Select centres freights up on hike in diesel

New Delhi: Freight rates for nine-tonne payload section for select destination improved by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today after the hike in diesel prices. Transporters raised freights for select centres after diesel rates were raised by over Rupee one.

Capital to Kochi, Baroda and Surat rates hardened by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 78,000, Rs 28,000 and Rs 30,000. Rates to Goa, Guwahati and Gwalior also moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 58,000, Rs 56,000 and Rs 16,000.

Following are today's freights per 10-tonne load:    

Jaipur      22,000
Hyderabad   62,000
Chandigarh  22,000 
Vijayawada  64,000
Ludhiana    22,500 
Bangalore   66,000
Kanpur      23,000 
Chennai     69,000
Indore      24,000 
Mysore      71,000
Ahmedabad   25,000 
Pondicherry 70,000
Baroda      28,000 
Coimbatore  75,000
Patna       30,000 
Kochi       78,000
Surat       30,000 
Thiruvananthapuram 81,000
Mumbai      31,000 
Goa         58,000
Pune        33,000 
Gwalior     16,000
Kolkata     34,000 
Guwahati    56,000