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NEW DELHI: In a positive sign for the economy shrugging off a long period of lockdown and depressed growth due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the total freight loading on Monday was a little higher than the freight loaded a year ago.
The figures are good news for the national transporter, as passenger traffic remains low with people avoiding anything apart from essential travel and the need for business-related commuting also down. Railway board chairman V K Yadav told reporters that the total freight loading was 3.13 million tonnes (MT) on Monday as compared to 3.12 MTs on July 27, 2019.
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