers, Rs 226.36 crore from 2.70 million tonnes of petroleum oil and lubricant (POL), and Rs 425.03 crore from 8.11 million tonnes of other goods.
