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Rail freight loading slowdown continues; November sees 1.4% growth

December 09, 2024 2 min read
author Anamika Mishra, Sub Editor
Freight loading on Indian Railways continued to show sluggish growth in November, with the national transporter handling 130 million tonnes (mt) of goods, marking a 1.36 per cent increase compared to the same month last year. Coal, which makes up half of the railway’s freight volume, saw a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth of 3.4 per cent, reaching 65.5 mt. According to the India Meteorological Department, average temperatures in India in November were 1.05 degrees Celsius above normal, making it the seventh hottest November on record. Data from the core sector up to October reveals a 5.3 per cent increase in electricity generation so far this year. Container volumes grew by

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